Polycom Phones with Skype for Business Online
Jeff SchertzAs of the end of January 2016 many currently available Polycom IP handsets and conference phones are now supported with Skype for Business Online with Office 365. This functionality was…
Lync Phone Edition and Public Certificates
This 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…
Updating CX5100 and CX5500 Firmware
An earlier article entitled Polycom CX5100 for Lync 2013 introduced the newest RoundTable device for Lync, briefly discussing the firmware update process. As this product was brand new at the…
Updating Lync 2013
Upon looking at visitor statistics for this blog one of the reoccurring trends is the amount of traffic to articles like Updating Lync Phone Edition Devices after Microsoft releases a…
Resetting Polycom Phones
Resetting configuration data or rolling back the firmware on Lync IP phones is one of the most basic troubleshooting procedures, but at the core is also often misunderstood. This article…
The Future of Lync IP Phones
A topic originally meant for the recent Lync Conference summary article, it seemed more appropriate to break this out into a separate post. This subject comes up now in almost…
Polycom CX5100 for Lync 2013
With the recently announced availability of the CX5100 Unified Conference Station this new device will start making an appearance in Lync environments all over the world. The goal of this…
Lync Phone Edition Strict Domain Naming
In the January 2013 Cumulative Update for Lync Phone Edition (a.k.a. CU7) Microsoft changed a key element of the client registration process. Any Lync Phone Edition (LPE) firmware version from…
Updating Lync Phone Edition Devices for Lync 2013
This article is a brief update to the process previously documented for Lync Server 2010. In Lync Server 2013 the Device Update service is unchanged and the steps shown in…
Locking Lync Phones
There are two different types of telephone handsets optimized for Lync which support the ability to be tethered via USB to a Windows PC for a ‘better together’ user experience. …