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Lync Server 2013 is the latest version of the Microsoft Office Communicator server.

Lync Server 2013 is the latest version of the Microsoft Office Communicator server.

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Cisco Unified Presence Server - Update Lync Status value for In a Call

The default value in Lync for a busy status is numerically represented as 6500. Is it possible to change the "In a call" status that the Cisco Unified Presence Server provides the Lync server.
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Forwarding/Simulring settings reset when logging in with Lync client

Problem: Using a Lync phone edition device, or using SEFAUtil, we can set forwarding/simulring settings for a particular user. Once that user logs in on a Lync client (running on Win7), the forwarding/simulring settings are removed after a few…
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How to handle (and test) hybrid multi-forest with Office365

Let's say we have two domains: contoso.com and fabrikam.com. Both have: two UPNs (.local and .com) Then: Contoso.com have Lync servers on-premise. Exchange, Sharepoint 2013 and Azure AD on Office365 (E1 licensing). Fabrikam.com have AD and…
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Lync 2013 external video calls drop after 10 seconds

I have a Lync 2013 FE and Edge working to provide federated Lync service to our domain. Internal/External chat works fine but when getting on a video call with someone outside of the LAN the call will go through, video and audio, until 10 seconds…
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The benefit of different SIP and SMTP domains?

I was wondering if there was an advantage of having a different Lync SIP domain name from the Exchange SMTP domain name? I could see the disadvantages, but I'm trying to understand the real world situation that I have with my current…
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Possible to auto populate Lync clients with default contacts

We are rolling out Lync and one request was to push out (and perhaps update) contacts to end users. Is this feature possible in Lync?
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How do I take an eml file and place it in the inbox for journaling, without sending the email?

I have an archiving system that reads both envelope and legacy journaling messages in an Exchange 2010 environment. The journaling target is simply a mailbox that receives a copy of every SMTP message, and there is a 3rd party application that…
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Automation of helpdesk password reset calls

From a customer we get a lot of password reset requests (expired or lost). I have thinked about a automatically solution: User goes to webpage Enter his username The system call the user no his mobil phone (number from AD) and tells him a PIN User…
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How can I get the number of users actively using Lync?

How can I report on the number of users actively using Lync in my organisation? I want to be able to find out what the uptake is. Thought about going through our mail server, but the saved conversations don't go via SMTP. Also wondered if there's a…
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Lync install on XP machines closes Office applications

Our company is in the process of deploying Lync to our users. We intend to use GFI LANGuard to deploy the software to client machines. In testing, the installation has gone smooth on both Vista and Win7 systems. But on XP machines, when the install…
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Ports used for Lync Edge server

I have Lync 2010 Standard deployed in my environment, along with an edge server. On my firewall I have NAT'd the public address(s) to the server. Right now I have all the ports opened for these addresses to work, but now I want to lock this down for…
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Lync and conference phones - do all clients need phone numbers?

Bear with me here - very new when it comes to Lync :) We have a very simple installation up and running right now, with only Lync software clients installed. I've now been requested to install two Polycom CX3000 conference phones. It looks like…
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Lync 2010 Group Chat Logging

My group is rolling out Lync 2010 Group Chat and it seems from the documentation that the Lync Server does not log actual conversation history for Group Chat. I find this suspect because if conversation history is enabled in a given chat channel,…
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nginx as reverse proxy for Exchange 2010 OWA + Lync Web App Integration

I have a working deployment of Exchange 2010 and Lync Server 2010. I've successfully configured integration between the OWA web app and Lync, and when accessing OWA internally on the LAN chat and presence works. I publish OWA using NGINX as a…
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Office 365 and local Lync for PBX

I have Office 365 E1 plan to get Exchange and Lync. Now we want to be able to call the landlines with Lync. I suppose I need to setup a local Lync server for this? We only have one public IP, so I'm actually worried that this setup will require…
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