Lync Server 2010 Client Access Licenses
04 days ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Some handy pictures to unsterstand Client Acces Licencing between a Standard and a Enterprise CAL
Picture: Instant Messaging and Presence
Picture: Audio, Video, and Web Conferencing
Picture : Enterprise Voice Technology
Troubleshooting Lync Server 2010 with Snooper
01 week ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Via the Youtube channel of the Lync Server Team they shared 4 video’s how to troubleshoot Lync Server 2010 with Snooper created by Josh Jones.
I placed them in one view but all the credits are for the Lync Server team.
Features compared Lync on-premise, Lync online and Lync Multitenant Hosting
04 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
| Features | Lync Server 2010 | Lync Online | Lync Multitenant Hosting Pack |
| IM/Presence and Lync-to-Lync Calls | |||
| 1-to-1 and multiparty IM/presence | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Address book search | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DL expansion (DLX) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| File transfers | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lync-to-Lync audio/video calls | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lync-to-Lync high definition video | Yes | No | No |
| Presence and click-to-Lync from Office Apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interactive contact card in Office 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lync Skill Search in SharePoint Server (on-premise) | Yes | No | No |
| Lync Skill Search in SharePoint Online | No | No | No |
| Persistent Group Chat | Yes | No | No |
| Privacy mode | Yes | No | No |
| Lync external connectivity (federation and Public IM connectivity) | |||
| IM/presence/audio/video federation with other OCS/Lync Server /Lync Online organizations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IM/presence/audio/video with Windows Live Messenger | Yes | Yes | No |
| IBM Sametime federation | Yes | No | No |
| IM/P federation with XMPP networks (Jabber, Google Talk) | Yes | No | No |
| IM/presence with AOL, Yahoo | Yes | No | No |
| Meetings (audio/video/web conferencing) | |||
| Meeting attendee capacity | 250 | 250 | |
| Desktop sharing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Application sharing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| White boarding and annotations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint upload for online presentations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Upload for other file types | No | No | No |
| Multimedia Content Upload | No | No | No |
| Polling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ad-hoc multiparty PC-based audio/video | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Authenticated attendee in Lync Web App | Yes | No | No |
| Unauthenticated attendee in Lync Web App | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lync attendee client | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scheduled conferences (using Outlook plug-in) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook delegation for scheduling meetings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Support for RoundTable | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lobby | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interoperability with certified partners for dial-in audio conferencing (ACP) | No | Yes | Yes |
| Phone dial-out from scheduled meetings via third-party dial-in conferencing service | No | Yes | Yes |
| Client side recording and playback | Yes | No | No |
| Server-side recording and playback | No | No | No |
| Generate a link to a scheduled meeting via web page | No | No | No |
| Scheduling an online meeting in Outlook Web App | No | No | No |
| Native dial-in audio conferencing on Lync server | Yes | No | No |
| Screen Snapshot (Desktop Annotation) | No | No | No |
| Backstage/Content Preview for presenters | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mute all attendees | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mute individual attendees | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unmute all attendees | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unmute individual attendees | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| In-meeting attendee permission controls | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interoperability with on-premises video conferencing systems | Yes | No | No |
| Voice and telephony | |||
| Lync-to-phone (calls with landlines and mobile phones) | Yes | No | No |
| Call hold/retrieve | Yes | No | No |
| Dial-out from ad-hoc Lync meetings | Yes | No | No |
| Advanced call controls (transfer, forward, simul-ring) | Yes | No | No |
| Access to Exchange Online voicemail | Yes | No | No |
| Team call | Yes | No | No |
| Delegation (boss-admin) for Voice | Yes | No | No |
| Call park | Yes | No | No |
