Skype for Business Server 2015 CU6 is here!

Right in time before the holidays Microsoft has released a new Cumulative Update number 6 with a lot of improvements and fixes. Download here. / Improvements and fixes in the December 2017 update This update enables Location-Based Routing to support the Skype for Business mobile clients. It also fixes the following issues: 4043636 Skype for Business on Mac can’t retrieve meeting information in Skype for Business Server 2015 4043634 Sign-in dialog box is always displayed when you try to access external web services in Skype for Business Server 2015 4043638 Incorrect format of location information about an E911 call from Skype for Business on Mac 4043641 Update to add a Strict-Transport-Security header to the path of all web service responses in Skype for Business Server 2015 4043637 Update to enable Skype for Business on Mac to restrict external access in Skype for Business Server 2015 4043633 Synthetic transactions fail after installing February 2017 update for Skype for Business Server 2015 4043635 You cannot sign in Web Scheduler in Skype for Business Server 2015 4036633 “We can’t sign you in because you aren’t set up to use Skype for Business” error in Skype for Business Server 2015 4036631 Can’t join an application sharing session of meeting in Skype for Business Server 2015 that has May 2017 update applied 4036632 UCWA clients still can sign in from external networks when the external access is disabled in Skype for Business Server 2015 4036630 Can’t schedule or join a meeting after you apply May 2017 Cumulative Update for Skype for Business Server 2015 4036625 Enables the peer-to-peer file transfer feature for Skype for Business on Mac clients in Skype for Business Server 2015 4036627 Event ID 16385 floods in Skype for Business Server 2015 Director pools 4023993 LS Data MCU events 41024, 41025 and 41026 are constantly generated after you install the May 2017 . Continue reading

Can’t sign in to Skype – There was a problem acquiring a personal certificate required to sign in

Problem: Skype Error message when signing in: “Can’t sign in to Skype for Business – There was a problem acquiring a personal certificate required to sign in. If the problem continues, please contact your support team”. Uninstalling or reinstalling Office 365 software is not going to help you. There are a couple of solutions here. / Solution 1 Open Skype for Business login window and click on “delete my sign-in info”. Continue reading

Network Assessment Tool for Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams

Network Assessment The Microsoft Network Assessment Tool provides the ability to perform a simple test of network performance to determine how well the network would perform for a Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business Online call. The tool tests the connection to Microsoft Network Edge by streaming a set of packets to the nearest edge site and back for approximately 17 seconds for a configured number of iterations. The tool reports: Continue reading

Upgrading the Audiocodes EMS (OVOC)

AudioCodes One Voice Operations Center (OVOC, also known as Element Management System and IP Phone Manager) is a web-based voice network management solution that combines management of voice network devices (Audiocodes IP Phones, Mediapacks, Mediants etc..) and quality of experience monitoring into a single, intuitive web-based application. OVOC enables administrators to manage and to adopt a holistic approach to network lifecycle management by simplifying everyday tasks and assisting in troubleshooting all the way from detection to correction. Continue reading

Update Skype for Business 2016 Client - KB4011238

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Skype for Business 2016 client. The version number of this update is 16.0.4615.1000. In addition to the release of the new client, this update fixes a list of issues. Issues that the update fixes This update fixes the following issues: KB 4051048 Invalid participant number is displayed in a warning message when you send an exceeding size meeting in Skype for Business 2016 KB 4051049 No denied notification when waiting in the lobby to join in a meeting in Skype for Business 2016 KB 4051050 Phone number instead of contact name is displayed for an Active Directory contact in Skype for Business 2016 KB 4051051 Selection is moved to the bottom when using the Up Arrow key in conversation history in Skype for Business 2016 KB 4051052 Can’t join a meeting through Lync Web App after the meeting can’t be joined from the Skype Meeting Add-in in Outlook KB 4051053 Anonymous meeting join fails if the meeting organizer is disabled for federation in Skype for Business 2016 /

Security Updates October 2017 Office- Web Apps and Online Server

This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2017-11826. / KB3213659 - Microsoft Office Online Server (download) KB4011231 - Microsoft Office Web Apps (download) Supported Operating Systems Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

Update SQL Server 2014 SP2 constantly fails on Skype for Business Server

Recently i had set up a new Skype for Business Deployment, with a Front-end (Standard Edition) and Anywhere365. After installing Skype for Business roles, Windows Update popped up with SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 (CU 1) (KB3178925). I tried to install the update using the Windows Update, but everytime i got the error code: 84B30002 When looking at the log files from SQL i did not found anything spectacular, the only strange message is “user has cancelled” Continue reading