Lync 2010 Client Connections are TLS Only
Jeff SchertzThe Advanced Connection Settings under the Lync 2010 RC client’s Personal Options still shows the old Connect Using TCP/TLS radio buttons, but those options are greyed-out even if Manual Configuration…
Lync Server 2010 Deployment – Part 3
This blog post is part 3 of a multi-article series and is a continuation of this previous article: Lync Server 2010 Deployment – Part 2 Update: This process is identical…
Lync 2010 Address Book Normalization
As discussed in a past article the Address Book Normalization process of OCS is a barely-documented and often misunderstood process. The objective of this blog article is to explain how…
Updating the Lync 2010 Address Book
The overall process is basically the same as what Office Communications Server does, but with added flexibility of easily customizing some of the timing of the different events. The entire…
Lync Server 2010 Deployment – Part 2
This blog post is part 2 of a multi-article series and is a continuation of this previous article: Lync Server 2010 Deployment – Part 1 Where Part 1 left off…
Lync Server 2010 Deployment – Part 1
Now that the general public has access to the Release Candidate software for Lync Server 2010 it is now appropriate to cover the deployment process in depth. The purpose of…
Lync 2010 Client Unsupported with OCS
With this yesterday's release of the Lync 2010 Release Candidate software to the general public I’m already seeing people attempting to use the Lync client to sign-in to an existing…
Presence Goes Green on Microsoft Lync 2010
As of this morning Microsoft has finally released to the public what many people have been asking me for nearly the past year and I myself have only known for…
What’s New in Communications Server ’14’ – Voice Features
In a follow-up to some of the features I briefly mentioned in a previous article here is a more in-depth look at some additional new features currently in the CS…
Communications Server ’14’ Full Disclosure
Right now I’m down at TechEd 2010 in New Orleans, LA where the keynote address is in progress. Microsoft has now officially lifted the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) on all features…