#Lync Snooper 2013 does not parse logs correctly unless machine region is EN-US
First off, full credit to Louis Herber for this one, published in his blog post here. I just wanted to repost and confirm this issue as I’ve seen it come up a lot in the UK too. I had noticed this previously, but had never had time to properly dig into it. When logging on [...]
#PowerShell Download-TechEdSessions Script, Download all the #TechedNA 2013 Sessions
All the Teched NA 2013 sessions are now available for streaming/download on channel 9. There is some great content there, and you can easily download the MP4 videos and PowerPoint decks with this little download tool. Credit to Stefan Roth for the original tool I modified (adding PPT, parameters, file naming and BITS) and to [...]
Three New Lync 2013 Books for Techies, Business Decision Makers and Users
Hot on the heals of Lync Server 2013 Unleashed, three new Lync books have been published that are worth taking a look at. The first is Mastering Lync Server 2013. Written by two friends at Microsoft in the UK, Keith Hanna and Nathan Winters, it is worth taking a look at. Nathan Winters is a [...]
Setup a 2008 R2 Domain Controller with PowerShell Install-TAFirst2008R2DomainController
I’m a bit behind on publishing various PowerShell scripts I use. This is the script I use to quickly setup a lab 2008 R2 domain controller. It adds the appropriate Windows Features, then based on parameter input builds a dcpromo.exe unattended input file. Download the script here: lyncdup.com/scripts/Install-TAFirst2008R2DomainController-0.8.zip Use at your own risk. Feedback [...]
Minor Bug: Get-CsAdUser doesn’t return EmployeeId, and Workaround
Noticed a minor bug on customer site this week. Get-CsAdUser has a Property for “EmployeeId”, but it doesn’t actually return the EmployeeID from Active directory (it appears not to be mapped correctly, or at all). This affects both Lync 2010 and Lync 2013. Property set in AD: Return value from Get-CsAdUser To prove [...]
Lync 2013 client “Network Password Required to Connect” Proxy Issue
I’ve noticed this on a few Lync 2013 deployments (or Lync 2013 clients against Lync 2010 pools) and heard from others, the Lync 2013 client prompts for “network password”, why? Note, this is not the same as the prompt for Exchange credentials or for Lync Better together sign in. It seems that (unlike Lync 2010 [...]
Installing a New Lync 2010 Pool into an environment with an existing DFS Lync Share
Quick tip, as I’ve hit this a couple of times now. Lync 2010 Server CU4 added the ability to properly support DFS shares for the Lync file share, all good. However when you try to add an additional pool to a Lync environment with a DFS share you may hit an issue at one of [...]
Lync Location Database (LIS) is Not Available Externally via Reverse Proxy
Came across this one on a customer, they have an exclusively “dirty” Wi-Fi, where all Wi-Fi users are external and have to connect to all services via VPN/DMZ/Lync Edge. This model works fine, as long as you scale you edge services ok. However they wanted to set locations based on the LIS, so that when [...]
