Prerequisite Installation Open Windows PowerShell. Ensure you have Windows Server 2012 R2 Installation Media is inserted. Run the following command Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core, RSAT-ADDS, Windows-Identity-Foundation, Web-Server, Web-Static-Content, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Dir-Browsing, Web-Asp-Net, Web-Net-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Filtering, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Dyn-Compression, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Scripting-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Server-Media-Foundation, BITS -Source D:\sources\sxs Restart server if […]
Yesterday when building topology and then publish it based on my servers who is running Windows server 2016, and the Preview of the S4B-2019. I get this error when trying to verify topology. Does not matter if I choose Standard edition with one frontend server or if I have Enterprise ed with 3 servers and […]
One of the significant enhancements delivered in today’s Skype for Business Server 2019 CU1 is the new “Modern Administration Control Panel” or MACP. This is a new HTML5-based admin interface, which shares a particular visual familiarity with the SfB Online and Microsoft Teams Admin Centres – and does so without requiring Silverlight. Thankfully it still […]
Last month we saw an interim hotfix that took SfB 2019 Server from its initial “dot-zero” release to 7.0.2046.116, and this July update (officially CU1) is the one we’ve all been holding out for, updating *everything* on my SE Front-End as well as adding some long-awaited functionality. The new build number is 7.0.2046.123. What’s Fixed? […]
The following summary provides details about the process and commands provided by Skype for Business and Lync to manage failover and failback of services in a DR situation. Summary of steps required for a pool failover If the failed pool has an Edge server associated, first move the association Set-CsEdgeServer -Identity EdgeServer:<Edge pool FQDN> -Registrar […]
I have two standard edition pools, SE1.fabrikam.com (SE1) and SE2.fabrikam.com (SE2). My CMS is located in SE1. These pools are backup registrar to each other. I have manually shutdown SE1 to create a DR scenario. I wanted to invoke a pool failover from SE1 to SE2. Following steps may be helpful for reference. Run the […]
This article outlines the unplanned failover and fail back for Skype for business. However the DR setup must be provisioned in order for the DR activation to happen. The deployment must have the below setup : 1)Skype for Business HQ Front end, HQ SQL ,HQ OOS will be part of the HQ active directory site. […]
Following the release of the first cumulative update for Skype for Business 2019 the Skype for Business Control Panel is getting refreshed to get ride of Silverlight. Well, sort of as at this stage the capabilities available in this new Control Panel are quite limited to Users management; the other capabilities are not yet included and will come […]