Posts Tagged ‘Lync 2010’
Following yesterday’s Microsoft Lync virtual launch event (which can still be viewed here – or below), the Lync RTM is now available for download via MSDN and TechNet (subscription required). Documentation for Microsoft Lync has also been made publically available here Well what are you waiting for?!?
Yesterday Microsoft hosted the Lync virtual launch event, which shouldn’t be missed! (video embedded below) Highlights include: Video conferecing demonstration with Bill Gates Business-to-Consumer video conferencing demonstration utilising XBOX Kinect First-look at new Microsoft Lync certified devices
Don’t forget to catch the Microsoft Lync virtual launch event on Wednesday (in case you do the keynote stram will be made available for two weeks) there will be keynotes from: Chris Capossela, Senior Vice President of the Information Worker Product Management Group at Microsoft Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate Vice President of the Office Communications […]
Microsoft late yesterday announced that their latest iteration of Communications Server (now dubbed Lync Server) has RTM’ed, for those that are unaware… this a term used to indicate that a software release has reached a point whereby it is ready to or has been delivered or provided to the customer. General availability for Lync is expected on November […]
Once a year I give my “blessing” to the wife to go away on a long weekend with the girls and usually I try to call in a few child minding favours from my parents/in-laws and this weekend, thank goodness, is no exception to the rule!
Last time I was given these days of peace I wrote a Trixbox/Exchange 2010 integration guide, the emphasis was on this becoming the first in a series of how-to’s – however this never really came to fruition, the reason? Asterisk + friendly UI = Bad bad bad…so from here on in I have chosen to move to AsteriskNOW.
Trixbox is a great distribution of Asterisk, however it does break certain Asterisk standards and you can’t beat a good ol’ command line – yes in Asterisk’s case the command line is easier than a web interface.
So why not plain old Asterisk? AsteriskNOW makes light work of the install and I’m by no means a Linux guru! You can still opt for the FreePBX front end – but we will choose to not go down this dark path – trust me on this!
So let’s talk objectives…
Setup AsteriskNOW, configuring a SIP extension and corresponding dial-plan
Install and configure Skype for Asterisk (SFA), ensuring the SIP extension above can route in/out (SkypeOut)
Take the Lync 2010 Server install performed here and integrate it with AsteriskNOW
Make calls to and from the Asterisk SIP extension (Lync & SFA)
Make calls to and from the Lync client (SIP & SFA)
So here is an idea of how this will all piece together:
Sounds like a tall order right? Wrong. With AsteriskNOW and Lync Server 2010, it is reasonably straight forward and I will endeavour to document the end-to-end setup process.
Yesterday I attended a UK UC User Group day at Microsoft Campus Reading, it was a hot day in and around London (my trusty Smart Car told me it was 30 degrees during my un-pleasurable M25 snail’s pace journey) so spending the day in *MS-Air-con was all good! *MS-Air-con is not a new Microsoft product….yet!
The agenda was as follows:
Start End Title
09:00 10:00 Registration and coffee.
10:00 10:15 Introduction.
10:15 11:15 What’s new in the client.
11:15 11:30 Coffee break.
11:30 12:30 Voice architecture and high availability.
12:30 12:45 Sponsor Session.
12:45 13:30 Lunch.
13:30 14:30 Voice deployment.
14:30 15:30 What’s new in conferencing.
15:30 15:45 Coffee break.
15:45 16:45 Architecture, migration and interop.
16:45 17:00 Q&A; and wrap-up
