My presentations on Lync Server 2013 from Nordic Infrastructure Conference 2013 are now available to watch on vimeo. I really enjoyed presenting in Oslo, even though it was -20 degrees celsius!
You can also view all the other sessions include fellow MVPs Ståle Hansen and Martin Lidholm’s Lync sessions here.
Enjoy!
Here it is. A public release of an update for Lync for Mac 2011 that supports all USB devices that have Optimised for Lync stickers on them. This means you can go and download it yourself without calling Microsoft Support and start using your Jabra headsets, Plantronics speakerphones and any other Optimised for Lync device you have. Great news for a Friday!
In case you were wondering, here’s the list of Phones and Devices Qualified for Lync that you can now use.
This update also fixes some video, desktop sharing and sign-in issues.
For further information and to download the update, check out the Microsoft KB article.
Modality Systems along with Microsoft are excited to invite you to participate in our Lync Webinar Series. This Webinar series is designed show you how you can implement Lync in your company, learn how others leverage Lync, along with their ROI, how Lync can maximize your company’s efficiency along with how Lync can operate with you existing PBX infrastructure.
Today, Microsoft announced long awaited updates to Lync Phone Edition (LPE). These are the first updates to LPE after the release of Lync Server 2013, and now include music on hold on the device.
Also worth noting is that no longer is a version (2010 or 2013) attached to these updates – they’re now just “Lync Phone Edition” in that they work with both Lync 2010 and Lync 2013.
Coming up in January, fellow MVP and The UC Architects podcast co-host Ståle Hansen and I will be speaking at the Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NIC) in Oslo. Along with Martin Lidholm, we’ll be covering loads of Lync Server 2013 content.
This time around in my feature on Microsoft’s TechNet NextHop blog, I interview Polycom’s Mike Stacy – a fellow Lync MVP and legend of the UC community.
Check out the interview here on NextHop. If you’ve got a suggestion of who I should interview next, drop me a line in the comments.
I recently picked up a HTC Windows Phone 8X as I was keen on jumping on the WP8 bandwagon. I’ve been really happy with it so far, including how when you connect it to your Exchange mailbox it prompts you to install Lync.
Upon installing the Lync mobile client, I found a few things weren’t working properly like they did on Windows Phone 7.5. Fortunately, a new update is now available for Lync 2010 for Windows Phone in the Store (version 4.3.8111.0) that fixes a few compatibility issues and makes the client compatible with Windows Phone 8. Continue reading
NET/Sonus have released version 2.2 of firmware for their UX1000/UX2000 series of gateways/SBAs.
This new version includes a load of new features like VLAN Support, SIP Message Manipulation, DHCP Server Functionality, Dynamic Routing, Ping and Traceroute Support, DIFFServ DSCP Support and Port Mirroring among a load of others. In addition to these features, over 160 bugs have been fixed in this release.
For more information and download links, check out the Release Notes.
It’s also worth noting that NET/Sonus maintain a VX and UX Lync 2010 Cumulative Update Qualification Chart that outlines which version of UX firmware is qualified to interoperate with each Lync 2010 Cumulative Update.
If you have UX gateways deployed, it’s probably best that you delay upgrading to this version of UX firmware and Cumulative Update 7 until they are both qualified to work with each other.
CU7 for Lync Server 2010 has arrived! This update is mostly bug fixes for client side problems, however there are two new Monitoring Server Reports in this update – a Media Quality Comparison Report and a Call Leg Media Quality Report.
Download links are below. Make sure you patch all your Lync servers and clients ASAP.
Once you’re done patching, Lync will show build number 4.0.7577.4356.
Happy patching!
A bit of news has been made recently that I thought was worth packaging up into a post. As Lync Server 2013 Preview gets more use out in the field and we edge closer to RTM, more exposure is being generated for the product around the world in the lead up. Here’s what’s happened in the last 2-3 weeks that you should be aware of. Continue reading
