Lync Server 2010 Deployment – Part 4
April 30, 2012 by Jeff Schertz · 4 Comments
This long overdue follow-up article on the Lync Server deployment series focuses on bringing what is currently in place for internal users to allowing external access and providing a channel for communications with federated and public contacts: the Edge Server. The previous articles in this series cover the deployment and configuration of a Lync Standard [...]
Extension Dialing with Polycom SIP Phones
April 28, 2012 by Jeff Schertz · 11 Comments
In the previous article “Lync Integration with Polycom SIP Phones” the ability for native Lync registration was introduced for many of the standard SIP handsets with the firmware release version 4.0.1. Recently a new firmware version of 4.0.2B was released containing some minor updates and hotfixes. Included in this release was the ability to support [...]
Troubleshooting Lync Phone Edition Issues
March 19, 2012 by Jeff Schertz · 18 Comments
This article serves as a follow-up to a few previous articles which will further explain some of the requirements, capabilities, and limitations of the Lync Phone Edition firmware which appear to still be unclear to some and seem to warrant further discussion. It does not cover complete feature functionality but instead focuses on provisioning and [...]
Lync Mobile iOS Client Authentication Issues
March 14, 2012 by Jeff Schertz · 5 Comments
Troubleshooting Lync client connectivity can be difficult when there are multiple clients which exhibit slightly different behavior and there are some scenarios where not all clients can successfully sign in. If the case is that both Windows Phone 7 and Android client are able to successfully login but iOS clients cannot then the cause could [...]
Updating the CX5000 and RoundTable Firmware
February 9, 2012 by Jeff Schertz · 9 Comments
Although there are already a few existing articles which cover the firmware update process for the Microsoft Roundtable or Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Stations most do not clearly explain the differences in the products or the update processes. Additionally with the recent announcement of the new Polycom CX5000 HD model it seems fitting to revisit [...]
Exchange Integration with Polycom SIP Phones
January 23, 2012 by Jeff Schertz · 6 Comments
In addition to native Lync Server registration some of the standard Polycom SIP phones also support native integration with Microsoft Exchange Server for access to Calendar data with meeting reminders and click-to-join support for Lync Online Meeting invitations. Currently of entire line of Polycom supported SIP phones which can register directly to Lync Server only [...]
Simple Certificate Requests in Lync
January 1, 2012 by Jeff Schertz · 16 Comments
As much improved as the certificate request process has been in Lync 2010 Server from previous versions there are still various occasions where using the Lync wizard can prove to be more difficult then it needs to be. And with the recent release of the new Lync Mobility service and mobile clients there will be [...]
Deploying the Lync 2010 Mobility Service
December 9, 2011 by Jeff Schertz · 183 Comments
Now that the Lync 2010 Mobility Service has been out for a week there has been ample time, relatively speaking, to dissect the documentation, run through multiple installation attempts, and perform some initial discovery work on exactly what this new service is and how it appears to function. Understanding these concepts can greatly increase the [...]
Lync Integration with Polycom SIP Phones
December 5, 2011 by Jeff Schertz · 49 Comments
Polycom has recently announced native Lync support for a wide variety of standard SIP phone devices which all run on the same Polycom Unified Communications (UC) software release. This means that the large ecosystem of SoundPoint IP, SoundStation IP, SpectraLink Wireless, and VVX Business Media Phones can all now natively register directly to Lync Server, [...]
Forcing Lync Web App
November 8, 2011 by Jeff Schertz · 5 Comments
This article is nothing new to anyone intimately familiar with the TechNet documentation and the various Lync Server configuration settings but is more of an attempt to consolidate various notes and tips from different online sources as well as present a detailed look at each available configuration scenario for the Online Meeting join web page [...]
