Polycom UCS 5.4 for VVX Phones
September 28, 2015 by Jeff Schertz · 85 Comments
The latest release of the Polycom VVX 5.4 UCS firmware branch is now available for Lync and Skype for Business environments. While the initial 5.4.0 release (5.4.0.5841) was published a few months ago that was only intended for Open SIP applications. The recent 5.4.0A release (5.4.0.10182) is fully supported for Lync and Skype for Business […]
Exchange and Skype for Business Integration
September 14, 2015 by Jeff Schertz · 71 Comments
This edition in a series of deployment articles for Skype for Business Server 2015 addresses the integration of an existing Exchange Server 2013 installation with a recently installed Skype for Business Standard Edition server. The article outlines establishing the prerequisite partnership between each platform, allowing the Skype for Business server to leverage the Exchange Server […]
SQL Management Studio with Skype for Business
September 8, 2015 by Jeff Schertz · 16 Comments
One of the major differences in deploying a Standard Edition server in Skype for Business as opposed to an Enterprise Edition server is that the Standard Edition Front End server utilizes SQL Express instead of a full SQL Server installation. This means that by default there is no simple way to view or manage the […]
Office Web Apps and Skype for Business Integration
September 4, 2015 by Jeff Schertz · 18 Comments
This article addresses the deployment of a single Office Web Apps 2013 Server and subsequent integration with an existing Skype for Business (SfB) Server 2015 environment. The environment and example steps outlined here are a continuation of a series of related articles covering the installation and configuration of a Standard Edition topology of Skype for […]