| Outgoing DID manipulation | Yes | No | No |
| E-911 | Yes | No | No |
| Dial plans and Policies | Yes | No | No |
| IP desk phone support | Yes | No | No |
| Resilient Branch Office Appliance | Yes | No | No |
| Call Admissions Control (CAC) | Yes | No | No |
| Support for analog devices (such as FAX) | Yes | No | No |
| Response groups | Yes | No | No |
| Private Line (secondary DID for executives) | Yes | No | No |
| Interoperability with third-party PBX or trunks | Yes | No | No |
| Presence interoperability with third-party PBX | No | No | No |
| RCC (click-to-call) with on-premises PBX | Yes | No | No |
| Malicious call trace | Yes | No | No |
| Unassigned Number | Yes | No | No |
| Network QoS – DSCP | Yes | No | No |
| Media path optimization | Yes | No | No |
| Phone number management | Yes | No | No |
| CDR and billing reporting | Yes | No | No |
| Integration with call center solutions (Aspect) | Yes | No | No |
| Client support | |||
| Lync 2010 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lync Web App for participating in scheduled meetings | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lync 2010 Attendee client (joining meetings) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Communicator for Mac client | Yes | No | No |
| Office Communicator Web Access (2007 R2) client | Yes | No | No |
| Office Communicator 2007 R2 client | Yes | No | No |
| Lync 2010 Phone Edition (Lync-based IP phones) | Yes | No | No |
| Lync 2010 Attendant client (receptionist rich client) | Yes | No | No |
| Communicator Mobile (Windows Phones 6.x) | Yes | No | No |
| Lync 2010 Mobile client | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IM and media encryption | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IM filtering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anti-malware scanning for meeting content and file transfers | Yes (partner solutions) | No | No |
| IM archiving (server side) | Yes | No | No |
| Exchange/SharePoint interoperability | |||
| Presence interoperability with Exchange and SharePoint on-premises | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Presence interoperability with Exchange Online and SharePoint Online | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Online | Yes | No | No |
| Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange on-premises | Yes | No | No |
| Lync Online and Lync on-premises, and administration | |||
| Server/cloud coexistence (split domain) on user basis (some users on-premises, some users online) | No | No | No |
| Splitting workloads (for example, IM/presence/voice on-premises, conferencing in the cloud) | No | No | No |
| PowerShell support | Yes | No | No |
| Bigfin (web) UI | Yes | No | No |
| Attendee/user reporting | No | No | No |
| Reporting (CDR, QoE) | Yes | No | No |
| Third-party API support | |||
| Client-side APIs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Server-side APIs | Yes | No | No |
Who Can Federate Tool (BETA) on Windows Phone.
04 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
I have given access to the beta of the WCFTool from Matthem Landis.
It is working great and very smooth, more info can be found on http://bit.ly/lyncfed
here are some screenshots:
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Lync Mobile released for iOs devices
05 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Microsoft has released Lync mobile for iOs devices and apple has approved the application.
it can be found here.http://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/microsoft-lync-2010-for-iphone/id484293461?mt=8
Logon:
DNS and Firewall changes Lync Mobile with Office 365.
05 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Some people report they are having problems connecting Lync Mobile to Office 365 environment.
What you have to do.
When you are the owner of the domain (so not xxx.microsoft.com) you have to create a Public DNS entry for you’re Lync mobile to work.
| Type: | Hostname: | Destination: |
| CNAME | lyncdiscover.Domainname.com | webdir.online.lync.com |
For Internal users there has to be a change on the firewall and internal DNS Server. On the external firewall you have to open the 5223 TCP port to the Outside.
On you’re internal DNS you have to create the following entry.
| Type: | Hostname: | Destination: |
| CNAME | lyncdiscoverinternal.DomainName.com | webdir.online.lync.com |
Hope this helps you connecting Lync mobile to your Office 365 environment.
Traffic between Lync Mobile Client and Lync Mobility Service
05 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
To see how the traffic goes between you’re mobile client and Lync Mobilty Service (MCX), there is a diagram released. 
Lync 2010 Mobile Client for Windows Phone released
15 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Microsoft released the Lync 2010 Mobile client for Windows Phone.
As we can see on the partner presentation it would come out the 12th of Decemeber and now its here.
