Skype for Business 2015 Edge Pool Deployment
Jeff SchertzMoving on with this series of deployment articles the next major component of the core Skype for Business (SfB) infrastructure to address is the Edge Server role. This server role,…
Skype for Business 2015 Edge Server Deployment
This article is intended for those following along with this series of deployment articles to create a Skype for Business (SfB) 2015 Server environment. The instruction in this article is…
Polycom RPP Configuration for Lync
The core Polycom video bridging infrastructure components of the RealPresence Platform (RPP) have recently attained Lync Qualification. As of the posting of this article the following RPP products qualified for…
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…
Lync Mobility Media Paths
In a previous article discussing Lync Mobility an important behavior of the 2013 mobile clients was pointed out which was the fact that 2013 mobile clients are effectively hardcoded to…
Lync Remote User Definition
This article is a brief clarification about a topic that still occasionally leads to some confusion going back to the original release of Office Communications Server. Basically the wording of…
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…
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…
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…
Understanding Lync Edge Server Ports
The Lync Edge Server is an often misunderstood server role that in theory is not all that complicated. But without knowing some of the basic functionality provided it can be…