Depending on how you utilise Skype for Business, you may have no requirement to maintain a hybrid environment once all users are within Skype for Business online. Documentation around decommissioning the on premise environment was surprisingly sparse. One of the better documents around web was here – but it still stopped a little short, in my opinion. […]
When i was trying to publish my SfB toplogy the other day I kept getting this error: Unable to check the security for the Deleted Objects container. Only users who are listed as owners on the Deleted Objects security descriptor are able to check the security on this container. I had just removed SfB Server […]
At times we might run into a situation where we would need to remove all the server roles , remove the features and front end roles in our lync environment like a disaster recovery scenario, a lync server upgrade. In this article we will have a look at the steps to decommission the lync servers […]
I have been setting up a Standard Edition pool pair for disaster recovery for a customer and wanted to share my experiences around failover. The deployment and migration of services, users and data from the legacy Lync installation went absolutely fine and without issues. I successfully paired the two Skype for Business Standard Edition servers […]
Problem You’ve recently failed over the CMS and pool from a primary Skype for Business Server 2015 to a backup server then failed the services back to the primary server but started noticing the following errors logged on the primary active server with the contents referencing the backup server: Log Name: Lync Server Source: LS […]
Integration Scenarios XMPP service runs on Skype For Business (SFB) Front End and Edge Server. You can use this component to federate with internal or external Jabber setup. You can also share same name space between the platforms. Thus, enabling instant messaging (chat) and presence between Jabber and SFB users. A reference diagram to connect […]
Overview: This paper shows the Skype® for Business 2015 – (Lync® 2013) Servers in a typical On-Premise deployment and discusses the Roles and their Functions as Part 2 of a series that specifically looks at Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) and the challenges and solutions for integrating Skype for Business 2015 with H.323 or SIP standards compliant videoconferencing systems. Hence, it […]
When installing Skype for Business it is important to consider how you are going to guarantee a level of consistent service to your consumers. Out of the box Skype for Business does not use any Quality of Service (QoS) methodologies. However, it does support them. Skype for Business uses Differentiated Services Code Point or DSCP […]