Questions tagged [lync]

Question 1

We have to find out who has recorded a conference (I mean who pressed a record button during conference) in our s4b 2016 onprem. Is there any way to achieve this?

Question 2

Whilst I've been able to find historic information relating to the Live Communications Server (and subsequent versions as it was rebranded), what I haven't been able to find is a definitive list of ...

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I'm having a problem with Skype for Business (Lync) disconnecting behind a pfSense firewall after exactly 5 seconds. It's an odd problem, and I've opened a ticket with Microsoft, but thus far, that ...

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I am trying to setup an intranet website (osTicket ticketing solution). I want my users to connect automatically to the website, so they don't have to fill their credentials. For this I have : Created ...

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An external customer is having problems attending our Skype for Business meeting. It is hosted online through Office 365. They do not have S4B and are using the web client. They can join and use IM ...

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Our office emails hosted on Office-365 / Skype For Business for instant messaging. Our vendors do not have Skype for business accounts. What configuration needs to be done on Exchange? We need to ...

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Our organisation uses the native desktop Skype for Business 2016 client. When I want to have meetings with external users I send them the standard Outlook invitation created by the S4B add-in. This ...

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I'm 90% done with a migration to Skype for Business 2015. Our organization has extensions from the legacy system that everyone has gotten to know over the years and I have to carry them over. Many ...

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I am attempting to manage Skype Online for Business via the LyncOnlineConnector PowerShell module. I have had no trouble whatsoever connecting to remote exchange. However, I am now trying to do the ...

Question 10

Actually, I have found the clue here on after googling, but the problem is I can not download the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 or 2013. http://jackstromberg.com/2013/05/configuring-lync-server-to-push-...

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It tried to google many time to download Microsoft Lync Server 2010 or 2013 evaluation. but the links I got has changed and can not find it. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/evalcenter/hh973393.aspx ...

Question 12

I'm seeing an error in my Windows event log with the following signature: Log: Application Source: SideBySide EventId: 35 Level: Error Description: Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program ...

Question 13

Ok, I have been working with Lync 2013 for 2 years now. I got to this job and watched a consultant install Lync 2013 and walk away. I have been reading some books and have some questions about how ...

Question 14

I installed gateway with NAT between PC and network. User of PC can chat via Lync client but can't call or join conference. What ports should be mapped via NAT for Lync client to use all Lync ...

Question 15

We are looking to deploy SfB Frontend and Edge with mobility client. We only have capacity for two new servers, so we cannot put a dedicated Reverse Proxy in. Can we simply use NAT to get around this?...

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I have installed Skype for Business 2015 into a test lab environment and am now struggling enabling any users. I have created three new AD users - [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]. ...

Question 17

I am trying to deploy Skype for Business 2015 to a test lab following this guide. I have performed all prerequisite actions up to Prepare Active Directory. when I run the task to prepare the AD schema ...

Question 18

We have a Lync 2013 installation and are currently in the process of testing SIP functionality. Our current SIP trunk requires a username and password to authenticate. I can't find an awful lot of ...

Question 19

The VDI plugin for Lync 2013 allows using Lync 2013 (which automatically becomes SFB after some updates are installed) over a remote desktop connection without performance penalties, by offloading the ...

Question 20

Does Skype for Business / Lync when used via the hosted Office 365 service have the ability to do any stream multicasting or mirroring for group meetings? Background: I’m in a branch office with a ...

Question 21

In the past, I have heard others talk about how they liked a Lync feature, which made it possible to switch a call from being on the desktop to a mobile phone and back again. Now that I have access to ...

Question 22

I hope this is in scope of this stackexchange. I was wondering, if the chat history is saved servers-side (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh243707%28v=office.14%29.aspx), is it then ...

Question 23

Recently we've been noticing an issue where when searching for a user in Skype For Business/Lync 2013, a different user will show up in the search results. Doing some research, this seems to be ...

Question 24

We currently have a Lync 2010 deployment, and are migrating to Skype for Business 2015. From my reading, there is no way you can upgrade the clients direct from Lync 2010 to Skype for Business 2015/...

Question 25

We are looking to deploy a single consolidated edge on a vSphere Cluster. From reading the Microsoft documentation, it appears you need two layers of firewalling. Internet <--> Firewall <--&...

Question 26

I've stumbled upon a bizarre problem with Skype for Business 2015 (the client application, previously known as Lync 2013 but automatically upgraded to SfB 2015 by some Office update); maybe I'm ...

