In my previous two posts I introduced System Center Advisor, created an online account and installed the on-site Gateway application (HERE), and then installed the monitoring Agent and configured it to monitor Lync (HERE). In this final post I show you the payoff – the details of my deployment in the System Center Advisor “Dashboard”, …
In my previous post (HERE) I introduced System Center Advisor, created an online account and installed the on-site Gateway application. Now I need to install some Agents and start monitoring my deployment.
System Center Advisor is an online service from Microsoft. Think of it like an automated service with agents that run a daily “BPA” (Best Practice Analyser) across your installation and report back any deviations from best practice. For bonus points, it also maintains a configuration history, so you can see if and when settings are …
ACMA has today mailed the industry to point out that last year they issued numbers in the “02 79xx xxxx” range to several carriers, and that lucky customers with the new prefixes are complaining they can’t be called. Clearly there are plenty of PABXs (and perhaps the odd Lync or OCS installation) that don’t cater …
Microsoft has published an Important security bulletin (MS13-041) detailing a “Vulnerability in Lync [That] Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2834695)”. The bulletin is HERE. Products impacted Communicator 2007 R2 (3.5.6907.268) Lync 2010 (4.0.7577.4388) x86 x64 Lync 2010 Attendee (4.0.7577.4388) User installer Admin installer Lync Server 2013 I’ve also placed the download links on the respective …
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An update has been released for the Lync 2013 Client. The KB (kb2768004) reports it takes the Client to 15.0.4481.1004, but if you ask the app, it’s only 15.0.4481.1000. Rather cheekily, this release doesn’t (apparently) include any specific fixes, just rolls in the recent updates and adds a generous sprinkling of “stability and performance improvements”. Download …
I’ve lamented before that we suffer from time to time in our efforts to localise American-designed products for the Rest Of the World. When things do misbehave, a common diagnostic step – and frequent cure – is to reset language settings back to their “native” US English. Our latest gotcha has come from Lync’s Location …
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It seems the addition of MOH to the OCPE / Lync Phone Edition over the Christmas break wasn’t entirely bug-free… kb2829272 “Music on hold” feature doesn’t work for Lync Phone Edition for an Aries telephone when an audio file is configured This update takes Phone Edition to 4.0.7577.4387: Polycom CX500, 600 and CX3000 Aastra 6721 …
Microsoft’s released a couple of client updates recently. Client There’s a new client release: 4.0.7577.4384 x86 x64 2832123 You cannot start Lync 2010 after you install the March 2013 cumulative update for Lync 2010 in Windows XP Pro or Windows Server 2003 Attendee “This cumulative update improves the reliability, stability, and performance of the Lync …
I recently added a new SBA to an existing Lync 2010/2013 (hybrid) deployment and found the usually routine process of adding the new SBA/Gateway to UM failed. The integration script ExchUCUtil.ps1 reported the following error, sending me on a wild goose chase. Pool: <SBA-FQDN> A UMIPGateway doesn’t exist in Active Directory for the Office Communications …
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