On June 17th, I’ll be a guest on Talk TechNet, a twice weekly radio show for IT Professionals.  Listeners of the show can call in to discuss Lync or ask questions about features, issues, or architecture.  For full details check out the Talk TechNet website or the registration page below. Join us on the 17th for some fun discussions on Lync.   Talk TechNet – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/gg558001 Event Site and...

Note – After writing this post, I found that Jens Trier Rasmussen has actually already done a good job of explaining Kerberos Authentication for Lync Web Services. I highly recommend checking out his post as well. The following post provides more of a step-by-step to enabling Kerberos for Lync Web Service authentication. Lync Server 2010 removed the requirement to setup RTCComponentService and RTCService user accounts to run the web...

Another chapter in the Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit has hit the web today. Per the announcement on the Dr. Rez blog, the Troubleshooting Basics chapter has been released to the web and can be downloaded via the download link below: Source: Dr. Rez Blog –...

If you’re and Unified Communications professional focused on Microsoft UC products and live in (or visiting) the Dallas/Fort Worth area, come check out the next DFW UC User Group meeting on May 26th, 6:00pm at the Microsoft Technology Center in Irving, TX. The DFW UCUG is a great way to network and meet new people and of course learn more about Microsoft UC products.  This month I will be presenting Voice High Availability,...

The Conferencing and Collaboration chapter of the Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit is now available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. I just took a quick look at the chapter and it definitely does a good deep dive into the nuts and bolts of conferencing. You’ll want to stick to the release documentation for information on deploying and setting up Lync server conferencing, but if you want to learn how conferencing works under...

I’m happy to announce that Chapter 10 of the Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit has been released to the web. I’m specifically happy to see this chapter released because I was lead author for this chapter. Thanks to some awesome PM and peer reviewers I think it should give readers a deep dive into integrating Lync Server 2010 with SharePoint. For full details and download link for the chapter visit the Dr. Rez blog below. Dr. Rez Blog...