The UC Architects Podcast Ep43

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

Episode 43 of The UC Architects podcast is now available, which is hosted by Pat Richard. Pat is joined by Steve Goodman, Johan Veldhuis, Serkan Varoglu, and yours truly. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

Unable moving mailboxes to Exchange 2013 DB excluded from provisioning
Protecting against Rogue Administrators
Combine Office 365 tenants after a merger or acquisition
Hybrid,EAC,Ex2007 & In-Place Hold issues in Ex2013 CU6 & OWA bug
Certain pages or windows don’t appear in Outlook Web App or in the Exchange admin center when using Google Chrome
Using PowerShell Background Jobs can help you speed up Exchange Tasks
Script: Invoke-snomControl PowerShell GUI
Microsoft Removes September’s Lync Vulnerability Update Due to Problems
Lync Room System Cumulative Update (Sep2014)
Lync Phone Edition (LPE) Log Viewer
September 2014 update for Lync 2013 client
Script:PolycomVVX FTP Provisioning Server Creation Script
SecureOfficeWebApps Farm with “FarmOU” Setting
High CPU after Publishing Lync Topology
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 14.4.4 update
Lync Mobile update–Gallery View on iPad and participant management on both iPad and iPhone
IT/Dev Connections (wrap-up)
TechEd Australia
Norwegian Lync Day
UC Birmingham User Group

More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.

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The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.

The UC Architects Podcast Ep42

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

Episode 42 of The UC Architects podcast is now available, which is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by John A. Cook, Tom Arbuthnot and yours truly. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

Tool: PelNet v2.0
Managed Availability Probes
Skype for Desktop Settings – Set-SkypeClientPreferences withPowerShell
New firmware for LPE devices
Desktop sharing update
New Tool: Lync Common Area Phone Management (GUI)
Lync SDN For Dummies
Lync Anonymous Response Group Limitations and Field Notes
Practical use of Call Quality Methodology
New Tool: Event Zero Broadcast IM tool
Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update (flex fabric update)
Static route for Edge server internal interfaces
UC Architects @ Connections speakers and Scheduled Maintenance party
Norwegian Lync Day
TechEd Europe 2014
Northern UC User Group

More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.

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The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.

The UC Architects Podcast Ep41

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

I’m happy to announce the availability of episode 41 of The UC Architects podcast.

This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, who is joined by Pat Richard, Stale Hansen and Tom Arbuthnot. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

Microsoft ordered to hand over overseas email, throwing EU privacy rights in the fire
Microsoft’s unified technology event for enterprises
Exchange Log Level GUI Powershell Script
Lingering entries for long-departed servers retained by Exchange 2013
Outlook 2013 cannot connect to Exchange 2013 using MAPI over HTTP when proxy is enabled
Exchange 2013′s Hybrid Configuration Wizard in SP1 and CU5 is BROKEN!
Walking through Exchange 2013′s Hybrid Configuration Wizard steps
Microsoft Exec Discusses Plan To Offer Customers Free Office 365 Migration Services
Signatures in Office 365
BitTitan Data Encryption Released
Complete Home Lync Lab
Isn’t It Time For Lync To Make Way For Skype?
Assign Lync Policies to Lync users based on Active Directory Group membership
Change Lync Conferencing Dial-In Number Display Order (GUI)
Installing and Configuring Lync 2013 Watcher Node
Plantronics-as-a-Service
Lync Snom Configuration Manager
Lync Phone Edition July 2014 CU
Microsoft selects 911Enable for Lync Online Dedicated
New Lync PowerShell tool: Lync 2013 Contact Backup and Restore Tool (GUI)
Polycom UCS 5.1 for VVX phones
Using Lync Like a LyncPro
Logitech cc3000e review
Lync Users Group
UC Birmingham User Group – August 13th @ The Priory Rooms Meeting & Conference Centre
Norwegian Lync Day October 14th, 2014

More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.

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The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.