NL Download link : http://www.windowsphone.com/nl-NL/apps/9ce93e51-5b35-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
UK Download link : http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/9ce93e51-5b35-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
US Download link : http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/9ce93e51-5b35-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
Lync Mobile will be out within 4 weeks
05 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Microsoft Australia confirmed that the Lync mobile client will be out within four weeks.
so what can we expect :
It’s coming out for iDevices, Blackberry, Android and Windows 7 Mobile, here a movie on the Nokia Lumia 800
and from winrumours the Teched 2011 Business Features
Lync 2010 November 2011 Cumulative Update (CU4)
06 months ago
Microsoft released the CU4 November updates for Lync 2010, the affected software is the client,server and group chat.
Lync 2010 Server:
Lync 2010 Server http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2493736/en-us
Attention:
Watch out for the wrong link because of translations the old CU3 is poppin up.
Don’t forget to update the database just like CU3 see my previous post.
Lync 2010 Client
Lync 2010 client http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2514982
Lync 2010 Group Chat Server:
Group Chat Server http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2514984
Group Chat Administration Tool http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2636063
Lync 2010 Group Chat Client:
Lync 2010 Grpup chat client http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2636065
Database Update after CU3 and CU4.
06 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Because the CU3/CU4 database update is often forgotten, I made a little post about it.
In the KB article there is a little note, like in a employer contract, which is pointing out that there has to be an update installed on de the database.
This is the little note of the kb article.
Now we have to run the following code from the Frontend server in Lync 2010 Management Shell:
Install-CsDatabase -Update -ConfiguredDatabases -SqlServerFqdn <EEBE.Fqdn> -UseDefaultSqlPaths
Where <EEBE.Fqdn> is you’re frontend server when running the Standard edition and the SQL server when running in Enterprise edition.
There is is a very nice blog from Jamie Schwinn explaining the update of the database. http://waveformation.com/2011/09/06/lync-server-2010-cu3-database-update-explained/
Deep Dive in Lync 2010 Edge Server by Randle Wintle
06 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Source: Dustin’s Technote.
Found a usefull Deep dive in Lync 2010 Edge Server by Randle Wintle I would like to share with you.
Lync Server 2010 Update October 2010
06 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
Microsoft released some new updates for Lync 2010:
2601461 The Invalid_AD_Phone_Numbers.txt file is not generated in the Address Book files in a Lync Server 2010 environment.
2628787 A code loop occurs when the CreateResolutionQuery2 function is called multiple times in a Lync Server 2010 environment.
2628786 The IP telephone restarts unexpectedly when you sign in to Lync 2010.
Privacy Relationships
07 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
If you want to control you’re presence information shown to the contacts in you’re Lync Client, it’s possible to use the privacy relationships.
With pricacy relationships you can change the relationship and with that the information shown to a single contact. This is done by right clicking a contact and then go to Change Privacy Relationship here you can choose 6 different Relationships.
Friends and Family:
Share all my contact information except meeting details.
Workgroup
Share all my contact information except Home and Other phone;contact can interrupt Do Not
Disturb status.
Colleagues
Share all my contact information except Home, Other and Mobile phone, and meeting details.
External Contacts
Share only my name, title, email address, company and picture.
Blocked Contacts
Share only my name and email address; blocked contacts can’t reach me via Lync.
Auto-assign Relationship
Reset this privacy relationship to the Lync default.
When adding a new contact to the Lync client the default relationship is Colleagues for an internal user, when adding a federated user their relationship is set to External Contacts.
How to make custom Presences in Lync 2010 client
17 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
I found the possibility to create Custom Presences on the Technet pages, tried them out and liked it.
So how to do it in simple steps.
We have to create a XML file just copy it from below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <customStates> <customState ID="1" availability="Online"> <activity LCID="1033">At Customer</activity> </customState> </customStates>
Save this file as an xml file on a location on a harddrive or a url of you’re liking.I used e:\Custom\custompresences.xml
If you want to create more then one presence you can add more to you’re XML file just add the following.
