Lync Phone Edition and Public Certificates
Jeff SchertzThis 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…
Improved RMX Certificate Management
As of the 8.1 firmware release of Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server (RMX) SSL certificates are now managed using a completely different method than used with previous versions (7.6 and older).…
Certificate Revocation in Lync 2013
With the introduction of new clients and services throughout Office 365, Lync Server 2013, and Office Web App Server there is now an even higher level of security enforced in…
Lync Server ‘Certificate Cliff’
The average human interpretation of the Mayan calendar may have proven grossly inaccurate regarding the significance of the date of December 21, 2012 but there is now a new date…
How HTTP is Utilized in Lync Server
Nearly all communications between Lync clients and the Lync Server web services are maintained over port 443, yet there are a few instances when HTTP traffic over Port 80 is…
Importing Certificates on Polycom SIP Phones
A recent blog article shows how to easily deploy a Polycom SIP Phone running UCS 4.1.0 firmware in a Lync environment, but in the event that the device is unable…
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…
Lync Web Services Load Balancing with KEMP VLM
This article addresses a standard DNS Load Balanced scenario utilizing a Hardware Load Balancer (HLB) for web server requests only. What is unique about this setup though is that the…
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…