The UC Architects Podcast Ep44

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iTunes-Podcast-logo[1]Episode 44 of The UC Architects podcast is now available,which was recorded at the Norwegian Lync Day. This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who joined by Ståle Hansen, Tom Arbuthnot and Steve Goodman. Special guests are Lasse Nordvik Wedø, Adam Gent, Johan Delimon, Tommy Clarke, and Martin Lidholm. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topics discussed in this episode are:

  • Configuring QoS for Lync IP Phones
  • New version of Lync SDN interface
  • Lync Call Concurrency Calculator
  • Never be late for a meeting again
  • MS14-055 Broke My Edge Server
  • Norwegian Lync Day recap
  • Session recap: Lync Backup and Restore by Lasse Nordvik Wedø
  • Session recap: Lync Hybrid and Skype by Tommy Clarke
  • Session recap: Lync Mobile sign in process and media flow by Tom Arbuthnot
  • Session recap: SIP and media in Lync explained by Johan Delimon
  • Session recap: Lync voice explained by Adam Gent
  • Lessons learned about holding a conference by StĂĄle Hansen
  • Session recap: 5 Elements That Ensure a Successful Lync Deployment by Martin Lidholm
  • TechEd Europe events

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.

Aaand we named it .. Microsoft Ignite!

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Today Microsoft revealed the name of the event temporarily known as MUTEE, or Microsoft’s Unified Technology Event for Enterprises:

Microsoft Ignite 2015 Full

The Microsoft Ignite event, which replaces Microsoft Exchange Conference, LyncConf, Microsoft Management Summit, SharePoint Conference and TechEd North America, will be held from May 4-8, 2015 in Chicago at McCormick Place. On the Exchange Team blog, former  Microsoft Exchange Conference attendees are told this will be their ‘go to’ event for 2015 (apart from independent conferences, such as Exchange Connections 2015).

The Microsoft Ignite 2015 site is already up and you can even register, in case you are worried this event with a potential of 20k attendees will soon be sold out. Microsoft is asking potential attendees to provide input through a YamJam. For those unenlightened, a YamJam is a virtual event on Microsoft’s Enterprise Social platform called Yammer, meaning you have to register on the hosting Yammer network first.

The announcement on the Office blog has some additional information here, including information on Convergence and //Build 2015.

PS: It is likely that the adoption of this name has consequences for the events formerly known as Ignite, e.g. Office 365 Ignite. Those events were technical training to get IT Pros up to speed on new products. The faith of those training sessions has not been disclosed.

Exchange MVPs around the World – Oct, 2014

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In april, I did a heat map of all the Exchange MVPs in the world. After several months, it’s time to update this map to reflect the latest changes in the Exchange MVP population.

Exchange MVPs October 2014Here is the list of countries with changes in number of Exchange MVPs compared to April: Argentina (0->1), Bermuda (1->0), Canada (6->5), China (12->13), France (3->5), Lithuania (0->1), Mexico (0->2), Russia (5->6), Singapore (1->0), Sweden (3->4), Taiwan (1->0), Thailand (1->0) and Turkey (1->2).

If there are any inaccuracies, please report them in the comments below.

2014 Microsoft MVP Award

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I am happy to announce I got re-awarded the Microsoft MVP Award for Exchange Server for 2014:

mvpMVP awards are given to individuals by Microsoft in recognition of their contributions to the technical community, such as this blog, forums or our very own The UC Architects podcast.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my readers, followers, fellow MVPs and of course the Microsoft employees that have encouraged, helped and supported me over years.

My MVP profile can be found here.

The UC Architects Podcast Ep43

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iTunes-Podcast-logo[1]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.

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.