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Lync 2013 Centralised Logging Deep Dive
OverviewLync 2013 brings with it a new form of logging that differs greatly from the logging tools previously supplied in Lync 2010. In Lync 2010 the Lync Logging Tool offered the ability to log...
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Lync 2013 Centralised Logging Tool
Centralised logging is a very powerful service. However, because it’s only accessible through Powershell commands, it can be a rather daunting alternative to the old Lync Logging Tool, especially when...
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Lync Phone Edition Localisation
I was reading a post over at Jeff Schertz’s site the other day regarding getting Lync Phone Editions to use the tone set of your country, rather than the standard US tones.It said that using Powershell...
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Microsoft Lync: The Facts about Fax
I find that fax is often misunderstood, especially when it comes to way it works on VoIP networks. Also, I’ve noticed that there is very little information on the internet about how to deploy fax on...
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Lync 2013 Database Mirror Manager Tool
So it seems there has been quite a bit of interest in my Lync Centralised Logging Tool since I released it to the world. So I figured I might work on another tool to help with managing database...
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Installing Lync 2013 Cumulative Updates with Mirrored Databases (CU1)
OverviewUpdate (CU2): With the release of Lync 2013 CU2 (July 2013) the upgrade process has changed from what is documented here. The new process in CU2 does not include the requirement to break the...
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Lync 2013 Call Pickup Group Manager
In Lync 2013 Cumulative Update 1 (February Update) Microsoft added the new call pickup group feature. Call pickup has been a classic voice feature since the very early days of PBXs. As a result, lots...
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Lync Polycom VVX Manager Tool
I’ve recently been doing a lot of work with deployment and management of Polycom VVX phones on Lync. Like always, I’ve found that when rolling out hundreds of any device, there are certain challenges...
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Lync Edge Testing Suite (Part 1) – Lync Edge Port Tester Tool
Okay, let's start 2014 with a bang, and turn this thing up to 11. This is the first post in a series that I will be doing about Lync Edge servers. More specifically, this series will be about some...
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Lync Edge Testing Suite (Part 2) – Lync DNS Tester and IP Route Editor Tools
I am dedicating this post to the saying “measure twice, cut once”, as this saying is most apt when describing what you should do before deploying your Edge server. In addition to this, I will be...
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SEFAUTIL and Lync 2013 Call Pickup Group Tool Permissions
I have had some enquiries from people about issues that they have been having with SEFAUtil (ie. the Call Forwarding and Group Call Pickup tool from the Lync ResKit). Many of these questions have been...
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Microsoft Lync Wireshark Plugin
In this post I have the pleasure of talking about a project that I’ve been working on for a while, as well as one of my all-time favourite networking tools - Wireshark! For those that don’t know,...
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Lync Snom Configuration Manager
Note: Also see my Lync Snom Phone Manager Post for more Snom related fun.Are you tired of having to maintain a separate configuration server for your third party Lync compatible SIP phones? Well you’ve...
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Lync Snom Phone Manager
Note: Also see my Lync Snom Configuration Manager Post for more Snom related fun.In a previous blog post I released a tool for managing Polycom VVX phones that was well received by the Lync community....
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Power Syslog Server
“My Kingdom for a free and simple syslog server!” – Anonymous System AdministratorSo I don’t know about you, but I can’t remember how many times I have got to the point of having to troubleshoot an...
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When Poodles Attack - Poodle Checker Tool
It’s not too often you get to be excited about a security threat. However, the POODLE security threat seems to put a smile on my face every time I see it written somewhere… Poodles are just so innocent...
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Sonus SBC 5k/SWe CDR Decoder
I was on a training course recently learning about the SBC5000/SWe series SBCs from Sonus as these are now supported with Microsoft Lync 2013! This range of SBCs are completely different from the...
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Photos (Part 1) - Lync / Skype for Business Photo Editor
Happy New Year! Hang on, it’s February… Time seems to have got away on me since I started this holiday project that turned out to be more complex than I had initially expected. What was originally...
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The Case of the Lync 2013 Edge Server Centralised Logging Ports
If you have ever done any port testing on a Lync 2013 Edge server you may have noticed that the external interface of the Edge server had ports in the 50001-50003 range open and listening for TCP...
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Photos (Part 2) - Exchange / Active Directory/ Office 365 Photo Importer
With Part 1 of this series I introduced you to a tool that will allow you to convert photos into a format suitable for importing into Active Directory, Exchange, or Exchange Online. These photos are...
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