The UC Architects Podcast

Lync Conference 2014 keynote, sessions, and announcements, expo floor, Microsoft picks a new CEO, virtualizing Lync, stress testing Lync, and more.

Hosts: Pat Richard, Tom Arbuthnot, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, Justin Morris, and Tim Harrington.

Guests: Jamie Stark (Microsoft), and Lauren Husum (Microsoft).

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Running time: 00:51:37

Sponsor: The UC Architects are sponsored today by Instant Technologies, experts in IM archiving, ediscovery and compliance applications for Lync. Learn more and get started in minutes with a free trial at http://www.tryhrauditor.com or follow @teaminstant on Twitter.

Sponsor: The UC Architects are sponsored today by KEMP Technologies, the number 1 Price and Performance Load Balancer for Microsoft Workloads. KEMP is a Gold Certified MSFT Partner in both Messaging and Communications and KEMP’s Load Balancer’s and ADCs come with configuration templates for Lync and Exchange. For more information and to download a free trial, visit KEMPtechnologies.com.

Lync Conference, MEC, RPC and MAPI, Exchange 2010 mailflow troubleshooting, iFilters, Exchange virtual directory cmdlets, cmdlet extension agents, migrating from Exchange 2007 to 2013, slow mailbox moves to O365, migrating from Zafara to Exchange, mailbox and folder sharing scenarios, database growth reporting, Exchange integrations and Lync video, diagraming Exchange auto attendants, Lync meeting update tool, Twitter to Lync bridge, managing O365 email addresses, and more.

Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Johan Veldhuis, Dave Stork, John Cook, and Michael van Horenbeeck.

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Running time: 01:36:22

Sponsor: The UC Architects are sponsored today by Instant Technologies, experts in IM archiving, ediscovery and compliance applications for Lync. Learn more and get started in minutes with a free trial at http://www.tryhrauditor.com or follow @teaminstant on Twitter.

Sponsor: The UC Architects are sponsored today by KEMP Technologies, the number 1 Price and Performance Load Balancer for Microsoft Workloads. KEMP is a Gold Certified MSFT Partner in both Messaging and Communications and KEMP’s Load Balancer’s and ADCs come with configuration templates for Lync and Exchange. For more information and to download a free trial, visit KEMPtechnologies.com.

Microsoft goes after those using 'SharePoint' name, UAG discontinued, Lync Conference (and how to get an invite to the party!), TechEd being discontinued?, Limiting access to OWAS, number administration in Lync, Conferencing issues, Telefonica kills Jaja, Extending Lync for large meetings, Polycom VVX Manager Tool for Lync, Improving quality of Lync recordings, Lync and Software Defined Networking (SDN), Using ActiveSync to estimate market shares, Estimating the size of an Exchange Online Archive, Office 365 token disclosure, Exchange security updates, Publishing multiple services with a single IP with Kemp, Exchange 2013 to 2007 Outlook Anywhere proxy issues, and more.

Hosts: Pat Richard, Serkan Varoglu, Tom Arbuthnot, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, Michael van Horenbeeck, Justin Morris, and Tim Harrington.

Guests: Jamie Stark of Microsoft

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Running time: 01:31:34

Sponsor: The UC Architects are sponsored today by Instant Technologies, experts in IM archiving, ediscovery and compliance applications for Lync. Learn more and get started in minutes with a free trial at http://www.tryhrauditor.com or follow @teaminstant on Twitter.

Sponsor: The UC Architects are sponsored today by KEMP Technologies, the number 1 Price and Performance Load Balancer for Microsoft Workloads. KEMP is a Gold Certified MSFT Partner in both Messaging and Communications and KEMP’s Load Balancer’s and ADCs come with configuration templates for Lync and Exchange. For more information and to download a free trial, visit KEMPtechnologies.com.

Exchange cumulative and update rollups, the future of Exchange, Profiles for Lync, Snom webinar, Network planning with Lync Server, E911 and Lync Windows Store App, OWAS fix for Win 8.1, Using Lync SDK and PowerShell to control Lync presence, Android Kitkat EAS issues, Mailbox Moves report script, Office 365 URLs and IP ranges introduced, Directory Sync tool and domain controllers, message encryption and Office 365, and more.

Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, and Ståle Hansen.

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Running time: 01:30:50

Sponsor: The UC Architects are sponsored today by Instant Technologies, experts in IM archiving, ediscovery and compliance applications for Lync. Learn more and get started in minutes with a free trial at http://www.tryhrauditor.com or follow @teaminstant on Twitter.

Microsoft CEO, lots of Lync and Exchange tools, PowerShell and HLBs/SBCs/SBAs, Ignite videos, client updates, Exchange 2013 CU3, Office 365 dirsync filtering, Azure dirsync, CAL requirements, and more.

Hosts: Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Dave Stork, John Cook, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Justin Morris.

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Running time: 01:18:21

Nokia, Lync 2013 Call Pickup Manager, Lync cert auth and passive auth support, "operator assistance" now avilable in Lync, Lync Deployment Checklist, System Center Advisor, new Lync Online reports, AOL Direct Federation, Lync Room System Admin Web Portal, DoD now using Lync, Lync client/server/LPE updates, Lync protocol poster, headset reviews, Lync networking guide v2, Office 365 Mail Flow Troubleshooter, blocking OWA in Exchange 2010 and 2013 for external users, Exchange Server Deployment Assistant, and more.

Hosts: Pat Richard, Serkan Varoglu, Tom Arbuthnot, Dave Stork, and John Cook.

Guests: Iain Smith

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Running time: 01:26:32

Recorded with a live audience at DevConnections 2013 in Las Vegas. Discussions include DevConnections vs. MEC, What Microsoft can do to be better, Advanced training and certification, participant Q and A, and more.

Hosts: Steve Goodman, Johan Veldhuis, and Michael van Horenbeeck.

Guests: Tony Redmond and Greg Taylor (Microsoft), Jeff Mealiffe (Microsoft), and John Rodriguez (Microsoft)

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Running time: 01:10:11

Microsoft kills off the MCM/MCSM and MCA programs. 11 people express their disappointment in Microsoft.

Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Tim Harrington.

Guests: Andrew Higginbotham, Brian Reid, and Jeff Guillet

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Running time: 01:28:50

Exchange Deployment Assistant, NoReplyAll addin, DAGs and Azure, Exchange 2013 CU2 language packs, sefautil GUI, Lync conference IDs, Lync Phone Edition updates, Lync 2013 CU2 Federated Provider updates, LAura presence app, 2 factor auth for Lync, automating Lync client via PowerShell, Event Zero's Fed Tester, Plantronics headset review, Exchange Connections conference, and more.

Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, Ståle Hansen, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Justin Morris.

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Running time: 01:46:45

New Exchange 2013 CU2 coming, IIS ARR for Exchange, OWA apps, Exchange Online namespace, IPv6, Jetstress 2013, DAG Dashboard, scripts, Lync 2010 CU9, Server 2012 support for Lync, H.264 video capability checker tool, Lync 2013 CU2, and more.

Hosts: Pat Richard, Johan Veldhuis, Tom Arbuthnot, Dave Stork, and John Cook.

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Running time: 01:01:07