Le marketing Skype for Business a publié sur youtube plusieurs vidéos faisant découvrir différents partenaires de l'écosystème

Partner Conversations with Verba:

Partner Conversations with IR Prognosis:

Partner Conversations with Avanade:

Partner Conversations with Unify Square:

Microsoft Consulting Services : Communications Enabled Business Scenarios:

Partner Conversations with Clarity:

Partner Conversations with Genesys:

Partner Conversations with InterMountain:

Partner Conversations with Luware:

Petit problème du jour, pas de réplication avec les serveur Edge.

Les serveurs FE présentent en permanence l'erreur suivante: (LS File Transfer Agent Service, 1047)

Skype for Business Server 2015, File Transfer Agent cannot get replication status from Replica Replicator Agent on Edge

Edge machine

Exception: System.ServiceModel.Security.MessageSecurityException: The HTTP request was forbidden with client authentication scheme 'Anonymous'. ---> System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

   at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory`1.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)

   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

Server stack trace:

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ValidateAuthentication(HttpWebRequest request, HttpWebResponse response, WebException responseException, HttpChannelFactory`1 factory)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelUtilities.ValidateRequestReplyResponse(HttpWebRequest request, HttpWebResponse response, HttpChannelFactory`1 factory, WebException responseException, ChannelBinding channelBinding)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.HttpChannelFactory`1.HttpRequestChannel.HttpChannelRequest.WaitForReply(TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.RequestChannel.Request(Message message, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel.Call(String action, Boolean oneway, ProxyOperationRuntime operation, Object[] ins, Object[] outs, TimeSpan timeout)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.InvokeService(IMethodCallMessage methodCall, ProxyOperationRuntime operation)

   at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannelProxy.Invoke(IMessage message)

Exception rethrown at [0]:

   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)

   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)

   at Microsoft.Rtc.Xds.Replication.Common.IReplicationWebService.DownloadFiles(String senderFqdn, String sourceDirPath, String tempDirPath)

   at Microsoft.Rtc.Xds.Replication.FileTransfer.FileTransferTask.CopyFilesFromReplicaUsingWcf(String fromDir, String tmpDir, String toDir)

Cause: Service may be unavailable or Network connectivity may have been compromised.

Résolution:

Vérifiez la présence d'un certificat positionné dans le mauvais conteneur (exemple, un intermédiaire dans le conteneur root)

Supprime le.

Relancer le service Replica Replicator Agent sur les Edge

Sonus annonce le support de Skype for Business avec le firmware 5.0 pour ces modèles 1000/2000:

On May 4, 2015 Sonus introduced Release 5.0 for the Sonus SBC 1000 and the Sonus SBC 2000 Session Border Controllers (SBCs).  The software update is designed to deliver a simple experience for enterprises as they migrate to Microsoft Skype for Business:

Key Features in Release 5.0 in support of Skype for Business deployments include:

• Presence: The new presence feature provides Skype for Business users with presence reporting when engaged in calls from non-Skype for Business endpoints. 
• Provisioning templates: The updated provisioning templates significantly reduce the complexity of configuring Skype for Business interworking. This feature is designed to enable an enterprise to deploy its Skype for Business application with greater speed-to-market, saving time and money.
• Survivable Branch Appliance Support: Delivering continued market leading support for Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) functions, this feature ensures that real-time communications are delivered even if the wide area network (WAN) goes down. 

Informations ici: http://www.sonus.net/en/resources/press-releases/sonus-sbc-1000-and-sbc-2000-update-generally-available

Un petit outil sympa vient d'être partagé dans les galeries technet: S4B DHCP Options generator

Description:

Was looking for a quick and easy way to generate recommended DHCP options without the need for DHCPutil.exe and/or access to a Lync/S4B server.  This Excel script was borrowed from Alessio's DHCP tab on his awesome Detailed Design CalculatorThe usage is VERY simple.

Téléchargement ici: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/lync/S4B-DHCP-Options-generator-19e68851

Microsoft vient de publier une mise à jour pour le client Lync 2013.

