Polycom Qualified Lync Phone Configuration
Jeff SchertzIn a previous series of articles the configuration and registration of Polycom SIP phones was covered in detail with directions specific to using the previous Polycom Unified Communications Software (UCS)…
Chicago Lync Users Group Meeting
The newly formed Lync Users Group is hosting a number of meetings in various U.S. cities this month and I will be presenting on Lync 2013 topics at the Chicago…
Lync Edge STUN versus TURN
The primary purpose of this article is to help explain the difference in the available media paths provided by the Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) protocol. These solutions provided by the…
Locking Lync Phones
There are two different types of telephone handsets optimized for Lync which support the ability to be tethered via USB to a Windows PC for a ‘better together’ user experience. …
Updating the CX7000 Firmware
Polycom has released the first major software update for the CX7000 Unified Collaboration System for Microsoft Lync. For details on what this release brings in terms of new features and…
Lync Phone Edition CU6 Upgrade Issues
Any Tanjay family device (Polycom CX700, LG-Nortel 8450) currently running a Communicator Phone Edition (CPE) release (1.x or 3.5.x) cannot update directly to the Lync Phone Edition (LPE) CU6 (4.0.7577.4100)…
Polycom HDX Registration with Lync Server
This previous blog article covered some of the HDX registration steps but is over a year old and more recent firmware releases for the HDX has streamlined and simplified this…
Understanding Active Directory Naming Formats
This basic article is intended to provide a background in different Active Directory user name and domain name formats and how they are used by applications for basic and integrated…
Lync Edge Server Best Practices
Amazingly enough these topics still comes up daily in technical forums, planning discussions with customers, and when troubleshooting improper deployments. Although most of this material is not new and can…
Video Interoperability in Lync 2013
The covers have been removed from Lync ‘Wave 15’ and the general public is now privy to download and install a preview version of Lync Server 2013. This presents the…