The UC Architects Podcast Ep64

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Michel de Rooij

iTunes-Podcast-logo[1] Episode 64 and last episode of The UC Architects podcast is now available. Contrary to the belief of some, people’s agendas rather than lack of contents made it more and more difficult to get sufficient people together for recording. Thanks for the great 5 year ride, people!

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

Topics discussed in this episode are:

5 years of The UC Architects podcast.
What made it fun, the friendships, the guests, the topics, and how social media has changed how info gets disseminated about Skype for Business, Exchange, Office 365, Teams, and more.
We talk about what the crew are up to these days, and their involvement/sessions at Ignite.
Skype for Business v.Next and Teams.
Some of the issues that arise when deploying Skype for Business when there is no Exchange in the org.
The upcoming Ignite and UCDay events.

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

The UC Architects Podcast Ep63

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Michel de Rooij

iTunes-Podcast-logo[1] Episode 63 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by Steve Goodman who’s joined by John Cook. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics discussed in this episode are:

Exchange

Exchange 2007 was end of life on April 11th

Office 365

Microsoft Teams is GA
Microsoft Teams Bandwidth Calculator
Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection
Google Suite vs Office 365

Lync/Skype for Business

Skype for Business updates for Mac
Skype for Business Online Trusted Application API
Consult Transfer option
Lync 2013 CUs for March 2017
Skype for Business 2015 CUs
RUCT updated
Convert-SonusSBCConfigToWord

Events

MS Cloud UG
UC and Cloud Day UK
Office 365 Engage

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

The UC Architects Podcast Ep61

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Michel de Rooij

iTunes-Podcast-logo[1] Episode 61 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by Tom Arbuthnot and Stale Hansen. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics discussed in this episode are:

Top Stories

Microsoft Teams released to preview

Office 365

Office 365 and Azure now available from U.K. datacenters

Lync/Skype for Business

SfB Response Group; Exchange UM holidays – multi-add, multi-assign, import from CSV and CAL
Australian RGS/Response Groups Holiday Sets for 2016/2017
Holiday set editor
Response Group Timeframe Editor Powershell GUI
Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition: Release 1.4.1
Skype for Business, Bandwidth Calculator Version 2.70
Add a Skype Menu Item for Meet Now Dedicated (Anthony Caragol)
Skype for Business Online Multi-Region, Automated Meeting Migration and Exchange Server Voicemail
Video Based Screen Sharing (VbSS) comes to iOS and Android Mobile SfB Clients
Certificate Expiry Checklist
Two new posters for SharePoint 2016 and Skype for Business architectural models
Running #Polycom Trio with #Skype4B? Make sure to upgrade to the latest 5.4.3AD release
CustomInvite by Modality
VMware Horizon VDI Skype for Business Support Tech Preview Q1 2017
Outlook Skype for Business “Contacts” folder doesn’t sync with Skype for Business contacts
Update to Hybrid Handbook 2.1
Free Skype for Business Online Network Assessment Tool from Microsoft, Hands On

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

The UC Architects Podcast Ep59

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Michel de Rooij

iTunes-Podcast-logo[1] Episode 59 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, who is joined by Dave Stork and special guest, Gareth Gudger AKA Supertekboy. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics discussed in this episode are:

Gareth Introduction
Help us test Exchange 2013/2016 to Exchange Online public folder migration
Focused Inbox
Announcing .NET Framework 4.6.2
Outlook for Mac Public Folders
Office 365
Microsoft Bookings
Introducing Skype Bots
Launching #Skype4B Survival Guide as Technet Wiki. Downloads, resources and community tools
Q&A Topic
Microsoft Ignite
UC Day (Oct24)
Unity Connect (Nov16-18)
VMworld, MVP Adam Ball speaking (Aug28-Sep1)

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

The UC Architects Podcast Ep58

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Michel de Rooij

iTunes-Podcast-logo[1] Episode 58 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by Steve Goodman, John Cook and Tom Arbuthnot. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics discussed in this episode are:

