Like many of you I’ve been a big fan of the OCS / Lync / Skype4B stack for many years. And as an avid user of Lync/Skype4B 2013 I would use the “Windows + Y” global shortcut several times a day. The Shortcut For those of you who don’t know, on Lync 2013 pressing the… Read More »
So I recently had an issue I was called out to address at a customer’s environment where the delegate sync notification “You were added as a delegate for Joe Blogs” would appear over and over for a multitude of users The first this was to check was that it was being correctly logged in the users… Read More »
As you might know I’ve recently had the opportunity to have a play with some of Polycom’s new Real Presence Trio UC devices and me being the Skype4B guy I am I figured I could get these to naively update using the Skype4B Device Update Service as I already have a UCS provisioning server pointing… Read More »
If like me you have a few RGS workflows it can be tedious finding the DN of the RGS object. Powershell to the rescue! Use the following cmdlet to find the DN of the object for ADSIEdit as the GUID in get-rgsworkflow is totally unrelated. Where “Example Workflow” is the display name set on the… Read More »
I recently had an issue with a client deployment where when attempting to sign in from a particular box. The Lync 2013 client would take my user details and spit out a very generic error message (as is usually the case in Lync) So I fired up snooper to begin troubleshooting the issue and found… Read More »
Update: Paul Bloem from UCSorted has reviewed the newer, bigger Jabra 810 Check it out here https://ucsorted.com/2016/01/23/product-review-jabra-speak-810/ I’ve always taken Handsfree Phone calls for granted, one of my earliest jobs was fitting Mobile Phone handsfree kits into cars. Back then Bluetooth was a weird and mysterious technology that few people understood and fewer people knew how… Read More »
Quick tip for those googling. Sometimes after reinstalling Lync roles or running Enable-Cscomputer the Lync Server Management Shell (LMS) will hang with a blinking cursor in the top left corner. The fix to this is really simple. Close all Lync Server Management Shell windows and run regular old PowerShell, then Import the Lync module with… Read More »
Update: This has been resolved in Windows 10 Build 10162 For anyone that is a heavy user of Lync/ Skype For Business, especially for voice calls. The “Win+Y” shortcut is one of the best keyboard shortcuts you can know. For those that aren’t aware, pressing “Win+Y” from anywhere in Windows whilst Lync / Skype4B is… Read More »
I’m going out on a limb here… You’re reading this blog post because like me your building your nice greenfield Lync 2013 or Skype4B implementation As part of the install you have spun up an edge server, checked all the port requirements and had the firewall team implement your changes, got your SSL certificates ready… Read More »
The Issue So, you have just setup your receptionist with the Lync Attendant console as part of your deployment. Now tickets are coming in advising that when the Receptionist transfers calls to Lync Queues, the calls fail. The Lync 2010 attendant includes a feature known as “Safe Transfer” in that if the recipient of the… Read More »