Updating the CX5000 and RoundTable Firmware
Jeff SchertzAlthough 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…
Exchange Integration with Polycom SIP Phones
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…
Simple Certificate Requests in Lync
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…
Deploying the Lync 2010 Mobility Service
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…
Lync Integration with Polycom SIP Phones
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 Software (UCS) software release. This…
Forcing Lync Web App
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…
Third-Party Video Conferencing with Lync
This blog article has been a long time in the making and has been virtually written (and subsequently unwritten) multiple times in my head. Over time it appears the concepts…
HD Video in Lync
The ability to both capture and view desktop and telepresence video content in Microsoft Lync 2010 is something that organizations are investing in, testing with, and leveraging more every day. …
Wireshark Capture Tips
Using tools like Network Monitor and Wireshark are common place when dealing with troubleshooting issues in Lync Server or when simply attempting to better understand some specific behavior. As Wireshark…
Location Information on Lync Phone Edition
There are a number of articles out there already in the topic of configuring Location Information Services in Lync Server for everything from displaying location information on endpoints to deploying…