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My name is Kevin Peters.

Lync Phone Edition: Connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable

Posted on May 19, 2012

Today I’d like to talk about certificates and a problem that seems to be becoming more and more common with Lync Phone Edition.  The problem is that Lync Phone Edition devices that are tethered receive the message “Connection to Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Push Notification Fails with a 504 Server Time Out

Posted on February 13, 2012

While troubleshooting push notification failure issues with a client, I found an interesting problem.  The client had already configured the SRV record as required (http://blog.ucmadeeasy.com/), and disabled the URL filtering as required (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2664650), but push notification was still failing with … Continue reading →

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Lync Mobility Server Side Bits Available

Posted on December 9, 2011

Quick update, the MCX package is now available from Microsoft.  These bits along with CU4 allow you to turn on Lync mobile client functionality.  The client bits will be available on the appstores/mareketplaces for the phone some time before the end … Continue reading →

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Lync Hardware Load Balancer Monitoring Port

Posted on November 2, 2011

If you are using a hardware load balancer, it will do periodic health checks for Lync to make sure it is distributing the load to servers that are functioning.  Because of the checks, you may end up with a large … Continue reading →

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Using the Analog Device Creation Script

Posted on October 27, 2011

Last week I launched a new script on the script center to bulk create analog devices in Lync.  This script uses a source CSV file (reference file included in the download) to create a large (or small) number of analog … Continue reading →

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Script Center

Posted on October 20, 2011

Hi All, I’ve added a script center (link in the bar above) to the site and will be adding a number of new scripts shortly.  All scripts will have a transcript feature and will be digitally signed so hopefully they … Continue reading →

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Troubleshooting CMS Replication

Posted on September 7, 2011

Like most of my other articles, this one comes from a real world scenario I had to solve.  While working with a client, we ran into two front end servers and an edge server that wouldn’t replicate.  The CMS was … Continue reading →

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Southwestern Ohio UC Users Group

Posted on August 8, 2011

Hi All, A non-technical post for today.  Adam Curry, Travis Swank and I are working to start a UC Users Group based out of Cincinnati.  We have scheduled the first meeting and have a website live at www.ucusersgroup.com. The first … Continue reading →

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Group Policy Configuration May Break Presence in Lync

Posted on July 25, 2011

Today, I feel like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day.  While working with a customer on a Lync pilot, I ran into an issue where Users on the Lync Pool could not see Presence for Users on any other … Continue reading →

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Logging on a Lync Enterprise Pool

Posted on July 11, 2011

Building a Lync Enterprise Pool allows you to protect your users and services in the event of hardware or software failure on one (or more) servers in your pool.  While this is great for redundancy, it can make troubleshooting a … Continue reading →

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