Josh Blalock vient de partager un livre dans les gallery technet: Skype for Business Hybrid Handbook

Quand on connait le temps d'investissement nécessaire pour écrire ce type de document, on ne peut que le féliciter pour son acte de partage et son travail.

Le livre est accessible au téléchargement ici: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Skype-for-Business-Hybrid-9218205e

Contenu:

 James Cussen vient de partager un très bel outil dans les galeries technet: Skype4B / Lync DHCP Config Tool

Description:

The Skype4B / Lync DHCP Config Tool is a replacement for the Skype for Business / Lync DHCPUtil tool. It makes uploading, editing and deleting Option 43 and 120 from Windows DHCP server easy. It also offers the ability to export settings for Cisco Switch/Router DHCP servers.

This tool is a Powershell script that runs with a GUI front end for easy of configuration. Execute the script from the Powershell command line.

• Deploy Server and Scope level settings within your Windows DHCP server.
• The tool will encode the settings as required to be deployed within the server.
• The tool will download and display the current settings from the DHCP server.
• Edit and remove individual settings as required.
• Export to Cisco IOS Switch/Router DHCP configuration commands.

Téléchargement: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/lync/Skype4B-Lync-DHCP-Config-46726d17

Description détaillée ici: http://www.myskypelab.com/2015/11/skype4b-lync-dhcp-config-tool.html

Pour ceux souhaitant participer à distance au Keynote du summit 2015 Cisco Collaboration le 8 décembre 2015, le lien d'inscription est ici: https://communities.cisco.com/community/technology/collaboration/collaboration_virtual_experience

Dans le cadre d'un nouveau projet, j'ai expérimenté exactement le même problème décrit ici par Chris Hayward:

http://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/11/20/skype-for-business-failed-to-execute-a-stored-procedure-on-the-back-end/

Les 3 serveurs FE de la ferme remontent l'erreur suivante:

Contenu de l'erreur:

Component: QoE Adaptor
Stored Procedure: QoeInsertSessionReport2
Error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Trying to pass a table-valued parameter with 109 column(s) where the corresponding user-defined table type requires 101 column(s).
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection, Action`1 wrapCloseInAction)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean callerHasConnectionLock, Boolean asyncClose)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.TryRun(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObject stateObj, Boolean& dataReady)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.FinishExecuteReader(SqlDataReader ds, RunBehavior runBehavior, String resetOptionsString)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReaderTds(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, Boolean async, Int32 timeout, Task& task, Boolean asyncWrite, SqlDataReader ds)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.RunExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream, String method, TaskCompletionSource`1 completion, Int32 timeout, Task& task, Boolean asyncWrite)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.InternalExecuteNonQuery(TaskCompletionSource`1 completion, String methodName, Boolean sendToPipe, Int32 timeout, Boolean asyncWrite)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
   at Microsoft.Rtc.Common.Data.DBCore.Execute(SprocContext sprocContext, SqlConnection sqlConnection, SqlTransaction sqlTransaction)
ClientConnectionId:d5634373-b318-4ef4-bc6b-52fbda943704
Error Number:500,State:1,Class:16
Cause: Configuration issues, an unreachable back-end or an unexpected condition has resulted in the error.
Resolution:
Verify the back-end is up and this Skype for Business Server has connectivity to it. If the problem persists, notify your organization's support team with the relevant details.

La commande Test-CsDatabase -ConfiguredDatabases –SqlServerFqdn serveursql.com -verbose montre une différence de version:

Lancement de la commande suivante: Install-CsDatabase -DatabaseType Monitoring -SqlServerFqdn serveursql.com

Vérification du résultat: Test-CsDatabase -ConfiguredDatabases –SqlServerFqdn serveursql.com -verbose

Les logs sur le serveur démontrent que le problème semble résolu:

Merci a Chris pour avoir pris du temps de détailler dans son blog la correction de ce problème!

Microsoft travaille activement a offrir usagers ayant un poste de travail Mac la même expérience que l'on peut avoir aujourd'hui avec un environnement Windows.

Avec les politiques BYOD, les Mac sont omniprésents dans les entreprises, le retour d'expérience avec le client actuel n'étant guère concluant, cette nouvelle est porteur de beaucoup d'espoir de pouvoir répondre à cette insatisfaction.

Un Webinar hier a communiquer des informations sur ce nouveau client pour Mac.

Qu'avons nous appris?

Status actuel:

Nouveau look:

Immersion vidéo:

Présentations:

Informations:

Roadmap:

Engagement:

Microsoft a publié cette semaine le guide d'utilisation pour la version Skype for Business Android mobile.