Microsoft Press Lets Editorial Staff Go
Microsoft acquires LinkedIn
Using the Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard (Six part series)
HCW Improvement: The Minimal Hybrid Configuration option
Preview of Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) for Exchange Online
FindTime for Outlook – Doodle for Business
Virtual academies, odd questions, and MCSE recertification
Microsoft Launches New Office 365 Network Online Community; 88,000-User Yammer Network to Close
Centralised Skype for Business Event Log Viewer
Lync, OCS, Skype for Business Persistent Chat requires port 8011. Missing from Documentation
Call Flow Manager 1.3
Best Practice Upgrade to Skype for Business 2015 SBA
Configure Toll-free Numbers for Dial-In Conferencing in Office365 (NextHop!)
Device Updates with Skype for Business Online
Skype for Business Mac Preview adds contacts, presence and IM
Microsoft announces Skype Meetings, a new free group collaboration tool
Offline IM is now in Skype4B CU3
Skype for Business June 2016 CU (3) gives video based Screensharing
New “Busy Options” Be sure to run Update-CsAdminRole after installing
June 7, 2016, update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3115087)
Skype for Business EdgeInternal Certificate Automatic Renewal sample
Skype for Business 2015 Resource Kit tools released
bounSky 2015
Office Online Server now available
Skype for Business App SDK preview is now available for download
Skype for Business Hybrid Handbook, Version 2.0 (Josh Blalock)
Polycom VVX Alternate Ringtone Bundle (Unofficial)
Microsoft Ignite
UC Day UK (Oct24)
UC Birmingham User Group (Aug 9-10)
Unity Connect (Nov16-18)

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

The UC Architects Podcast Ep57

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Michel de Rooij

iTunes-Podcast-logo[1] Episode 57 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by Steve Goodman and Tom Arbuthnot. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics discussed in this episode are:

Microsoft is rolling back the mailbox anchoring change for remote PowerShell that was introduced in 2013 CU11
Exchange 2013 and 2016 Exmon tool is now available
A friendly reminder that WMF (PowerShell) 5.0 is currently not supported with any version of #MSExchange
Exchange says no to .NET Framework 4.6.1
Hybrid Shared Mailbox access is now supported
Announcing the new Office 365 admin center
Office 365 Reporting web service and Windows PowerShell cmdlets
Office 365 Hybrid Configuration wizard for Exchange 2010
Bulk provisioning Office 365 licenses and services script
Mitel Networks (MITL) to Acquire Polycom (PLCM) in ~$1.96B Deal
Lync 2010 transitioning from mainstream to extended support
Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition Released
Thomas Poet’s Office Cloud Connector Edition
Cloud Connector Edition Skype for Business Online Planning and Migration Guide
Microsofts Free StatsMan Released for Skype for Business and Lync
Configure OAuth between Skype for Business Server and Exchange Online
Microsoft’s Skype now works without plug-ins with Windows 10’s Edge browser
Skype for Business Hybrid–Additional Office 365 Domain
Announcing content viewing for Skype for Business on Android and updates to iOS
Skype for Business SDN Interface 2.4 Released with PowerShell Provisioning
Skype for Business Client Update Video Webcast: Announce Offline Messaging!
Skype for Business Server 2015, Capacity Calculator
CMS Changes in Skype for Business 2015
Quick Tip: SLA Errors – Just Ignore Them
Technical diagrams for Skype for Business Server 2015
Microsoft to eliminate Skype Managed Accounts feature by March’s end (Regular Skype, not Skype4B)
Displaying Network and Building Information in Call Quality Dashboard (CQD) Online
Lync 2013 Client Update Feb 2016 (KB3114732) 15.0.4797.1000.
Lync Server 2013 CU
Skype for Business Server 2015 CU2 (March)
Pat’s Get-CsUpdateVersion script
.NET Framework 4.6.1 and Skype for Business/Lync Server Compatibility
StatusKey for Skype for Business
Lync 2013 / Skype for Business Call Pickup Group Manager Version 2
UC Birmingham User Group (5/11)
UC Day mailing list for more information about a dedicated UC and cloud conference happening on 24th October in the UK
IPExpoManchester (5/19)

