Connect Lync in Pidgin
I finally made Lync work in Ubuntu. Here is the steps: 1) Install the SIPE plugin - ’sudo apt-get install pidgin-sipe’. 2) Run ‘NSS_SSL_CBC_RANDOM_IiV=0 pidgin &’. 3) Add the Lync account, then...
View ArticleLync 2010 Server Roles
Based on the functionality provided by the servers, each Lync server runs one or more roles. Front End Server User authentication and registration Presence information and contact card exchange Address...
View ArticleMagic Quadrant for Unified Communications
According to the Gartner Magic Quadrant, Microsoft and Cisco are the best two Unified Communication solution vendors in the current market....
View ArticleForce to Use Lync Web App
If you click the online meeting URL on a machine that already has Lync 2010 client installed, it will launch the Lync client as default. I tested it both in FireFox and IE, and they are all the same....
View ArticleCertificate Request Tool – DigiCertUtil.exe
I found this great CSR (Certificate Signing Request) tool named DigiCertUtil.exe in Jeff Schertz’s blog. It is a portable execution file, which means you don’t need to install it in your server. With...
View ArticleTest Lync Mobility Service Without Internet and WLAN
In my sandbox environment, there are no Internet connection or wireless LAN. I thought I won’t be able to test the Lync Mobility service (How to deploy Lync Mobility Serivce) until I found ‘Virtual...
View ArticleDisable Audio/Video Features in Lync Client
By default, the Audio/Video is enabled in Lync client. In some scenarios, you may want to disable them. There are two way to achieve this: The first solution is based on the user – control the user...
View ArticleLync Integration With Exchange/Outlook from Another Domain
I have built up the Lync infrastructure in my sandbox environment, now I want to integrate it with my existing Exchange/Outlook in the production environment. The integration means: presence, online...
View ArticleMicrosoft Lync Server 2010 Cmdlet Descriptions
What follows is an alphabetical list of the 530-plus cmdlets that appear in Microsoft Lync Server 2010. Each cmdlet includes a brief description extracted from the Lync Server PowerShell help file. The...
View ArticleLync-Skype Integration
Microsoft has announced that Lync and Skype users now are able connect to each other from across the different platform. By taking a quick look, a few things that I think need to be noticed. The...
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