Description:

Use this document for step-by-step instructions for installing and using Skype for Business for Android.
Skype for Business for Android is a productivity app that brings Skype Meetings, presence, instant messaging (IM), voice, and video capabilities to your Android mobile device. This document contains guidance and/or step-by-step installation instructions that can be reused, customized, or deleted entirely if they do not apply to your organization’s environment or installation scenarios.

Lien: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49958&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all

Avec la cumulative update de Novembre 2015 vient la fonctionnalité de "Shared Line Appearance": http://microsofttouch.fr/default/b/christophe/archive/2015/11/18/skype-for-business-skype-for-business-server-2015-cumulative-update-novembre-2015

Dans cette article, une présentation succincte est disponible sur cette fonctionnalité: http://microsofttouch.fr/default/b/christophe/archive/2015/06/14/skype-for-business-shared-line-apparence

Le KB Microsoft annonçant la disponibilité est disponible ici: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092727

Description:

The new Lync Shared Line Appearance (SLA) feature lets Voice over IP (VoIP) devices within the same SLA workgroup share the same workgroup number when you use these devices to call out of the workgroup. Lync SLA provides Lync Admin commands to do the following tasks:

• Configure Shared Number workgroups.
• Add and remove a device number to or from a Shared Number workgroup.
• View all device numbers that are configured for a certain Shared Number.
• View a Shared Number that a device number is configured for.
• Set Maximum Number of Calls for every Shared Number workgroup.

Additionally, Lync SLA lets Administrators set Maximum Number of Calls for every SLA workgroup to set its incoming call line capacity. When the volume of incoming calls exceeds the SLA workgroup line capacity, the following behavior options can be configured:

• Busy on Busy – excess calls are automatically rejected with a busy signal.
• Call Forward Busy – excess calls are routed to an alternative number that's configured for the workgroup.
• Voicemail on Busy - excess calls are automatically forwarded to Voicemail.

Moreover, the users of VoIP devices within the same SLA workgroup can:

• Share answering incoming calls for the workgroup's Shared Number.
• Set SLA Maximum Number of Calls, which indicates the maximum number of concurrent calls that they can use.
• View the call status of each other's shared lines.
• Put calls on hold (park calls), and retrieve them from another device within their SLA workgroup.
• Transfer calls to a number outside the SLA workgroup.
• Hold outgoing calls, and receive them on the private line of their devices

Microsoft vient de publier une cumulative update pour Skype for Business Server 2015.

Version: 6.0.9319.102

KB: https://support.microsoft.com/fr-fr/kb/3061064

Téléchargement: Skype for Business Server 2015 Cumulative Update KB3061064

Nouveautés:

Adds a new Shared Line Appearance feature in Skype for Business Server 2015: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092727

Résolutions:

• Windows 10 users who use Edge can't join a meeting from Skype for Business Web App in Skype for Business Server 2015: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3095143
• Holiday set names conflict when you run the Move-CsRgsConfiguration cmdlet in Skype for Business Server 2015: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092726
• Event ID 31128 when RGS can't synchronize an Agent Group member's SIP address in Skype for Business Server 201: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092728
• High CPU usage after you publish a changed topology in Skype for Business Server 2015 with the Response Group Service: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092729
• Response group usage report takes longer to run or cannot complete in a Skype for Business Server 2015 environment: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3092730

Mises à jours:

• 3097708 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Conferencing Server
• 3097644 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, core components
• 3097642 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Web Components Server
• 3097649 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015 and Unified Communications Managed API 5.0 Runtime
• 3097648 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, performance counters
• 3097647 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Enterprise Web App
• 3097646 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Conferencing Attendant
• 3097643 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Response Group Service
• 3097645 November 2015 cumulative update 6.0.9319.102 for Skype for Business Server 2015, Front End server and Edge server

Audiocodes vient de publier une nouvelle release de la solution AudioCodes One Box 365

Version: 6.4.5

Description:

This latest version includes new features and also resolved constraints from previous versions. Some of the new features include:

• Call Pickup Group management using SysAdmin
• Office 365 hybrid deployments using Office 365 connectors
• Support for analog devices and common area phones

Produits:

• AudioCodes One Box 365 Standard Edition
• AudioCodes One Box 365 Pro Edition
• AudioCodes One Box 365 Enterprise Edition

Une nouvelle mise à jour Skype Entreprise mobile pour iPhone/iPad est disponible depuis aujourd'hui.

Version: 6.1.304

Nouveautés:

• More detailed presence information about your contacts
• Mobile access to your call forwarding settings
• Support for joining meetings with custom legal disclaimers

Lien: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skype-for-business-formerly/id605841731?mt=8

Audiocodes a introduit une nouvelle passerelle analogique intéressante dans son catalogue, AudioCodes MediaPack(MP)-1288 peut supporter jusqu'a 288 port FXS, bien plus qu'un MP-124D ayant une capacité de 24.

