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 PBX replacement. It’s clear that Microsoft have put a lot of time and effort into making sure that Lync can function “stand alone” as the sole voice solution in an enterprise, but is it really a true PBX replacement? There are undoubtedly situations where Lync will more than meet a...

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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 pool I received the following error: Unable to connect to some of the servers in pool <name> due to a Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) error After a brief hunt around the net I turned up a few posts that indicated some errors around migration when using a hardware load balancer. The only...

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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...

Jun 19, 2010

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70-680 Section 3 Module 1

70-680 Section 3 Module 1

Another video in the series for Microsoft’s Windows 7 Exam (70-680 TS:...

Jun 3, 2010

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UAG – Configuration.exe crash ...

UAG – Configuration.exe crash / hang issue

I’ll start this by saying there is currently no fix for this issue!...