<customState ID="1" availability="Online"> <activity LCID="1033">Custom Presence</activity> </customState>
Increment de ID number an change te line Custom Presence to the one you want.
Now we have to create a DWORD key and a string in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator.
In the Value data off the string you have to type location of the XML file you created. When using a file location use the following file:///path to filename or the url where the saved XML file is placed.
Now log off and Log on again.
Presence states
07 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
There are 5 presence states available in Lync 2010 Client. These states are shown in colored boxes Green,Yellow,Red, Dark Red/White and Clear, but what do they mean :
| State | Meaning |
 |
Available |
 |
Be Right Back, Off Work or Appear Away |
 |
Busy, In a Conference, In a Call or In a Meeting |
 |
Do not Disturb |
 |
Appear Offline or Offline |
The red state means also “in a meeting”, if u use Exchange this is based on the Free/Busy schedule. When in a meeting in you’re calender the state is Red, when you’re free in the calender the state is going to be Green again.
Appear Offline is not enabled in default, the admin has to enable this state this can be done on the Lync Frontend server and start de Management shell and type the following command:
Get-CSClientPolicy | Set-CSClientPolicy -EnableAppearOffline:$true
Appear offline is not available when you are using lync on Outlook Web App.
Updating From the Evaluation Version of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 to VL
08 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
When first installing an evaluation version of Lync 2010 server because the customer wants to try Lync.
After the evaluation the customer wants to buy Lync 2010 server now you want to update is to VL but how.
Copy the installation of the VL version to you’re server and run the following command from the Lync Management shell.
msiexec.exe /fvomus server.msi EVALTOFULL=1 /qb run this command from the location where you placed the VL install files.
After the installation finishes run in the following command in the Lync management shell enable-cscomputer.
Installation Lync 2010 Group Chat Server
08 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync Group Chat
Because i didnt thought the Whitepaper was installation friendly i made a blog about the steps taken. With the whitepaper by hand
Prerequisites for Lync 2010 Group Chat Server:
Install IIS Role : ASP.Net en IIS 6 Management en Message Queuing Service (feature).
Create 3 users,also these users have to Lync enabled, local admin on the Group Chat Server and member of RTCUniversalServerAdmin.
Create the following accounts in AD
1. OCSChat (Lookup account)
2. OCSChannel (Channel account)
3. SA_GCadmin ( This is also thesuperuser)
Make these users member of RTCUniversalServerAdmin, on the GC server make these users memberof Administrators.
Now we have to take care of making these users usable , therefore we have to create a SIP account for OCSChat and SA_GCadmin with the Lync Control Panel.
Start the Lync Control Panel on the Lync Server and click on Users, Enable Users.
Click on Add type the alias of the user like Sa_GCadmin assign this user to the right pool, because the user doesn’t have an emailaddress fill Generate User’s SIP URI in to use the following format
<SAMAccountName>@ press on the dropbox and use the appropriate domain name
Click on enable, the user is now enabled for Lync en has a SIP.
How to check the version of Lync 2010 Server.
08 months ago
by JGelijsteen
in Lync 2010
When you’re coming in a environment with a lync server and you want to check wich version this server is. There are a couple of ways to do this:
Start Lync Managment shell
Type Get-CSServerVersion.
Type Get-CsManagementStoreReplicationStatus
When opening the Lync Control Panel on the right side of the panel you will see the version of lync.
The best way to see the version of all components installed on the server is with
LyncServerUpdateInstaller.exe wich can be downloaded here (CU3).When run it you can see wich version Lync server behind the dot, also you can update it with this tool if it is not allready.
HMS racing team is using Lync 2010 and Lync Group Chat.
08 months ago
Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) is one of the most famous and winning-est racing teams. With well-known drivers such as: Jimmie Johnson (No. 48), Jeff Gordon (No.24), & Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (No. 88) HMS needed a communication solution that can help win races. Deploying Lync Server 2010 & Lync Group Chat allows the Crew Chief & Race Engineers to collaborate & communicate on racetrack during race day.
Here is a movie how it goes:
