Jul 15, 2011

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Upgrading OCS 2007 R2 to Lync 2010 – Part 2

Upgrading OCS 2007 R2 to Lync 2010 – Part 2

Thanks to everyone (ok well two at the time of writing) for the positive feedback on Part 1 of this series, now its time for Part 2! We’re going to pick up from where we left off by creating our Lync topology in the Topology builder tool and take things from there: Create Topology Merge 2007 Topology “Bootstrap” Lync server Install Lync components Certificates Configure...

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Jul 10, 2011

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Upgrading OCS 2007 R2 to Lync 2010 – Part 1

Upgrading OCS 2007 R2 to Lync 2010 – Part 1

I’ve been upgrading my virtual host at home which has the happy side effect of being able to host more RAM hungry machines. This means I’m now able to play with some different servers at home, including Lync.   This is the first part of three (I think) videos that I’ve recorded about how to “upgrade” from OCS 2007 to Lync 2010 standard edition. I suppose...

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Jun 27, 2011

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How to describe Lync voice?

Recently I’ve been thinking quite a lot about how Lync can function as a...

Mar 22, 2011

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Unable to move Lync user DCOM error

Unable to move Lync user DCOM error

The other day when moving users between an OCS 2007 R2 pool and a new Lync...

Jan 25, 2011

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Lync database creation error during ...

Lync database creation error during topology publishing

Just a quicky… While publishing a new Lync pool today using the topology...

Dec 19, 2010

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UAG DirectAccess only connects via I...

This came up as a side issue during some troubleshooting for client...

Dec 19, 2010

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UAG DirectAccess unable to connect t...

UAG DirectAccess unable to connect to resources via Tredo

Recently as part of a fairly complicated client UAG DirectAccess...

Oct 20, 2010

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WP7 Stealth Launch?

WP7 Stealth Launch?

Just a quick post as a follow up from the one last week… I was in the...

Oct 15, 2010

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Windows Phone 7 Launch reaction

Windows Phone 7 Launch reaction

So Monday was the big day in terms of Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with the US...

Oct 5, 2010

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ISA IPSEC VPN to Cisco ASA localhost...

ISA IPSEC VPN to Cisco ASA localhost routing issue

Earlier this week I was having a look at an ISA (2004) to Cisco ASA (or PIX)...

Sep 27, 2010

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70-680 Section 3 Module 2

70-680 Section 3 Module 2

(slowly) continuing in my the series for Microsoft’s Windows 7 Exam...

Sep 17, 2010

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Initial thoughts on IE9 beta layout

Initial thoughts on IE9 beta layout

Having just installed the beta for IE9 this morning I thought I’d share my...