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The October user group has been announced, event details below: The summer is almost over and Autumn is fast approaching, but fear not, the October edition of MUCUGL is about to arrive! Last October we held the event at the Polycom Executive Experience Centre, this is a great centrally located London venue and we’re pleased to […]

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at 11:36 | 0 comments
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I’ve not mentioned it previously, but earlier in the year I joined Polycom as a UC Architect. It’s an exciting role for someone like myself, I get to listen/learn and advise customers on their UC strategy, assist in the development of new and existing solutions and most importantly talk about Lync on a daily basis! […]

Thursday, August 30th, 2012 at 11:51 | 7 comments
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OCS and Lync interoperability along with RMX is nothing new, in fact integration with OCS dates back as far as 2009. Nevertheless the RMX hasn’t (until now) reached the accolades of Microsoft qualification status. So what does qualification really mean? In some cases vendors go from zero interoperability/ functionality to qualified status overnight, obviously in […]

Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 at 15:22 | 2 comments
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So today is the day that Microsoft did the big reveal on Lync Server 2013 (previously Lync Wave 15). Expect lots of information to follow, but for now go grab the release preview bits (details below). Trial Programs (user registration required): Lync 2013 Preview (as part of the Office 2013 Preview ProPlus SKU): http://technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter/hh973391 Lync […]

Monday, July 16th, 2012 at 21:04 | 0 comments
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  Update: The recent release of Lync Server 2013 and Lync MX (the Windows App Store version of Lync) has meant that the steps detailed below are critical for securing Office Web App and Lync MX – specifically in scenarios where certificates are provisioned via an internal certificate authority and client computers are not domain-joined. […]

Sunday, June 17th, 2012 at 20:47 | 1 comment
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The latest batch of Lync cumulative updates are detailed below, server-side updates can be deployed via the Cumulative Update installer (recommended) or manually (via this page). Updates will as always make their way to Microsoft Update. Some new features worth mentioning: The ability to switch user when Aries phones are configured as common area phones […]

Sunday, June 17th, 2012 at 19:02 | 2 comments
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