To Collocate or not to Collocate – That is the Question Considerations One of the new capabilities in Microsoft Lync 2010 is the ability to collocate your Mediation Server onto the Front End Server(s). There are few situations to be cognizant about in regards to collocation of the Mediation Server.1. Amount of Media Bypass calls vs. non-Media Bypass calls. For … [Read more...] about Lync 2010 Collocated Mediation Server vs. Dedicated Mediation Server
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Unattended Server 2008 Base Image Creation using WSIM/Sysprep
In Windows Server 2003, creating a master image in which Sysprep was used to invoke an unattended installation was a fairly straight forward process. It consisted of the following:Installing Windows Server 2003 Insert Server 2003 CDROM into the CDROM Drive Navigate to X:\Support\Tools\Deploy.cab Copy sysprep.exe and setupcl.exe to C:\Sysprep Copy Setup Manager to … [Read more...] about Unattended Server 2008 Base Image Creation using WSIM/Sysprep
ZIP Package of UM Test Phone + DLL Files
Microsoft has provided a UM Test Phone that allows you to test UM functionality without having a real PBX installed. The guide for setting this up is located here. Part of the guide is for obtaining the .exe for the UM Test Phone as well as obtaining all the .dll files needed to ensure the UM Test Phone works. That information is located here. This can be a little time … [Read more...] about ZIP Package of UM Test Phone + DLL Files
Client to Server Secure SMTP Connectivity in Exchange Server 2007
There seems to be some confusion as to how TLS connectivity to Exchange 2007 works. Many people think, that by default, Client to Server SMTP communication to Exchange 2007 is not encrypted and are asking, "How to secure Client to Server SMTP communication." Well the answer is, it already is.... Let me explain.By default, in Exchange Server 2007, there are two receive … [Read more...] about Client to Server Secure SMTP Connectivity in Exchange Server 2007
DHCP Scope vs Superscope
I wanted to provide a short description of when you would use a superscope vs scope(s) in a real-world scenario. One of my coworkers had an issue described below: The real-world scenario that I’m running into is that a client configured a single Superscope for all 175+ address ranges they have (scattered all over the country) and there are only two DHCP servers. They are … [Read more...] about DHCP Scope vs Superscope
