The 16th episode of The UC Architects podcast is online. This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman who’s joined by Tom Arbuthnot, Mahmoud Magdy, Serkan Varoglu, Dave Stork and yours truly.

Amongst the topics discussed in this episode are:

• Exchange 2013 Readiness;
• Exchange 2013 CHM January 2013 Update;
• Lync Conference;
• Exchange 2013 Exams;
• Mobile Device Management;
• Script to fix well-known folders issues (Fix-MailboxFolders.ps1);
• Script to report on Retention Policy expiration (Get-RetentionExpiration.ps1);
• Updated Exchange environment report script (Get-ExchangeEnvironmentReport.ps1);
• Script to report on backup issues (Get-DailyBackupAlerts.ps1);
• Voice-mail escape in Lync 2013;
• Available Lync 2013 webinars.

The UC Architects is a bi-weekly podcast on Unified Communications in the Microsoft domain, i.e. Exchange and Lync, or related subjects.

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The 15th episode – and 1st episode of 2013 – of The UC Architects podcast is online. The UC Architects is a bi-weekly podcast on Unified Communications in the Microsoft domain, i.e. Exchange and Lync, or related subjects.

This episode is hosted by Pat Richard, who’s joined by Michael Van Horenbeeck, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook and yours truly.

Amongst the topics discussed in this episode are:

• Michael van Horenbeeck becoming an Exchange MVP;
• Raising of Office 365 recipient limit;
• Script for provisioning Lync analog devices and common area phones (MAdCaP.ps1);
• Cisco phones vulnerabilty to eavesdropping;
• Updated Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer;
• December Lync Phone Edition updates;
• Exchange 2013 Gotcha’s as published by Michael B. Smith;
• Dropping of ActiveSync support for free GMail accounts;
• Fast User Switching and Lync Voice calls;
• Michael van Horenbeeck’s MCM process;
• Short review of Jabra Speak 510.

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The 14th episode of The UC Architects podcast is online. The UC Architects is a bi-weekly podcast on Unified Communications in the Microsoft domain, i.e. Exchange and Lync, or related subjects.

This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman who’s joined by John Cook, Johan Veldhuis, Serkan Varoglu and Ståle Hansen.

Amongst the topics discussed in this episode are:

• Windows Management Framework (PoSH3)
• Releases of Exchange Updates
• Lync Conference Session Info
• Lync Pilot Kit
• Lync 2013 Early Adopters
• Live @ EDU to Office 365
• Outlook for 2013

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The 13th episode of The UC Architects is online. The UC Architects is a bi-weekly podcast on Unified Communications in the Microsoft domain, i.e. Exchange and Lync, or related subjects.

This episode is hosted by Pat Richard who’s joined by John Cook, Tom Arbuthnot, Justin Morris and Dave Stork. Special guest is Rick Kingslan (Senior Technical Writer for Lync at Microsoft).

Amongst the topics discussed in this episode are:

• Who’s Rick Kingslan;
• Greg Taylor’s article on Exchange 2013 and TMG;
• Lync-Yahoo! Federation EOL;
• System Center Advisor for Lync 2010;
• Surface Pro;
• UAG 2010 SP3;
• Improved Exchange/Lync Connectivity Analyzer;
• Withdrawal of Exchange 2010 SP2 Rollup 5;
• Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool (OCAT) 2.0;
• Lync 2013 Basic Client;
• Q&A with Rick Kingslan (call handling, supportability, technical writing a.o.);
• Microsoft Lync Conference.

You can directly listen or download the episode here, or subscribe to the podcasts using iTunes, Zune or RSS.

The 12th episode of The UC Architects is online. The UC Architects is a bi-weekly podcast on Unified Communications in the Microsoft domain, i.e. Exchange and Lync, or related subjects.

This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, who’s joined by Pat Richard, Michael Van Horenbeeck, Serkan Varoglu and yours truly. Special guest is Greg Taylor from the Exchange Product Team at Microsoft.

Amongst the topics discussed in this episode are:

• Who’s Greg Taylor
• Lync and Skype developments;
• New Exchange Update Rollups;
• Greg Taylor Q&A (CAS, Load Balancing, Exchange 2013, TMG, Hosting);
• Office Web Apps.

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