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Do We Still Need the Skype for Business Director? In One Instance, Yes!

The poor Director server role. No longer needed by Teams, its primary function usurped by Azure AD for Office 365…Microsoft’s march into the future seems to have passed right by it. Now, this is not the first time Microsoft has

chris.williams October 11, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Security, Skype for Business, Unified Communications 4 Comments Read more

Lync Doesn’t Like a Recreated Active Directory User? How to Fix It

A reader sent in a Lync Server/Active Directory support request the other day. I responded, but they solved it without much input from us (a credit to their fast troubleshooting skills!). Afterward, we discussed their solution, and I asked if

chris.williams December 9, 2015 Lync Server 2013 1 Comment Read more

Moving to Lync Server 2013: Starting the Install (Part 2)

Sorry this post is late! We’re still finalizing our new Lync Server 2013 installation. Some configuration issues (not part of Lync itself) are slowing us down. But I have plenty of notes on how we began, so I’m ready to

chris.williams February 2, 2013 Lync Server 2013, Reference No Comments Read more

How to Schedule Lync Online Meetings Using A Different User Identity

Guest Post from RealPage The other day, Craig at RealPage Inc. contacted me with an unusual question about Lync user identities. In short: They have two users. They want both users to be able to open an Administrative profile in

chris.williams November 29, 2012 Conferencing, lync server 2010, Microsoft Lync, Unified Communications 1 Comment Read more

Updating Lync Contacts: Using Active Directory to Store and Push Contact Photos (Part 1 of 3)

There are several parts involved in creating and displaying those profiles you see in Lync’s contact window. When one of them misbehaves, you see the effects right away. Inaccurate phone number. Wrong Presence status. Missing contact photo. We recently had

chris.williams June 21, 2012 Microsoft Lync 1 Comment Read more

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The Skype4B Insider is a blog about the technology we use to communicate in business today. Here we talk about Microsoft's Skype for Business Server 2015, Lync Server 2013, Unified Communications, Voice over IP and related technologies like Exchange Server. Written by Chris W., MCSE in Communication and PlanetMagpie IT Consulting's Digital Marketing & Communications Manager.

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