Update 7/13/2015 – Two and half years after the original post and finally some updates! I have had a chance to fully patch my environment to the latest updates for Exchange and Lync 2013....
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Exchange 2013 Liftoff! Part 1 – Installation
Just this past week, Exchange 2013 has been RTM’d (Released to Manufacturing)! We’re still a few months away before the general public can start their installs, possibly longer for migrations since we’re waiting for...
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Exchange 2013 Liftoff! Part 1.5, Installation Troubleshooting
Updated 4/9/2014 with additional information to hopefully help you Now Microsoft has made the Exchange 2013 setup is pretty easy, but what happens when you run into problems? There are a myriad of different...
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Using Lync with an Asterisk Server & SIP Trunking
3/8/2013 UPDATE: I’ve since used these instructions to integrate with Lync 2013 and have had the same success with using Asterisk as my PTSN gateway. I’ve added some notes in the Trunks section based...
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Getting Mailbox Statistics from a select group of users
I’m working a project where they’re targeting a pilot group of users for mailbox quota information, and I was requested to put together a Powershell command that allowed them to put together a list...
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Deep Diving into Lync, Part 2
This second part of the deep dive into Lync takes us into the foundation of our Lync deployment – the topology – as well as the key for connectivity outside of business wall. This...
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Deep Diving into Lync, part 1.5?
So I’ve decided that instead of spending a lot of time in part 2 dealing with the process of transitioning from Standard to Enterprise, I’d spend just a little time discussing the process. It was ironic...
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Deep Diving into Lync, Part 1
Happy 2012 to fellow techs out there! 2011 was a very productive year, and while learning tons more about Exchange 2010 and getting my Enterprise Messaging Admin certification, 2012 is already shaping up to...
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