Skype for Business Online – How to Run a Network Assessment
Jeff Brown In my last blog post, I discussed why a network assessment is needed when moving to Skype for Business Online. This time I’m going to walk through a quick example…
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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.…
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…
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…
Cleaning Up Leftover Lync Accounts
Two interesting problems with Lync in the past few months, and both had a similar solution. First, we had returning employees (they left and then came back to the company)…