So, just finished the 5 day Lync Ignite at Global Knowledge, and it was okay. The labs are really good (when they work) and the courseware is okay (a lots of sales stuff and not updated for RTM!)
So here are some of the links and ramblings I made … enjoy
Links
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=bcd64040-40c4-4714-9e68-c649785cc43a&displaylang=en - Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=80cc5ce7-970d-4fd2-8731-d5d7d0829266&displaylang=en
- Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=030548df-0dc7-4f86-b8a9-2f5ec8de8ba5&displaylang=en - Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Documentation Help File
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9720c3f1-ddd4-426b-b98a-f1205561ce00 - Lync Server 2010 PowerShell Cheat Sheet
http://powergui.org/entry.jspa?externalID=3091 - http://blogs.technet.com/b/waynefm/archive/2010/12/30/survivable-branch-appliance-in-lync-server-2010-a-practical-guide.aspx
- http://lync14.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/lync-2010-survivable-branch-office-appliance-sba/
- http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2009/12/powershell-v2-download.html
- http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2009/03/03/ipowershell-brings-powershell-help-to-iphone/
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/02/16/use-powershell-and-net-to-find-expired-certificates.aspx
- http://www.expta.com/2011/02/new-server-virtualization-in-microsoft.html
- Virtual box (http://www.virtualbox.org/)
- http://www.idera.com/Products/PowerShell/PSP/
- http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/
- http://tfl09.blogspot.com/
- Red Sky (http://www.redskyE911.com)
- PIC: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff945947.aspx
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398616.aspx- I have put the Lync docs I could find up on my skydrive (when I get more I will just keep uploading)
http://cid-7e65f405c984b33f.office.live.com/self.aspx/Microsoft%20Lync%20Server%202010
- I have put the Lync docs I could find up on my skydrive (when I get more I will just keep uploading)
Takeaways
- Private line – can only receive calls .. Can’t make them.
- Bandwidth 1 hd session = t1
- MMC gone, now silverlight. No right click!
- Lync Standard Edition – all roles and SQL on same server.
- James O’Neil OCS powershell module!
- RBAC used for permissions
- Call park to park Lync calls
- Potentially 50% reduction in severs when you virtualise
- CMS = SQL
- Lync will have NO service packs?!
- Test call option in the lync client
- LIS used for location services
- Zero Day is a new book by Mark Russinovich
- DNS LB: Client gets all the dns addresses and works out which on to use.
- SBA: cheaper than having a separate lync server
Powershell
- Powershell is a Microsoft task automation platform
- Powershell v3 is coming
Import-module lync
(get-help *-cs*).count
Out-host –paging
Import-module ActiveDirectory
Installation
- Install-CSAdServerSchema
- Enable-CSAdForest
- Enable-CSAdDomain
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