Erwin Bierens

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Ignite News day 2

Some nice announcements about Skype for Business vNext today. New release of “Skype for Business Server 2019” will available by the end of 2018. / Requirements Windows Server 2016 SQL Server 2016 Only enterprise edition will be available. You can run 1, 3,4… up to 16 front end servers. (2 front end servers not). The directors, persistent chat role and the standard edition will be dropped. SBA/SBS don’t change. New features in Skype for Business Server 2019 Call queues Attendant Voicemail Service Migration Server 2013 -> Server 2019 Server 2013 -> Server 2019 No in place upgrade available. Continue reading

Ignite News day 1

So what’s the most interesting news on Ignite 2017 for today (so far), will update this blog! Skype Operations Framework moves into Practical Guidance for Cloud Voice on Fasttrack MyAdvisor will help you with setting up Voice (link) Skype for Business Server will be updated second half of calendar year 2018 Microsoft Teams client will take over Skype for Business Online client Cloud PBX renamed to Phone System PSTN Conferecing renamed to Audio Conferencing / Continue reading

DNS configuration is preventing you from presenting content

It looks like the file is not automatically updating after DNS changes. Some users will get the following error: You can solve this by deleting the “EndpointConfiguratation.cache” file. Sign out of Skype for Business Click File Exit Open File Explorer Go to “C:/Users//AppData/Local/Microsoft/Office/16.0/Lync/sip_@sipdomain.com” Select File: EndpointConfiguratation.cache and delete it. Launch Skype for Business client and sign in. When you have a older version of Office running change the 16.0 to 15. Continue reading

Let’s Encrypt and Skype for Business

2017-08-14 3 min read Skype for Business Erwin Bierens
For my home lab I’m using the free certificates from Let’s Encrypt (Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority). The certificates from them have 1 big limitation, they are only valid for 3 months but you can renew them “almost” automatically. As explained In my blog last week about “Skype for Business environment running with just one public IP” I’m running my Reverse Proxy with IIS ARR (Application Request Routing). Continue reading

Skype for Business environment running with just one Public IP

2017-08-11 3 min read Skype for Business Erwin Bierens
/ For quite some time I’m running a home lab, first on a big server (HP Proliant DL360) and since beginning of this year I have a Intel Nuc, saves a lot of energy costs 😂 Domain Controller and CA on Windows 2016 Core Edition Skype for Business Front-End Server on Windows Server 2012r2 standard SQL 2014 std for monitoring and persistent chat on Windows Server 2016 Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016 Skype for Business Edge on Windows Server 2016 IIS ARR (Reverse Proxy) on Windows 2016 PBX on Windows Server 2016 This lab was great for testing purposes but the problem was always, no connection to the outside world with Skype because of the requirement for at least 2 external IP’s with the use of Skype for Business. Continue reading

How to install and deploy Polycom VVX 5.6.0 firmware in to Skype for Business

2017-07-21 2 min read Skype for Business Erwin Bierens
Polycom Polycom has released version 5.6.0 for their range of VVX handsets, which includes the following enhancements for Skype for Business: Support for Dial Plan Normalization, Multiple Emergency Number Dial Plan Skype for Business User interface enhancements Skype for Business Conference Enhancements Device Lock Enhancements Profile Picture on Device Lock Screen Secure Single Sign-On With Third-Party Supporting Solutions Safe Transfer for Boss-Admin Enhancements Busy Options for Incoming Calls. The release applies to the following phones and accessories: Continue reading

How to enable a Domain Admin for Skype for Business

2017-07-14 1 min read Skype for Business Erwin Bierens
/ Perhaps you have seen the error message below when trying to enable a Domain Admin (not recommended) in the Skype for Business control panel. You cannot use the Control Panel to users who belong to protected security groups. So your options are to either use Powershell as suggested in the error message or you could try this magical thing: Open active directory users and computers Enable the advanced features in the view menu Search for the account which is in a protected security group Go to Properties / Security / Advanced Check the following box: Include inheritable permissions Retry what you were doing in the Lync Control Panel Now this might not be the best “securest” way of solving this issue, but for my lab environment I do not care too much about that, but i should think twice before doing this in a productional environment. Continue reading
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