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

The UC Architects Podcast Ep56

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Michel de Rooij

iTunes-Podcast-logo[1] Episode 56 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who is joined by John Cook and Tom Arbuthnot. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

Exchange Unified Messaging Voicemails not being received in mailbox
VMWare vSphere Exchange 2016 Best Practices Guide
Cloud PBX / E5 Dec Launch
Wildcard certs and Lync/SfB
Nexthop is back
RT100 dead
Developing for Skype for Business in 30 days
Group Call Pickup can be configured via PowerShell instead of SEFAUtil
Add Skype Consumer or Skype for Business Server Audio Test Service Bot to a Cloud PBX User
Exchange UM Toll Fraud Risk, Don’t Weaken Your PIN Settings
Understanding Skype for Business Server and Online PSTN Conference ID Configuration
HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.0 for Skype for Business on Citrix XenApp and
XenDesktop VDI
UCBug 10 Feb
Microsoft UC User Group London 3rd March Polycom EEC London
UCExpo London, 19th – 20th April
Cloud PBX
Unified Communications Day 2016 – October 24th

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Exchange 2016 and IM Integration

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Those configuring IM integration for OWA and Lync or Skype for Business know the drill of editing the web.config files on your Exchange servers and configuring the certificate thumbprint and Lync/SfB pool? That especially became a nuisance as after each Cumulative Update those settings needed to be reconfigured, for which I wrote a Configure-IMIntegration script.

The Exchange team has obviously listened to feedback from customers and made this setting persistent in Exchange 2016. No longer is it required to dive in those web.config files after installing each CU. Instead, you now configure these settings using the Set-Override cmdlet, which will store the setting in Active Directory.

For example:

New-SettingOverride -Name '<Description>' -Server <Server/Wildcard> -Component OwaServer -Section IMSettings -Parameters @("IMServerName=<Server/Pool FQDN>","IMCertificateThumbprint=<Certificate Thumbprint>") -Reason "<Reason>" -MinVersion "<Minimum Version To Apply To>" -MaxVersion "Maximum Version to Apply To"
Get-ExchangeDiagnosticInfo -Process Microsoft.Exchange.Directory.TopologyService -Component VariantConfiguration -Argument Refresh

For example, to configure the override for all servers with a name starting with EX16, configuring lync.contoso.com as pool FQDN and a specific thumbprint, only for Exchange builds starting at 15.1.225.42 (Exchange 2016 RTM), you could use:

New-SettingOverride -Name 'IM Integration' -Server EX16* -Component OwaServer -Section IMSettings -Parameters @("IMServerName=lync.contoso.com","IMCertificateThumbprint=12345678123412341234567812345678123126789") -Reason "Configure IM" -MinVersion "15.01.0225.42"
Get-ExchangeDiagnosticInfo -Process Microsoft.Exchange.Directory.TopologyService -Component VariantConfiguration -Argument Refresh

Finally, restart the OWA App pool to have OWA reread the new settings:

Restart-WebAppPool MSExchangeOWAApppool

The UC Architects Podcast Ep55

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Episode 55 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode, which was recorded live at the Modern Workplace Summit and Skype Days in Oslo, is hosted by Steve Goodman, who is joined by Ståle Hansen and Tom Arbuthnot. Special Guests are Johan Delimon, Thomas Poet, and Fabriazo Volpe. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

Introducing the Microsoft Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard
Set up Skype for Business Online for Skype Meeting Broadcast
Overview of Modern Workplace Summit
Exchange 2016 new features
Lync 2013 multi-tenant upgrade path
How do I convince the firewall team to open ports 50-59k?
Extensive reporting statistics on room bookings and internal message stats
Move Public Folders to room mailboxes
What are the technical challenges and business challenges and opportunities for Cloud PBX
Skype – in place upgrade with Windows Server 2008 R2
Lync Room System (LRS) upgrade route
UCDAY UK meeting

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

The UC Architects Podcast Ep54

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Michel de Rooij

Episode 54 of The UC Architects podcast is now available. This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, who is joined by Michael van Horenbeeck and Michel de Rooij. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

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