Exch 2010 - Manual Offline Address Book Update
POWER SHELLUpdate-OfflineAddressbook “Default Offline Address List”Update-FileDistributionServiceCONSOLEGo to the Exchange management console, under "Organization Configuration" select the "Mailbox"...
View ArticleEXCH 2010 - Adding Thumbnail Pictures
The following command imports a picture to the thumbnailphoto attribute in AD. This can be used by Outlook, Lync, SharePoint and other application to display a users...
View ArticleExch 2010 - Change Auto Discovery URL's
Change Web Services Location – Availability Service and Out of Office (OOF)Get-webservicesvirtualdirectory | fl identity,internalurl,externalurlSet-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -Identity...
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Lync 2010 - Error when changing Lync users settings
When you try and change a users settings you get "Active Directory Operation Failed on...""You do not have the appropriate permissions to perform this operation..."This happens because the user is a...
View ArticleLync 2010 - Manually Updating the address book
Run the follwing command in the Lync Power Shell:Update-CsAddressBook
View ArticleLync 2010 - Announcement Service
View Current Announcementsget-CsAnnouncementRemove Announcementremove-CsAnnouncementEGremove-CsAnnouncement -Identity: ApplicationServer:Lync2010.company.com/b5c9c298-ad14-4b28-a687-fc2b811cf262Find...
View ArticleBarracuda API - Creating a new domain using PowerShell
There are very little working examples of how to use the Barracuda API. Here's how you can create a new domain using PowerShell:$URL = "https://barracudaurl.com/cgi-mod/api.cgi?password=123"$DomainName...
View ArticleBarracuda API - Manage a domain using PowerShell
Here's how you can use the Barracuda API and PowerShell to manage domain settings:$URL = "https://barracudaurl.com/cgi-mod/api.cgi?password=123"$DomainName = "domain.com"$auth_sso_ldap_port = "389" #...
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CAPITAL SIP: Causes RGS Queue Errors
If you see any of the below errors in your Lync 2010 Front End servers event log, changes are you may have used capitalisation in the "SIP:" notation pre-pended to the SIP address.e.g. SIP:...
View ArticleSurface RT issues after installing 8.1 preview
After installing the 8.1 preview on my Surface RT I had all sorts of problems!To name a few:1. Windows updates would fail to install2. The Windows Store was unavailable3. Windows failed to activateIn...
View ArticleMigrate un-assinged numbers from Lync 2010 to Lync 2013
Following the Microsoft documentation for migrating between Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 I noticed there was nothing on how to migrate un-assigned numbers. I did a quick Google search but nothing came up so...
View ArticleMigrate UM contact objects from Lync 2010 to Lync 2013
There is a very easy way to get this done - one line of PowerShell actually:Get-CsExUmContact -Filter {RegistrarPool -eq “pool01.domain.com”} | Move-CsExUmContact -Target pool02.domain.comMicrosoft's...
View ArticleOnly one of DistributionGroupAddress and AgentsByUri must be set" during...
Somehow a bunch of our RGS Agent Groups had values for both "DistributionGroupAddress" and "AgentsByUri" properties. This was causing the Response Group migration to stop dead in its tracks! Thankfully...
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PowerShell Menu Builder Function
I needed a fairly complication menu system in PowerShell so decided to create a function that builds a menu from passed variables. This made the code much easier to read, separating the menu system...
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Finally a dedicated Lync client for meeting rooms!!
Just back from a demo at Microsoft of the new Crestron Lync meeting room system. I was seriously impressed!! Until now there was no seamless way to deliver Lync conferencing to a meeting room so this...
View ArticleLync Phone Edition Device Updates
This is my understanding of the device update process and how to troubleshoot. This whole process could be a lot smoother in my opinion, I find it a right pain!Devices use Domain Name System (DNS) to...
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Configuring Snom UC Edition for Lync
I have had a lot of success with the snom UC Edition software for snom phones. Currently the snom 300, snom 370, snom 710, snom 720, snom 760 and snom 821 are officially qualified for Lync 2013. The...
View ArticleLync Sorted: Configure SNOM PA1 for Lync 2010
Lync Sorted: Configure SNOM PA1 for Lync 2010: SNOM PA1 is a really easy to configure device that works out of the box with Lync as a PA system. What you will need:- The UC Edition of ...
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Create Lync Response Group Holiday Sets
I have built a script to create holiday sets for Lync Response Groups and apply them. Its a pretty manual process gathering all the holidays for a particular year and entering those details in to the...
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Create Exchange UM Holiday Schedules for Auto Attendants
I have built a script to create UM holidays schedules for Exchange Unified Messaging. Its a pretty manual process gathering all the holidays for a particular year and entering those details in to the...
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