I recently built a hybrid Skype for Business Server 2019 CU1 HF1 lab and began playing around with the new modern Skype for Business Server Admin Center. One aspect that stood out to me was its ability to move users to Skype for Business Online and Microsoft Teams. This feature should work exactly like it […]
I recently spoke at the European Teams User Group on how to plan and deploy Direct Routing for Microsoft Teams. Since this content has been presented, I have converted this information into a blog post for everyone to enjoy as the content of the presentation is extremely useful. This guide serves to explain why one […]
Many people have asked that I put my presentation from Comms vNext into a video form. I am happy to announce a three part video series that will cover an organizations migration from either Lync Server 2013 or Skype for Business Server 2015 from A to Z.
I am very eager to announce something that has been in development since Comms vNext 2019. As of today, I am officially joining the team at Time2Market as a Day 2 Engineer on their Cloud Operations team! I am very excited to start this position as I will be finally working in the industry that […]
Chances are that if you are reading this post, you are a member of the Microsoft UC & collaboration community. Chances also are that you have heard of or attended the Comms vNext (CvN) conference. Comms vNext is an annual, community driven Microsoft IC/UC focused conference & exhibition that takes place at the Renaissance Stapleton […]
When creating a lab environment for my recent Lync/Skype migration session at Comms vNext, my goal was to have a SHA256 and a SHA1 certificate authority (CA) for the environment. This is due to the fact that many older environments that run Lync 2013 are usually running Windows Server 2012. If the PKI infrastructure was […]
When deploying a recent Skype for Business Server 2019 deployment, I came across an issue when installing monitoring reports on a server. In previous editions of SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) was installed and configured by default. With the release of SQL Server 2017, this is now a separate download that only installs […]
Microsoft released Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) for Exchange Server 2019 today and it brings a lot of fixes for various issues contained within the RTM release and patches the recent CVE-2019-0686 vulnerability. Microsoft explains many of these fixes in their recent blog post, but also warns that there are new known issues with this new […]
One of the most embarrassing things that could happen in a conference call is something happening out of your control in the background. At Ignite 2018, Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of Background Blur in Microsoft Teams that enables users to blur out their background in a meeting or call. According to Brad Sams […]
I am happy to announce the UC | IT blog where I will be posting news, how-to’s, tips & tricks, project updates, & more! Join me along for this journey and I hope that the information posted here will be invaluable for everyone!