Archive of posts filed under the Lync Server 2013 category.

Federation fails for new Lync Branch site

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ms-diagnostics: 1045;reason="Local edge server pool is out of service";pool-size="2";pool="edgepool.contoso.com";port="5061";source="MyNewSba.contoso.com" I found the above error in a client-side trace after having added a new Branch site (and SBA) to a running Lync 2013 deployment and finding Federation wasn’t working. My users – previously resident on the FE but now homed to this new SBA – were …

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Lync September 2014 Security Updates

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A number of “Important” security updates have hit this week. Here are the download links for you. I’ll build upon this post in the coming days with the usual screen-grabs… Lync 2010 server (to 4.0.7577.276): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44080. (This RGS update in this one requires a reboot after installation).   BEWARE: The have been multiple reports that …

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Lync Server 2013 CU5 OcsCore Update Fails

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Updated 16th Aug: This issue is now described in a kb.  If you’re starting off a brand new Lync installation it’s common practise to run setup.exe on the DVD to install the Core components, add the admin tools, then run the latest ServerUpdateInstaller to patch this ‘foundation’ before you proceed any further with your Lync …

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Lync Server 2013 Update – August 2014

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The August 2014 (CU5?) update for Lync Server 2013 has landed, and at first glance there’s at least one fix for which I already carry a scar. Applying the update to my SE Front-End refreshed 8 components including a rare update to the Windows Fabric – see the image below. This release takes the Server …

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Test-CallRouting.ps1

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Lync’s Roles-Based Access Control (RBAC) is great fun. It lets you fairly precisely define the rights of a user: you can easily grant or restrict access to specific commandlets, or apply scoping so that a commandlet can be run, but only against a subset of objects (like say a specific site). I’m quite used to …

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Get-ReplicationHealth.ps1

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My current work project is to add an Australia-wide Lync deployment into a much larger global installation. As part of this I’ve found it’s sometimes a challenge to monitor just those bits that I’m responsible for. The Command “get-CsManagementStoreReplicationStatus” – or “get-CsMana<tab><tab>” as I prefer to call it – outputs too much “noise”, scrolling many …

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LyncConf14 Keynote Highlights

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Hi from Vegas! The Keynote presentation here at the 2014 LyncConf has gotten the conference off to a great start today. As expected – having been foreshadowed 12 months ago at LyncConf13 – high-definition video between Skype and Lync participants is imminent. That was demo’d to us this morning, and I see there’s a technical …

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Lync Server 2013 CU4 – January 2014

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Happy new year – have a Lync update! The CU4 update for Lync Server 2013 has landed, and at first glance there’s at least one fix for which I already carry a scar. My Front-End updates only 5 components. This update takes the Server to 5.0.8308.577 (from .556). What’s Fixed? 2912334 Event ID 57006 is …

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