Updating Polycom Trio Firmware
Jeff SchertzOn the heels of the recent release of the Polycom RealPresence Trio 8800 comes the first firmware upgrades. In the same fashion as previous articles on this blog covering various…
Skype for Business and Exchange UM Integration
This article covers the configuration steps for introducing voice mail support into a Skype for Business (SfB) Server 2015 environment by integrating with Exchange Server 2013 Unified Messaging (UM). Note…
October 2015 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…
High Resolution Photos in Skype for Business
This basic article covers a few ways for users and administrators to import and manage contact photos in Skype for Business Server, once the required Exchange Server integration has been…
Video Based Screen Sharing in Skype for Business
Video Based Screen Sharing (VBSS) is a new Skype for Business client capability that has for the most part flown in under the radar. There is currently very little information…
Polycom UCS 5.4 for VVX Phones
The latest release of the Polycom VVX 5.4 UCS firmware branch is now available for Lync and Skype for Business environments. While the initial 5.4.0 release (5.4.0.5841) was published a…
Exchange and Skype for Business Integration
This edition in a series of deployment articles for Skype for Business Server 2015 addresses the integration of an existing Exchange Server 2013 installation with a recently installed Skype for…
SQL Management Studio with Skype for Business
One of the major differences in deploying a Standard Edition server in Skype for Business as opposed to an Enterprise Edition server is that the Standard Edition Front End server…
Office Web Apps and Skype for Business Integration
This article addresses the deployment of a single Office Web Apps 2013 Server and subsequent integration with an existing Skype for Business (SfB) Server 2015 environment. The environment and example…
Skype for Business Server 2015 Deployment – Part 3
Advancing from a previous post this article addresses setting up a few test users and configuring various client and server features. The overall functionality and health of the newly installed…