November 11, 2013

August/September COUCUG Meeting Content

This has been posted for a bit but I forgot to blog it. If you are interested in SIP Tracing or Lync as a PBX, you’ll want to go grab these slide decks. Mike Stacy did an awesome job explaining SIP messages and I did the Lync as a PBX discussion.

You can download them directly here: https://skydrive.live.com/?mkt=en-US#cid=5C11935A4B9961BF&id=5C11935A4B9961BF%21107

Or you can go to www.coucug.org and access all of the past presentations there.

November 6, 2013

Change User Account for #Lync Monitoring Reports

My previous employer has posted a blog post that I wrote for them awhile back. It was written about how to change the user or the password for the Lync Monitoring Server reports.

You can check it out here: http://pei.com/2013/11/change-user-account-for-lync-archivemonitoring-reports/

November 1, 2013

DHCP Option 002 (Time-offset) for #Lync and #Polycom Phones

*** Update 11/27/2014 - It was asked in the comments if this applies to the Lync Phone Edition devices (LPE). LPE is created/maintained by Microsoft but various companies manufacture the devices, including Polycom. The Polycom LPE’s are the CX series phones. This article does not apply to the LPE devices. It only applies to the Polycom phones that run Polycom’s own software such as the VVX line of phones.

Lately, I have found myself having to do the math for the time offset for DHCP Option 002. I decided it was worth just documenting them so I could look them up quickly and what better way to come up with all of them than with Powershell?

October 23, 2013

Polycom VVX 5.0.1 update via #Lync Management Console

Happened to see that the 5.0.1 update for the Polycom VVX phones hit there website today and wanted to test the new way to deliver updates to the devices. You can go here for the update:

http://support.polycom.com/PolycomService/support/us/support/voice/business_media_phones/vvx500.html

Download the CAB files:

2013-10-22_1851

Unzip the files and you will find that they even included a PowerShell script to import the update. Run the import script and you should see a whole lot of devices show up in Device Updates:

September 18, 2013

Denver Area #COUCUG Meeting on Sept 26th - #Lync as a PBX

Come join us as we discuss Lync as a PBX and how to read SIP messages with Snooper. The meeting is being held at the Polycom offices in Westminster (120th and I25). Get more details and RSVP at www.coucug.org.

August 13, 2013

August COUCUG Event

The next meeting will be held on August 29th from 4-6pm at the Microsoft offices in the Denver Tech Center. We are going to talk about the voice portion of the Lync solution. We’ll hit on topics such as SIP and Lync as a PBX replacement.

Microsoft Offices 7595 Technology Way Ste 400 Denver, CO

You can RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/Colorado-Unified-Communicatons-User-Group/events/128810922/

In addition, you can have an impact on the future of the user group by filling out a quick survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/M9Q98GC

August 8, 2013

Review - Getting Started with Microsoft Lync 2013

*** DISCLAIMER - I was approached by Packt Publishing to review this book. I was given access to the book for free. All opinions are mine.

Like a few other bloggers, I was asked to read through “Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server” by Fabrizio Volpe. I had never read a Packt Publishing book before so I may have had poor understanding of how the book was constructed. It seems Packt Publishing books tend to be shorter and a bit more to the point than a traditional book, so be aware, this is not a massive tome like other computer books out there. This is 122 pages including the index and everything else.

July 26, 2013

Lync, CenturyLink, AudioCodes and a Diversion Header

While working on a project, I ran into an issue with SimRing and Call Forwarding. If a user set their Lync account to either SimRing or Call Forward to their mobile and another internal user called them via Lync, the call would forward just fine but if an external party called, the call would ring the Lync end-point (if set to SimRing) or just go straight to voice mail (Call forward).

May 7, 2013

Using SoundeXchange to convert MP3 to WAV for #Lync and #MSExchange

When working with Lync and Exchange I regularly find myself needing to convert MP3 files to WAV files for the specific need of UM. Typically, this involves finding the right bit rate, etc. After finding a command line tool (SoundeXchange) to do this, I naturally wanted it even easier so I created a function in PowerShell to do just that.

In order to run this script, you do need a few pre-reqs. First, you need to install SoundeXchange. You can download it from here: http://sox.sourceforge.net. My script is based on version 14.4.0 and I believe there is a newer version out so change the script below to fit the version you install.

March 8, 2013

Cross-post: How to Change #Lync License from Evaluation to Licensed

If you install Lync via the evaluation bits, you might run into this error and need to change your version over to licensed.

http://pei.com/2013/03/how-to-change-lync-license-from-evaluation-to-licensed/