Well, this is an interesting one. If you manage Ribbon SBCs, you may have seen recent discussion around PHP2Shell and wondered whether it actually applies to the Ribbon SBC Edge platform. Unfortunately, the answer is yes. But maybe it’s not as scary as you think TL;DR: If you have Ribbon SBC’s it’s best practice to… Read More »
I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the years helping people read SIP traces and I still despise reading them. Recently, I’d been helping some of our internal teams understand SIP SDPs in particular. Things like what the m=, c= and o= lines actually mean, where the media is going, which codecs have been… Read More »
Aaah I missed writing articles like this one, deep technical dives into Teams Direct Routing STUN failures that even baffle hardware vendors? Yes please! Before we get started, here’s a bit of context. A customer of mine had a cluster of Sonus SBC2000’s Greig setup years ago. These were then updated to perform Teams Direct… Read More »
This article is correct at the time of publishing.I’m happy to take critique and update any factual errorsI will link any new updates here or below! Hi there, you’re reading this article because either; If you’re the latter, I’m sorry, but certain SBC vendors attitude to this isn’t great, and I’m trying to get that… Read More »
Hey there. In this article. We rebuild a modern GM V6 Engine! (An LLT GM HFV6 to be specific) But, first off, an apology. My content has been a little, sparse of late, and I’ll be honest. I’ve been going through a lot.Super Short version, as to be honest, you’re probably not here for my… Read More »
Are you still using Windows Server 2016?Citrix older than 1912 LTSR CU6? (Oct 2022)VMWare older than Horizon 8.4? (Sept 2022)You might want to read this article! One of the topics I recently discussed at the Melbourne UC Meetup was the impending forced upgrade of the Microsoft Teams Classic client. Microsoft has done a great job… Read More »
Australian users rejoice. Telstra has recently deployed a new Operator Connect offering for Microsoft Teams, making administration of your numbers and environment considerably easier.In this article, I will show you how to Convert User/VoiceApp Numbers on Telstra Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams. Context For those not aware, previously, Telstra offered a product called “Telstra Calling… Read More »
Recently I ran into an issue upgrading my test Teams tenant from hybrid Skype4B mode to Teams only mode. When running I was getting an error advising that one of my domains was currently homed on a Skype for Business deployment, interestingly a domain that has never had Skype4B on it. This wasn’t an IP… Read More »
Do you, like me, need to migrate large swaths of PSTN numbers from your existing telephony solution to Microsoft Teams or similar? Do you have a massive list of numbers you need to plan for migration? and let me guess, the best you can get from the carrier or the incumbent PBX vendor is a… Read More »
In a previous post. you might have noticed I was pretty excited to see that the SIP Gateway for Microsoft Teams has launched. While limited, this allows for a ton of customers to re-use their existing fleets of supported handsets. One of the things I have been asked a few times by my customers is… Read More »