Lync server 2010 rtchost.exe crashes after Windows Update.

Lync2013 After running Windows update on a Lync 2010 edge server I was unable to communicate with external contacts. I could see their presence but no chat/video or audio. The eventlog contained lots of event 1001 “Information”(Why not error !!!!!) that RTCHOST.EXE crashed. Probably failed installation of KB2982385.

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How to reset Exchange database indexes

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I know the situation, Your are using OWA, ActiveSync or Outlook (in online mode) to search for an old email. Your search request only returns new emails even though  you can browse old emails. Now there is a good chance that mailbox database index has gone corrupt. You could do a check by running Test-ExchangeSearch but this might not return an error even though the index is corrupt.

What can I do to fix this problem?

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Provisioning Lync federation with Skype.

Lync2013If you want your Lync users to be able to federate with Microsoft and Skype you will need to go to https://pic.lync.com and request a new service. Login with the live account that has permissions to access your Microsoft Licenses through the Microsoft licensing portal.

Enter your Licensing type and  License Agreement number.

Add you Lync Edge serve Access name ( sip.yourdomain.com) and all domains that are handled by this edge server (yourdomain1.com … yourdomain9.com).

Wait for the emails from LCSprovisioningsupport, one when your request are entered and one when provisioning has been completed. Usually no more than 2-3 hours.

Also remember to enable federation with messenger/skype in the Lync Control Panel og Lync Management Shell.

Outlook contact phone number will not display in Lync client.

Lync2013There have been some issues where phone numbers in Outlook does not show in Lync 2013 Client. After some time we discovered that this was because of a Lync/Office update.  Yesterday Microsoft releast August update for Lync 2013 Client, this includes a fix for this issue. The updated version is 15.0.4641.1000

Can be downloaded from : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2881070

Out of office rule not working for one user.

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One user enabled his OOF but Exchange refused to send oof messages. Tested another mailbox – worked fine. I tried to check using Get-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration and all seemed correct. Also checked that ExternalOOFOptions was enabled on his mailbox Get-Mailbox ALIAS | fl exter*  – result : ” ExternalOofOptions        : External”. Logged on to his mailbox using OWA checked that OOF was enabled and looked correct.

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Disable missed call notification in Lync

If you have Lync enterprise enabled, and use simultaneous ringing on Lync and mobile, you are probably tired of all the Missed Call Notifications in your  inbox. I have disabled this in the Lync Client policy

Set-CsClientPolicy -Identity “PolicyName” -EnableCallLogAutoArchiving $False

You will still get your IM conversations saved in Outlook.

Lync server 2013:Automatic collection of configuration data failed.

Wanted to install a second Central site in my Lync 2013 deployment. Added the site , pool and servers to my Topology Builder. Deployed it and started installing the new server. When installation came to the point where it is supposed to locate CMS and replicate it : “Automatic collection of configuration data failed” . What now?

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msRTCSIP-GroupingID editor.

This is my msRTCSIP-GroupingID editor. I use it to segregate addresslists in Lync solutions. It takes a commaseparated text file containing Company name and GUID for the addresslist assigned to this Company (filename : groupingids.txt) sample:

Name,Value
CompanyA,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000010
CompanyB,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000011
CompanyC,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000012

I have placed this file on the Lync share for my own convenience. Powershell script Groupingeditor.ps1 loads these values to a listbox. It let you search for users and then apply the groupingID to the selected users.

Next Version will contain possibillities to select entire OU’s and list users containing a spesific GroupingID.

GROUPINGEDITOR

groupingids.txt (153B)

groupingeditor.ps1 (4.7KB)

Outlook Roomlist and workinghours.

When using booking assistent and roomlist meeting rooms does not always show in the list as expected. One reason for this is that user make a default invitation and by default the meeting time is this morning witch is already passed. Another thing is that default working hour for the meeting room is 08:00 to 17:00 – outside this the room will not show in the roomlist.

workinghours

Use get-mailboxcalendarconfiguration to get workinghours for a room / mailbox.

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