Bénéfices:

    High density analog media gateway supporting up to 288 FXS ports
    Ideal for large analog deployments for converting voice, fax and modem calls to IP
    Scalable solution with three capacity options: 288, 216 and 144 ports
    Cost-effective - single management interface, single IP, no need to stack and cable multiple small analog gateways
    Reduced footprint - 3U Chassis
    Designed for carrier-grade environments with 1+1 power supply and Ethernet redundancy
    Rich interoperability and partnerships that extend across multiple vendor devices and protocol implementations
    Delivers high service performance and voice quality

Fonctionnalités clés

    Support for advanced coders such as NB-AMR and NB-OPUS
    Support for SRTP on all channels without capacity hit
    PSTN fallback (FXO) on power or network failure
    Integrated protection against surge damage on FXS ports (ITU-T K.21 - basic level compliance)
    Supports short and long haul up to 7.5 Km
    Support for emergency / elevator phones that require higher loop current and increased ring voltage
    Rich and Powerful SIP normalization and routing mechanisms for seamless interoperability
    SIP header manipulation
    Extensive fax support including T.38 version 3
    Supports Standalone Survivability (SAS) for hosted communications services and centralized IP-PBX deployments

Lien: http://www.audiocodes.com/products/mediapack-1288

C'était attendu pour cette semaine, la mise à jour pour Skype Room Systems (SRS) est disponible pour Polycom, Crestron et SMART.

Mise à niveau Crestron: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=299575

Mise à niveau Smart: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=299574

Procédure et informations ici: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3108096

Un client nous a rapporté avoir des problèmes lors de tentative d'utiliser la fonctionnalité de fusionner deux appels dans une conférence directement avec un téléphone SNOM.

Erreur après la tentative de fusion:

Une trace sur le téléphone SNOM ne montre pas d'éléments pouvant amener à une approche corrective.

Chaque tentative génère une erreur sur le serveur FE:

Une trace sur le serveur sollicité pour la conférence présente l'erreur suivante:

Résolution:

Le problème venait du certificats affecté au niveau du serveur FE (en version standard).

L'ensemble des certificats sont signés par une autorité de certification publique.

Lors de leur migration de Lync Serveur 2010 à 2013, le certificat existant fut conservé sans modification, le subject name étant le nom du serveur Lync Serveur 2010 et le nom du nouveau srv 2013 fut ajouté dans le SAN.

Un prérequis fort est imposé par Microsoft, le nom de sujet du certificat doit représenter le nom du pool et doit contenir, et donc celui de l'environnement 2013:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398094%28v=ocs.15%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

La modification du certificat a résolu le probleme

Microsoft vient de publier des mises à jours de sécurités pour Lync 2013 (Skype for Business).

Les deux bulletins de sécurités sont accessibles ici:

Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft MS15-116: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-116

Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft MS15-123: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS15-123

Les mises à jours fixes les problèmes suivants:

• KB 3085626 Sent emoticons are displayed differently in instant messages between Lync 2010 or 2013 and Skype for Business clients
• KB 3085629 Large conversations in Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) are lost in the Conversation History folder in Outlook
• KB 3085630 Skype for Business client crashes when you search for a contact in the Skype Directory tab
• KB 3085631 No phone numbers are displayed for a user whose photo is disabled in the contact list in Lync 2013 (Skype for Business)
• KB 3085632 The Current Conversations option is missing when you do a consultative transfer in Lync 2013
• KB 3085633 Call button is unavailable (grayed out) for a meeting organizer in Lync 2013 (Skype for Business)
• KB 3087562 Registry key isn't honored when you customize the title name of user interface in Skype for Business
• KB 3101307 Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) users can't save meeting contents to a redirected folder that's in Offline mode

Téléchargements:

Download the security update for Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit) (Skype for Business) now.

Download the security update for Lync 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit) (Skype for Business) now.

Une vidéo intéressante est disponible sur youtube couvrant le sujet du troubleshooting SIP avec RTMT:

Un guide étape par étape concernant la configuration de la fédération Skype avec un environnement Skype Entreprise Server 2015 local est disponible ici: http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2015/11/10/201-tape-par-201-tape-configuration-de-la-f-233-d-233-ration-skype-avec-skype-entreprise-server-2015-sur-site.aspx

J'ai eu l'opportunité de voir une démonstration pendant le MPV Summit, le catalogue va s'étoffer d'un nouveau device:  Polycom RealPresence Trio

Description:

The world’s first smart hub for group collaboration - simple content sharing and tight integration of familiar business tools including Skype for Business, Microsoft Lync and RealPresence Desktop Standards-based business-grade video when used with the optional Polycom RealPresence Trio Visual+ accessory