Microsoft announces Unified Technology Event for Enterprises

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

One Event to rule them all, One Event to find them,
One Event to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

Today, through Microsoft’s General Manager for Office, Julia White, Microsoft announced that there will be a Microsoft Unified Technology Event for Enterprises in Chicago next year, to be held in the week of May 4th. This new event is aiming at the current attendees of TechEd, Sharepoint Conference, Lync Conference, Project Conference (uh, what), the Microsoft Management Summit and our beloved Exchange Conference. It is also replacing those events starting next year, meaning RIP for events like MEC, SPC and TechEd. There is nothing mentioned regarding the faith of the related events held in non-NA regions, like TechEd Europe or TechEd Australia.

I consider myself lucky being able to attend the – what looks to be the last (again) – Microsoft Exchange Conference this year. Looking back at that event, thinking about setting, identity and depth, one can only hope for the best with this new monstrous event. After all, looking at recent attendance numbers and assuming there are some attendees visiting multiple of these events, adding recent numbers of TechEd North America (10k+), SPC (12k+), MMS (5k+), MEC (2,5k), LyncConf (0,5k) show the estimated attendance could easily go in the direction of 20,000+ attendees. That estimate is without representation from the related product groups and exhibitors. That is one big event.

With the next release of Exchange being announced for 2015, one could assume there are more products lined up for a common launch next year, similar to the Wave15 launch end of 2012 when Exchange 2013 was released together with Lync 2013, Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013. Though, I do not know the exact timelines of the non-Exchange products, so I could be wrong here.

An event of this scale event poses some serious challenges. That could be as elementary as transport or where to put that many people in the near surroundings of the convention center. Also, what sessions will be scheduled and at what level, given the mixed crowds of the generalistic TechEd and the more product-oriented deep-dive events like MEC. Companies sending delegations of their IT staff to these events may need to have drawings on who needs to stay back at home to keep IT running.

For people worried about the new unified event, Julia White tries to reassure people that the new format will be as ‘magical’ and ‘enjoyable’ as the individual events and it will even exceed them regarding ‘awesomeness’ and value. Meanwhile, Exchange fellows Tony Redmond and Paul Robichaux written up their own views on this change, I suggest you check them out as well.

Note that this site mentions McCormick Place as the event venue (thanks Mike Rigsby). It also mentions the event takes place from Monday until Friday:

Event Name	Venue	Start Date	End Date	Attendees
Microsoft Commercial Event 2015	Lakeside Center at McCormick Place Map It	05/04/2015	05/09/2015	20000

The official announcements can be found here and here. More details will be made available around September.

The UC Architects Podcast Ep40

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Michel de Rooij

We’re glad to announce the availability of episode 40 of The UC Architects podcast.

This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by Michael Van Horenbeeck, Dave Stork, John A Cook, Stale Hansen, Andrew Price and Michel de Rooij. Special guest is Tony Redmond. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics discussed in this episode are:

Learn why Alternate Login ID is Office 365′s hidden gem
Exchange and Antivirus Exclusions – Still A Critical Conversation
Microsoft explains roots of this week’s Office 365 downtime
Office 365 for business public roadmap
Is Microsoft really saying “don’t virtualize” Exchange?
Why running Exchange on Azure is an unattractive proposition
June updates for Lync client (KB2881013, KB2850074)
Lync for Mac update—E911, video & file-sharing enhancements (14.09)
Using Lync like a LyncPro
New Tool: Change Lync Conferencing Dial-In Number Display Order (GUI)
Port 5088 Missing from Lync 2013 Documentation
Call Quality Methodology scorecard for Lync Server
Cisco and Microsoft Lync Content Sharing
SIP Pinger Tool
Verify Lync QoS settings with this little script
Content Switching with Exchange and Lync-related Workloads
74-338 course overview

More information on the podcast including references and a link to download the podcast here or you can subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or use the RSS feed.

About
The UC Architects is a bi-weekly community podcast by people with a passion for Unified Communications; our main focus is on Exchange, Lync or related subjects.