As mentioned in one of my previous blog posts, one of the advantages on using an SBC is to be able to connect any “Direct SIP Trunk” to Lync; Microsoft certified or uncertified – as long as its compatible with the SBC’s settings. This time, I had to connect an uncertified SIP Trunk to Lync.
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Read moreRecently, we’ve discovered an issue with “call on hold” functionality in combination with a Cisco CUBE as cpe for Direct SIP-Trunking with Lync 2013. In this situation, we enabled Music on Hold (which is disabled by default), while also respecting all settings and configuration provided by the ITSP for the SIP Trunk. The situation is
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Read moreOne of the new features of Lync 2013 (or, if you’d like, call it just a powershell command) which is not discussed often is “Get-CsClientAccessLicense”. Which is why I’d like to share this one. Yes, it does exactly as says – it will display the Client Access Licenses used in your Lync deployment! This might be
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Read moreFrom today, Lync Server 2013 is Released to Manufacturing. This means the new Lync version has now left development and gearing up to General Availability (GA) later this year or beginning next year, which will be when it’s available to everyone! Of course we’re thrilled with this news and looking forward to those Lync Server
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Read moreNow Lync 2013 public preview is out for some weeks, it is time to start sharing some of my experiences. One of the most basic traps when using Lync is, from my experience, the absence of a good backup. Most commonly a SQL backup, VM snapshot or full disk backup are being made. but thats
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