For the enterprise sys admin by the enterprise sys admin
17
Jan
I came across a great tool that helps troubleshoot DNS issues relating to Lync or OCS sign-in trouble. It queries your SIP domain for the required DNS records, especially helpful to determine which SRV records exist and which need to be added. More info from http://www.insideocs.com/Tools/MOCLogin.htm.
Tags: DNS, lync, OCS, records, signin, SIP, SRV
15
Dec
In OCS it was really simple to see how many OCS clients / users were connected to the pool and the version numbers of each client as well as the total number of enabled users. To get the number of clients connected in Lync 2010, you need to do it via performance counters on the [...]
Tags: clients connected, enabled, lync, Lync 2010, OCS, SQLServer, users connected
10
Dec
I much prefer the old OCS way of enabling users for OCS / Lync, I believe it was much easier, but it looks like we are going to have to get used to using Powershell to do this. An example I have put together to enabling all users in an Organisational Unit for Lync 2010 [...]
Tags: enable users, enable-csuser, get-csaduser, lync, OCS, organizational unit, OU, powershell
9
Dec
Recently I need to add the _sipinternaltls SRV record for Lync to a DNS server running BIND on Unix (same process for _sipexternaltls). After reading through this article – http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/howto-ms-active-directory-with-bind-on-linux-379377/ – I found that it wasn’t too hard – just needed to add the following line to the db.zonename file: _sipinternaltls._tcp.danovich.com.au. SRV 0 0 5061 [...]
Tags: BIND, DNS, lync, OCS, SIP, SRV, _sipexternaltls, _sipinternaltls
29
Oct
The next version of Office Communications Server and Communicator, Lync Server 2010 has been now been released to manufacturer. This should start to appear on the Volume Licensing website in the next few days. More info here –> http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/10/27/microsoft-lync-released-to-manufacturing.aspx
Tags: lync, lync server 2010, OCS, release date, RTM
29
Oct
There are some obscure and misleading terms used when describing an OCS or Lync environment. For those new to OCS or Lync, some of the more common terms are explained below: IM Conferencing Lync supports text-based instant messaging conferencing (also known as “Multi-party IM conferencing”) which allows users to initiate text messaging with more than [...]
Tags: conferencing, explain, lync, lync server 2010, OCS, OCS / Lync, SIP, terminology, terms