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Prior to Lync CU1 (released in January), all manually created locations needed to validated against a Master Street Address Guide or MSAG (a database used to find the appropriate emergency service number that a 911 call should be routed to). The problem is that outside of North America this functionality ceases to exist and therefore those […]

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 at 00:20 | 4 comments
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Skype for Asterisk has just been updated to version 1.1.4 Summary of changes within this release: Added privacy controls for web presence as shown at http://www.skype.com/intl/en/tell-a-friend/get-a-skype-button/ Added auto-reply text chat capability Added support for dialplan app Transfer() on SFA calls To download this update, please visit: http://downloads.digium.com/pub/telephony/skypeforasterisk/ So how do I update existing installations of […]

Friday, March 25th, 2011 at 09:49 | 0 comments
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I just caught a post over at “UnplugThePBX“, (a fellow Lync MVP blog) – and it turns out that Microsoft are adding Lync to their enterprise level CAL suites. This is great news for businesses that currently own a Core CAL and would like to “dip their toe in the water” and discover how enterprise IM and presence […]

Monday, March 21st, 2011 at 20:09 | 0 comments
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I just found myself glued to a Channel 9 video that features a US development organisation Gold Systems. Using UCMA 3.0 (the Lync Server development API) they demonstate some impressive CEBP examples, typically applicable to a Contact Centre environment. Very impressive stuff and a solid example on why the Microsoft UC stack has a great […]

Sunday, March 20th, 2011 at 00:19 | 4 comments
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I have come across various posts within the TechNet forums for Lync Server 2010 installations that have failed where Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is applied. Whilst SP1 is supported the following error is experienced: Executing external command: C:\Windows\system32\dism.exe /online /norestart /add-package /packagepath:C:\Windows\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-Media-Format-Package~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.7600.16385.mum /ignorecheck MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM Installation result: -2146762496   MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM Error: Prerequisite installation failed: Wmf2008R2 Some have […]

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 at 11:41 | 2 comments
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Remember Office Communications Server? Of course you do and luckily so do the folks at Microsoft, who have just released their latest batch of cumulative updates for OCS 2007 R2. Links to the KBs/download links can be found below: Client-side updates Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Hotfix KB 2502321 – download Office Communicator 2007 R2 […]

Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 13:47 | 0 comments
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