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Microsoft Lync was an early on-premises voice over IP application, released in 2007 and in 2013 was rebranded into Skype for Business, then 2017 deprecated with Teams as the designated replacement.

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How often do you restart a heavily-utilized Windows Server 2008R2 Remote Desktop Server (VM)?

Note: I've read How Often Do Windows Servers Need to be Restarted? but this question pertains to our Remote Desktop server specifically. We have a Windows Server 2008R2 server - a VMware ESX VM - licensed for Remote Desktop Services, 25 users that…
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What ports should be mapped via NAT for Lync client?

I installed gateway with NAT between PC and network. User of PC can chat via Lync client but can't call or join conference. What ports should be mapped via NAT for Lync client to use all Lync facilities? Updated: the question actually is about NAT…
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How do I download the avatar image from an Active Directory server?

I'm using the ldapsearch.exe binary that was installed along with an Oracle client. It took awhile to tease out the arguments that it wanted, but I'm able to successfully connect to AD and parse out text attributes (given a username, look up an…
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How to handle Lync 2010 Clients updates

We have in a quite large Organization Lync 2010 deployed. Also we use for software and updates distribution System Center Configuration Manager. Our problem we face is that, if we distribute the Lync 2010 client updates through SCCM’s update…
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Microsoft Exchange Add-in is causing 'form region could not be opened'

User is using Outlook 2010 connecting to Exchange 2010, along with Lync 2010 with UM enabled. When she gets a voicemail, it should show up in her inbox looking like an email with transcription and an mp3 of the voicemail. When you open the…
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What software is out there for Video Conferencing within our LAN

We are looking at various Video Conferencing tools to have conferences mainly between two offices. There is a 10mibt connection directly from one to the other and both offices are on the same network. The web-based software we have tried usually…
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Is there a VDI plugin for Skype For Business 2016? Is it needed?

The VDI plugin for Lync 2013 allows using Lync 2013 (which automatically becomes SFB after some updates are installed) over a remote desktop connection without performance penalties, by offloading the audio/video processing to the RDP client. But…
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Upgrade Lync 2010 to Skype for Business Clients

We currently have a Lync 2010 deployment, and are migrating to Skype for Business 2015. From my reading, there is no way you can upgrade the clients direct from Lync 2010 to Skype for Business 2015/2016, and have to upgrade to Lync 2013 first, then…
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How to join a Lync 2013 / Skype for Business meeting as a guest when the application is installed but you don't have an account?

I've stumbled upon a bizarre problem with Skype for Business 2015 (the client application, previously known as Lync 2013 but automatically upgraded to SfB 2015 by some Office update); maybe I'm missing something, but I'm unable to find a solution,…
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Authentication Problems with Lync Online Using DirSync/AD credentials

I am in the process of vetting Microsoft Lync Online for use within our organization. I have purchased 2 licenses for testing so far. We will only be using Lync Online Plan 2 and nothing else so we are using the Lync Basic client. I installed,…
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Windows users with smartcards using Lync Android app

We have a Windows network where users are required to log in using a smartcard instead of a password. Is there a way of allowing our users to use the Andoroid/iOS Lync app, even though they don't have a Windows password?
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MS Lync on Terminal Server

Is there a way that I can install (hosted) Lync on our terminal server and when a user logs on, it automatically inserts their email address and the correct manual SIP settings so I don't have to log on to each profile manually?
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Application Event Log Source: SideBySide, Event ID: 35 Lync.exe.Manifest error

I'm seeing an error in my Windows event log with the following signature: Log: Application Source: SideBySide EventId: 35 Level: Error Description: Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office…
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Skype for Business/Lync 2013 - Wrong Display Names

Recently we've been noticing an issue where when searching for a user in Skype For Business/Lync 2013, a different user will show up in the search results. Doing some research, this seems to be related to "proxy addresses" as I notice the user that…
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Lync2013/Skype for Business 2015 Firewall requirements

We are looking to deploy a single consolidated edge on a vSphere Cluster. From reading the Microsoft documentation, it appears you need two layers of firewalling. Internet <--> Firewall <--> Edge Server/Reverse Proxy <--> Firewall <--> Front…
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