• Exceptional audio capabilities including: Enhanced HD Voice and automatic elimination of background noise with Polycom’s exclusive NoiseBlock
• Advanced call handing, security, and provisioning features (H.264 AVC, High Profile, Lync Basic SVC)
• Effortless pairing for audio over USB (wired), Bluetooth, NFC (wireless) and IP using PC-based soft clients, personal contacts or joining calendared events
• One-step-to-join meeting experience through calendar integration
• Broad Open SIP call platform for interoperability with most major platforms including Skype for Business, Lync and RealPresence Platform
• The industry’s only bass reflex port in a group audio conferencing solution , preserving the ability to hear lower frequency sound and rich multi-media audio
• 360 ° microphone coverage and up to 20-foot (6-meters) microphone pickup. Easily extend the reach with optional expansion microphones
• Local 5-way HD Voice conference
• 5” LCD, color touch screen display, smooth, responsive and intuitive
• Secure Wi-Fi network connectivity or Gigabit Ethernet network connectivity
• Built-in Power over Ethernet (PoE)

Lien:http://www.polycom.com/voice-conferencing-solutions/conference-phones/realpresence-trio.html

L'annonce est maintenant officielle sur le blog Office, les systèmes LRS vont basculer aussi en version en expérience Skype for Business.

Lien descriptif ici: https://blogs.office.com/2015/11/06/a-new-skype-for-business-look-for-lync-room-systems/

En attente maintenant de la livraison de la mise à jour.

Il est disponible! le Bandwidth Calculator pour Skype for Business vient d'être rendu disponible aujourd'hui.

Description:

A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that calculates WAN bandwidth requirements for a Skype for Business Server and Lync Server deployment based on administrator-specified user profiles and network information, and a Word document user guide that accompanies the spreadsheet.

Nouveautés:

This new version for the Skype for Business Bandwidth Calculator brings a few new enhancements and is the first instance to leverage Skype for Business.

Basically, it brings capabilities to estimate bandwidth for full on premises, hybrid or online only deployments. It also brings the new Skype for Business client and the SILK codec for peer to peer audio calls in the bandwidth estimations.

Lien ici: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19011

Une fonctionnalité intéressante avec la version UCM 11 et enfin disponible est la possibilité de supprimer de manière autonome les firmwares non utilisés.

Description:

The Device Load Management window allows you to delete unused firmware (device loads) and associated files from the system to increase disk space. For example, you can delete unused loads before an upgrade to prevent upgrade failures due to insufficient disk space. Some firmware files may have dependent files that are not listed in the Device Load Management window. When you delete a firmware, the dependent files are also deleted. However, the dependent files are not deleted if they are associated with additional firmware.

A prendre en considération:

You must delete unused firmware separately for each server in the cluster

Microsoft vient de publier un KB concernant le problème suivant: Newly created users can't sign in to a Lync client

Description:

New users who were created in an existing Lync Server 2010 or 2013 environment can't sign in. In this situation, the following error message is logged in the UCCAPI logs:

Additionally, the following event ID is logged:

Lien: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3108050?sd=rss&spid=924

Toujours intéressant, voici la matrice du status EOL en fonction des versions de cucm:

Si vous êtes intéressés par des sujets comme ceux décrits ci-dessous, Microsoft organise une séries de webcast:

• Skype for Business Online: Cloud PBX/PSTN Calling
• Skype for Business Online: PSTN Conferencing
• Skype for Business Online: ExpressRoute
• Skype for Business Online: Enterprise Voice Foundations
• Skype for Business Online: Hybrid Voice
• Skype for Business Online: Skype Meeting Broadcast Deep Dive

Informations et inscriptions ici: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3102208

Richard Brynteson vient de finir la transition de son outil Lync Validation vers Skype Validator.

L'outil est disponible en ligne ici: https://skypevalidator.com/

Description ici: http://masteringlync.com/2015/10/27/skypevalidator-beta-is-now-available/

Microsoft vient de publier un nouvel outil pour Skype for Business Server: Real-Time Statistics Manager.

Description:

Skype for Business Server, Real-Time Statistics Manager (StatsMan) makes it possible to monitor key performance indicators for Skype for Business Server in real-time. This download includes the StatsMan Agent, Listener and Website installation packages necessary for a functional StatsMan deployment.

StatsMan is a dashboard solution for viewing KHI calculations in real-time as well as graphed performance counters aggregated across your infrastructure. The dashboard can be used to pinpoint ongoing performance issues, view the results of a planned change to your environment, track resolution of outages, and much more. Out of the box, it is configured with KHI thresholds from the KHI Resources, and can be customized to suit your deployment’s unique needs.

Téléchargement ici: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49491

Les informations de planification et déploiement sont disponibles ici: https://technet.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/mt604834.aspx

Un step by step a venir sous peu sur ce sujet.