Announcing Skype for Business
Jeff SchertzJust this morning Microsoft has announced, by way of Twitter and new posts on the Office and Skype blogs that the Lync Server product will be rebranded as Skype for…
SILK Audio in Lync Mobile Clients
A previous article entitled Media Codes in Lync 2013 covered the introduction of the SILK narrowband and wideband audio codecs from Skype into the Lync 2013 desktop client. Since posting…
Lync Phone Edition and Public Certificates
This article aims to serve two purposes. Firstly, as a reminder to always keep Lync Phone Edition (LPE) devices updated and not to grow lackadaisical regarding the routine administrative tasks…
MSTurnPing Bug
The MsTurnPing.exe application included in the Lync Server 2013 Resource Kit Tools package contains a bug that may have inadvertently triggered some incorrect practices related to the configuration of Edge…
October 2014 Lync Users Group
The next round of quarterly Lync Users Group meetings has been scheduled and announced for this month. Event Details This meeting will be conducted in our familiar two-session format: The…
Configuring QoS for Lync IP Phones
This article covers various aspects of configuring a complete Quality of Service (QoS) design in a Lync environment which utilizes various models of IP handsets for Lync. Prioritization of both…
Updating CX5100 and CX5500 Firmware
An earlier article entitled Polycom CX5100 for Lync 2013 introduced the newest RoundTable device for Lync, briefly discussing the firmware update process. As this product was brand new at the…
Understanding Lync Modalities
There are multiple ways to initiate communications sessions in Lync across different modalities and features. These various options can utilize a few different network paths to reach the intended destination(s). …
Updating Lync 2013
Upon looking at visitor statistics for this blog one of the reoccurring trends is the amount of traffic to articles like Updating Lync Phone Edition Devices after Microsoft releases a…
Polycom UCS 5.1 for VVX Phones
This article was posted to serve two purposes which are to introduce the latest 5.1.1 firmware and its new features as well as detail the out of the box experience…