We’re glad to announce the availability of episode 35 of The UC Architects podcast. This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman who’s joined by Michael van Hoorenbeeck, Dave Stork, Serkan Varoglum, John Cook, Ståle Hansen and yours truly. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topic discussed in this episode are:

• Exchange 2013 Service Pack 1
• Exchange 2013 SP1 Transport bug
• Exchange 2010 SP3 UR5
• Exchange 2007 SP3 UR13
• Have Public Folder limits changed recently? Let us know!
• Now Available: GetLogFileUsage.ps1 script
• Configuring Azure Multi-factor Authentication with Exchange 2013 SP1
• Exchange 2013 SP1 now includes native ADFS support
• Windows Server 2012 R2 and Database Availability Groups
• Certificate Inspector™ by DigiCert
• Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1 (SP1) also available
• Static IP Addresses for VMs in Windows Azure
• HA EOP/Office 365 to On-Premises routing
• SAML 2.0 federation with Office 365
• Demo Scripts for Remotely managing Office 365 using PowerShell
• Lync Conference 2014 – Some sessions released
• Lync Room Systems (LRS) PSA – Update to 15.08
• Minor update 1.01 to Lync2013 Call Pickup Group Manager Tool.
• Lync call accounting for user or departmental billing – beta v0.2
• Office 2013 SP1 fixes annoying UISuppressionMode bug for Lync
• Using CsClientPolicyEntry for Inband Snom Provisioning
• Lync 2013 – Masking Information from Monitoring Reports
• Lync / Powerpoint certificate issue

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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.

A quick post to announce the availability of episode 34 of The UC Architects podcast. This episode was recorded at the Lync Conference 2014 in Las Vegas in front of a live audience and features Jamie Stark (@nomorephones), Senior Product Marketing Manager in the Microsoft Skype division, and Lauren Husum (@lhorgan88), Product Marketing Manager in the Lync Marketing group.

This episode is hosted by Pat RIchard who’s also joined by Ståle Hansen, John Cook, Justin Morris, Tim Harrington and Tom Arbuthnot. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Topics featured in this episode are:

• Lync Conference 2014 Impressions
• Lync Conference 2014 Keynote topics
• Lync Conference 2014 Expo floor
• Microsoft picks new CEO
• Planning a Lync Server 2013 Deployment on Virtual Servers
• Lync Server 2013 Stress Testing Guide
• Lync Conference 2014 Keynote: Building Toward Universal Communications

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.

A quick post to announce the availability of episode 33 of The UC Architects podcast.

This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman who’s joined by Michael Van Hoorenbeeck, Dave Stork, Johan Veldhuis and John Cook. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topic in this episode are:

• Lync Conference Sessions from The UC Architects
• Lync Conference Parties EventZero, LyncdUp, eNow
• Lync Conference Giveaway – 35 items so far!
• Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC) Sessions from The UC Architects
• The UC Architects Live From MEC
• So long RPC/HTTP, Hello MAPI/HTTP
• Exchange 2010 mailflow troubleshooting guide
• Exchange 2010 TIFF iFilters (OCR Tiff -> Exchange Search)
• Slow Response To Exchange Virtual Directory Cmdlets
• Cmdlet Extension Agents & XML Case Sensitivity
• Steve Goodman’s MSExchange.org Guide for migrating from Exchange 2007 to 2013
• Use these ideas from Steve Goodman to troubleshoot slow mailbox moves to Office365
• Dave’s Stork’s From open source groupware solution Zarafa to Exchange Part 1
• Common mailbox / folder sharing scenarios Guided Walkthroughs now available
• Exchange 2010 and 2013 Database Growth Reporting Script
• Stale’s Exchange Integrations and Lync session visions from NIC
• Get-umAutoAttendantDiagram: Auto Diagram Your Exchange Auto Attendants
• Lync Meeting Update Tool
• New blog LyncServer Design/Planning and Policies
• Worlds first Twitter to Lync IM Bridge
• Managing Office 365 e-mail addresses easy with PowerShell when using DirSync

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.

We’re glad to announce the availability of episode 32 of The UC Architects podcast.

This episode is hosted by Pat Richard who’s joined byJohn Cook, Michael van Hoorenbeeck, Serkan Varoglu, Tom Arbuthnot, Justin Morris, Tim Harrington and Ståle Hansen.Special guest is Jamie Stark who’s Product Manager on Lync at Microsoft. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topic in this episode are:

• SharePoint teams POV on use of SharePoint branding by evangelists
• Important Changes to the Forefront Product Line
• Lync Conference
• TechEd being discontinued?
• Limit access to Office Web Apps Server (OWAS)
• Searching for that LineURI – again
• Conferencing MCU issues with Lync 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2
• Telefonica Shuts Down Jajah
• L+ Extending Lync for large meetings Lync
• Polycom VVX Manager Tool
• Improving Quality of Meeting Recordings
• Lync and Software-Defined Networking
• Stale’s LyncConf session
• Can you use ActiveSync to estimate market shares?
• Estimating the size of an Exchange Online Archive
• Office 365 token disclosure
• Exchange security updates and more
• Publishing multiple services using only a single IP w/ Kemp
• Exchange 2013 to 2007 Outlook Anywhere Proxy Issue

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.

We’re glad to announce the availability of episode 31 of The UC Architects podcast.

This episode is hosted by Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, and Ståle Hansen. Editing was done by Andrew Price.

Some of the topic in this episode are:

• Exchange cumulative and update rollups
• The future of Exchange
• Profiles for Lync
• Snom webinar
• Network planning with Lync Server
• E911 and Lync Windows Store App
• OWAS fix for Win 8.1
• Using Lync SDK and PowerShell to control Lync presence
• Android Kitkat EAS issues
• Mailbox Moves report script
• Office 365 URLs and IP ranges
• (Updated) Directory Sync tool
• Message encryption and Office 365
• and more ..

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.