Posts Tagged ‘Lync 2013’

It’s great to see the momentum behind Lync (now Skype for Business). I’m specifically referring to businesses with long-time installments of PBX(s) are realizing the traditional telephony functionality which is now available within Microsoft Enterprise Voice (in this I’m referring to Skype for Business telephony). Admittedly there are some gaps, but these are now niche […]

Saturday, February 7th, 2015 at 17:16 | 0 comments
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I thought I’d share a video I was asked to put together that illustrated Lync client behavior when a user is migrated from a Lync On-Premises deployment to Lync Online. Prior to executing the PowerShell below I needed to complete a “Split-Domain” Lync deployment which I covered in a separate article here. PowerShell commands: $creds=Get-Credential | […]

Friday, January 30th, 2015 at 01:34 | 2 comments
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Back at Lync Conference 2014 Dustin Hannifin and I co-presented on the various video interoperability options available for Lync 2013. I’m specifically calling out Lync 2013 as the video enhancements, specifically the addition of H.264 SVC, created challenges when integrating existing Lync 2010 video solutions. For those that want to know more on this subject […]

Monday, August 11th, 2014 at 21:31 | 0 comments
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UCS 5.0 delivers a wealth of new Lync related capabilities: Better Together-over-Ethernet (AKA BToE) Support for the Lync Software Updates Service (UCS 5 onwards updates can be pushed out via the Lync Server rather than a Polycom provisioning server) Lync Address Book Call Park Lync Status (Lync configuration information delivered via the handset) Boss/Admin (sharing […]

Friday, September 13th, 2013 at 22:52 | 0 comments
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In case you missed it, TechEd Australia 2012 had six great sessions on Lync 2013. The videos have now been posted and direct links can be found below: Lync 2013 Architecture (EXL314) – here Lync 2013 Meeting Improvements (EXL316) – here Lync 2013 Deployment (EXL321) – here Lync 2013 Voice Improvements (EXL325) – here Demystifying Integration of Lync to your […]

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at 11:44 | 0 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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