Measuring Performance in PowerShell
Jeff Brown I started a new job last year as a Technical Consultant at Perficient, mainly focusing on Lync & Skype for Business deployments. As a result, I’ve been focusing more on…
Skype for Business Online – Why You Need a Network Assessment
Shifting workloads to the cloud places a bigger emphasis on having a high-quality network to the Internet, and Skype for Business Online is no exception. Skype for Business Online utilizes…
Skype for Business Online – Dial Plans Available in Preview
When Skype Online was first introduced, it had its limitations, particularly around policies and customization. From an administrative point of view, you were locked down to being able to use…
Creating Custom Reports in the Skype for Business Call Quality Dashboard
In the January release of Skype Operations Framework (SOF) materials, Microsoft gave us a set of Call Quality Dashboard (CQD) templates that cover various aspects of audio quality as well…
Skype for Business 2016 Client Unable to Join Call Through Cisco VCS
Scenario: When trying to join a call from a Skype for Business 2016 client through a Cisco VCS, the call is dropped. Earlier Lync 2013/Skype 2013 clients work as expected.…
Exchange 2013 User Picture Management
The dreaded ticket: a user’s photo had been updated in Active Directory, but the photo in Exchange has not updated. Interestingly enough, this was in a hybrid Exchange 2013 environment.…
Address Book Phone Number Normalization
In previous versions of Lync, normalizing phone numbers stored in user accounts in Active Directory involved using the Company_Phone_Number_Normalization_Rules.txt text file. This file contained normalization rules to take phone number…
Exchange Server 2016 Preview
The Exchange Server 2016 Preview has been out for almost a month and I’m just now getting around to taking a look at it. I attended Ignite back in May…
Exchange Mailbox Quota Notifications Not Being Generated
I recently got to dive into an issue that I found pretty interesting. It involved a user going over the database quotas for Issue Warning and Prohibit Send but never…
Skype for Business Technical Preview
Lots of information has been coming out around Skype for Business, both server and client side. One of the more intriguing parts of this product upgrade is the ability to…