Thomas.Poett@TEAMS (MVP Teams and Cross-Tenant M&A/D Migration Expert Lead)

One of the most frequently asked questions is: How do we license SQL Server as a Lync Backend Solution correctly. This is not an very easy question. But first in general the common SQL licensing applies. This is mainly regarding if you license as per CPU or Server. This question will mainly not have an impact regarding Lync based licensing. Lync Server Enterprise Deployment requires an SQL Server instance. this is fact, as well as several other Lync Server or Components (e.g. pChat or monitoring and Archiving) We have a few SQL Backend scenarios: 1. Single SQL Server This solution do not provide an HA feature, either the Server, nor the database. But it is possible in adding this server deployment into an mirrored solution(3.) 2. Clustered SQL Server (with a single Database) This provides only HA for the Server themselves, but the Database is not protected. Well some solution exists, where the storage is in a mirrored relationship and there provide database HA in anoth...

Several time i ran into the same issue with OCSLogger and Snooper. If you actually started logging with OCSLogger, you could also verify that bytes were written onto disk, but once you started analyzing the trace, you find the OCSLogger file and the Snooper EMPTY. So there are some reasons due to OCSLogger is NOT a supported method any longer how we should analyze log's. Better and suggested is the Central Logging Service. This is why we have some issue after we deployed Snooper. (Sounds wirred, is wirred) But Snooper is still the best and optimal solution identifying issues. So what could this have caused: 1. Your OS is other than EN-US, this means, you have to ensure that your DATE and TIME Format is set to ENGLISH (United States). (While the location is not relevant!) 2. You have applied an Update, e.g. CU 3. In this case your issues is, where files are or arn't correctly replaced. SOLUTION regarding 2nd issue: You have to manually copy the default.tmx and de...

Several times while preparing the AD Forest, we run into an issue during the preparation process. This is mostly with a new installation. You will receive an preparation failed error regardles if you chose the wizard or the Enable-CsAdForest command. It failes with: Prepare Forest Active Directory setting exection failed on an unrecoverable error Command execution failed: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: InstanceToDelete This is an wellknow issue in the installation process. Solution: you must use the PowerShell command Enable-CsAdForest -GroupDomain <AD Domain FQDN> -GroupDomainController <DC FQDN> -GobalCatalog <GC FQDN> Author: Thomas Pött Managing Consultant Microsoft UC

If you prepare the Schema update for Lync 2010 or 2013, you might encountar an error: Task execution failed. The exit code is "5". This is an error related to missing user rights (permission). The user who executs the Schema Prep Install-CsAdServerSchema has not member of the Domain Schema Admins. Thisis often an issue, if you changed the replication on the Schema Master by disabling INBOUND and OUTBOUND replication. Even if you have new assigned the Schema Master, and the Lync Servers Logon Server is now the DC, where the replication was disabled, before you assigend joined the group, it is not replicated. Solution: Enable the replication, than logout and login again, than disable the replication angain AD commands: Disable Replication repadmin /options <schema master DC name> +DISABLE_OUTBOUND_REPL repadmin /options <schema master DC name> +DISABLE_INBOUND_REPL Enable Replication repadmin /options <schema master DC name> -DISABLE_OUTBO...

With Lync 2010 and Lync 2013, some user run into an issue while they try to share a powerpoint presentation: This is regardless if a Office Web App server is installed or not (as Lync 2010 do not support OWA) The problem is mainly a client issue and should be seach for any server issues. That why in troubleshooting, it is necessary that you identifiy if you have general or partelly issues. You will receive the following error on a client: Solution: To fix the problem you will need to edit the [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{91493440-5A91-11CF-8700-00AA0060263B}\2.b\0\Win32] @="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office 15\\Root\\Office15\\MSPPT.OLB" and point it to the Office 14/15 directory in regedit.  The easiest way to do it would be to copy the registry entry for the TypeLib 2.a entry and paste it over the 2.b entry. Author: Thomas Pött Managing Consultant Microsoft UC

If we only have internal extensions and the URI will look like this: +4989123400;ext123 we have several point we need taking care about: - incoming calls shall be addressed via Exchange Auto Attendant - internal call now need to be normalized including the users extension - in some circumstances, we have assigned multiple DID number including the head number. if so we need the incoming normalization, analog to the internal calling normalization Confused finally? Don't worry, it really looks simple: Say our Head Number is: +4989123400 and we have extension from ;ext=01 until ext=99, the normalization rule will look like: If the Exchange Auto Attendant has also an extension, we need to have an incoming normalization rule on the trunk or gateway: Exchange AA: +4989123400;ext=99 Pattern to match: ^(\+4989123400)$ Translation rule: $1;ext=99 the internal assigned phone number has the said range (01-98), so a users phone number looks like: a) tel:54;phone-context=Si...

The Lync 2013 Web Scheduler was made for User who need to setup a Web Meeting without having Outlook available. It is a very convenient method and easy to understand. In our Demo Lab, I have documented all necessary steps: So let’s add a new Simple URL.  We have three simple commands: $urlEntry = New-CsSimpleUrlEntry -Url “ https://scheduler.cie.acp.de ” $simpleUrl = New-CsSimpleUrl -Component “WebScheduler” -Domain “*” -SimpleUrlEntry $urlEntry -ActiveUrl “ https://scheduler.cie.acp.de ” Set-CsSimpleUrlConfiguration -Identity Global -SimpleUrl @{Add=$simpleUrl} -Verbose  First, we check the Simple URL Configuration and ensure all Topology settings were correctly made. Than you have to use the script exactly as provided:   You do not need to run Enable-CsComputer, since this will not update the IIS URL Redirect , this will be one of our last steps, where we are running the Bootstrapper and let this changes be happen   DNS Config...