Question 27

The default value in Lync for a busy status is numerically represented as 6500. Is it possible to change the "In a call" status that the Cisco Unified Presence Server provides the Lync server.

Question 28

We want to redirect all Lync voice chats ( Calls ) to an Elastix server. We also want to disable lync built in Voice chats ( all voice communication - "included internal lync users" - through Elastix ...

Question 29

During application sharing with Microsoft Lync Client (Mac OS X), TCP ACK with RST flag is sent from my application end to Lync end against TCP Zero Window packets and call gets dropped. Image Link. ...

Question 30

The customer I'm currently working with has a Lync 2010 RTM environment and IM's from external domains fail (according to the sender as a failed message appears) however the IM is actually received ...

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I have been trying to get a Lync server setup in my test enviroment and I keep running into errors. Most of them I can resolve fairly quickly, but last one has me stumped. I get the error when Lync ...

Question 32

I'm trying to set my profile picture (avatar) globally, so that it will be available in all services connected to my exchange server. As described in Changing a user's on-premises photo, I ...

Question 33

My Lync 2010 Standard Edition deployment used to work, but after restoring a server because a problem, the control panel does not allow me to enable users. I get this error: “Insufficient access ...

Question 34

This is one of those where I'm not sure where to look. I found this TechNet article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd351203(v=exchg.141).aspx - but it appears to only be for when UM ...

Question 35

Problem: Using a Lync phone edition device, or using SEFAUtil, we can set forwarding/simulring settings for a particular user. Once that user logs in on a Lync client (running on Win7), the ...

Question 36

I'm trying to install Group Chat Server but I got this error: site:microsoft.com failed while applying server changes error creating a trusted application I installed and configured all the software ...

Question 37

Note: I've read How Often Do Windows Servers Need to be Restarted? but this question pertains to our Remote Desktop server specifically. We have a Windows Server 2008R2 server - a VMware ESX VM - ...

Question 38

A Lync 2013 Server Standard Edition is running in a local network (no access from outside), but I am unable to connect using the Desktop version of Lync 2013 with any user. Using the Lync ...

Question 39

Let's say we have two domains: contoso.com and fabrikam.com. Both have: two UPNs (.local and .com) Then: Contoso.com have Lync servers on-premise. Exchange, Sharepoint 2013 and Azure AD on Office365 (...

Question 40

I'm on a project using Lync 2013. Our integration connector reads messages from the Lync server's SQL DB. Currently, 1 to 1 messages are being stored as RTF but conference messages are stored as HTML. ...

Question 41

I have a Lync 2013 FE and Edge working to provide federated Lync service to our domain. Internal/External chat works fine but when getting on a video call with someone outside of the LAN the call will ...

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I'm using Application Request Routing 3.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 to load balance the internal web services on a Lync 2013 front-end pool; I'm not using it to reverse proxy the external web services ...

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I'm setting up Lync 2013 Standard Edition in my Lab and want to test it's features and its compatibility. I have managed to successfully install Lync 2013 Standard Edition, create some users and SIP ...

Question 44

I was wondering if there was an advantage of having a different Lync SIP domain name from the Exchange SMTP domain name? I could see the disadvantages, but I'm trying to understand the real world ...

Question 45

We are rolling out Lync and one request was to push out (and perhaps update) contacts to end users. Is this feature possible in Lync?

Question 46

I have an archiving system that reads both envelope and legacy journaling messages in an Exchange 2010 environment. The journaling target is simply a mailbox that receives a copy of every SMTP ...

Question 47

Summary: Windows Phone Lync 2013 client unable to login to Lync Server 2013. But other device iOS, Android, Windows desktop client all fine. In detail: We have a client with Lync Server 2013 deployed....

Question 48

I've got a bunch of polycom VVX sries phones logged in to Lync 2013 using PIN authentication. Everything worked fine, then suddenly several phones spontaneously logged out automatically. Re-keying in ...

Question 49

Lync Server: Server 2008r2 standard sp1, Lync server 2010 Lync Edge: Server 2008r2 standard sp1 Server running SQL: Server Standard 2008, running SQL Express 2008 I believe, can't tell for sure ...

Question 50

I am trying to install Lync Server 2013 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 but during the server component installation I get the Error Error: Command execution failed: Index was out of range. Must be non-...