Lync Conference 2014 Summary
Jeff SchertzAfter getting a few weeks to decompress from Lync Conference 2014 in Las Vegas here is some feedback on numerous topics which followers of this blog may find interesting. Some…
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…
Understanding Lync Video Quality Reports
In any Lync Server environment, be it in a test lab or a production deployment, the Monitoring Server role and its accompanying reports should be considered a key component. With…
HD Video in Lync 2013
In Office Communications Server 2007 and Lync Server 2010 the usage of high definition video was straightforward. The Real-Time Video (RTV) codec used primarily throughout those client and server versions…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
Lync Quality of Service Behavior
In Lync Server, by default, Quality of Service (QoS) is not enabled for the Windows Lync soft client, yet it is enabled for Lync Phone Edition clients. Thus it is…
RTV Support Released for Polycom Solutions
As of today Polycom has officially released native support for Microsoft’s Real-Time Video (RTV) media codec in HDX Telepresence endpoints and RMX Conferencing bridges. The HDX also supports Microsoft’s implementation…