Version: 15.0.4737.1001

Téléchargement:

• Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3054946) 32-Bit Edition
• Update for Skype for Business 2015 (KB3054946) 64-Bit Edition

KB3054946: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3054946#bookmark-issue

Fixes:

• KB 3076504 CPU usage is reduced by emoticon animations that are active in multiple conversations in Skype for Business or Lync 2013
• KB 3072756 Update UI to better display presence information in Skype for Business when calendar is set to out of office
• KB 3072755 Chinese Contact Group name is displayed in garbled characters in Skype for Business or Lync 2013
• KB 3072754 Update user interface for group contact counts in contact lists in Skype for Business or Lync 2013
• KB 3072753 Active Directory contact’s name is changed to the phone number in the contact list of Skype for Business or Lync 2013
• KB 3072752 Typed characters take a long time to display in the message input box in Skype for Business or Lync 2013
• KB 3072751 Add the click-to-call feature for RCC-enabled users from the contact card in Skype for Business or Lync 2013
• KB 3072750 Update changes the text label from participant code to Conference ID in Skype for Business or Lync 2013

Problèmes connus:

• KB 3051158 “Help isn’t working” error occurs when you open the “Skype for Business Help” window in Skype for Business
• KB 3051516 “Copy” and “Select All’ menu items are disabled for the first instant message in a conversation in Skype for Business
• KB 3051160 Cannot join meetings by using Lync 2010 after you install OneDrive for Business
• KB 3053998 Memory leak occurs when you transfer a file that is larger than 5 megabytes (MB) in a conversation in Skype for Business

Quoi de nouveau dans les processus Skype for Business 2015?

Les tableaux ci-dessous résument les processus déployés, très similaire a ce que nous connaissions déjà avec Lync Server 2013 à part un seul, RTCHA, introduit avec cette nouvelle solution, qui est responsable de surveiller la santé du système, les routing group,...

Le WPC a commencé, première annonce pour Skype for Business, l'arrivée du plan E5 (Office 365 Enterprise Suite E5) incluant les fonctionnalités de PSTN Conferencing et cloud PBX:

I am also pleased to announce our plans to introduce a new premium Office 365 Enterprise Suite called E5 before the end of this calendar year. E5 will encompass the core value of the modern productivity and collaboration capabilities Office 365 provides today, as well as significant new capabilities including Skype for Business services for real-time communication such as Cloud PBX and PSTN Conferencing, new analytics features like Power BI Pro and Delve Organizational Analytics, and new advanced security features such as eDiscovery, Customer Lockbox, Data Loss Protection (DLP) and Safe Attachments.

Plus d'information ici: https://blogs.office.com/2015/07/13/news-from-wpc-invested-in-partner-growth/

Microsoft vient de publier une cumulative update pour la version Lync Server 2013 pour ce mois de juillet 2015.

Version: 5.0.8308.920

Téléchargement ici: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36820

KB2809243: http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2809243/en-us?sd=rss&spid=16660

Mises à jours:

• KB 3070408 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 XMPP Gateway
• KB 3070407 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 XMPP Proxy
• KB 3070405 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Application Host
• KB 3070388 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for the Lync Server 2013 Audio Test service
• KB 3070402 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Core Management Server
• KB 3070403 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Backup Service
• KB 3066655 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 (Front End Server and Edge Server)
• KB 3069753 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime
• KB 3064729 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 web components server
• KB 3064728 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 core components
• KB 3070396 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for the Lync Server 2013, Call Park service
• KB 3070395 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013, Conferencing Announcement
• KB 3070393 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Conferencing Attendant
• KB 3070399 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Mediation Server
• KB 3070381 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013, Administrative Tools
• KB 3066656 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for a Lync Server 2013 Web Conferencing server
• KB 3070378 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013, UCMA 3.0 Workflow APIs
• KB 3066641 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013, Conferencing Server
• KB 3070404 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat
• KB 3070398 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for Lync Server 2013 Bandwidth Policy service
• KB 3070397 July 2015 cumulative update 5.0.8308.920 for the Lync Server 2013 Response Group service

Corrections:

• KB 3070715 RTCSrv.exe crashes when the process is selected in Resource Monitor tool in a Lync Server 2013 environment.
• KB 3070718 CPU usage percentage of the RTCSrv.exe process is high on a Lync Server 2013 front-end server
• KB 3070717 Call park orbit number is not displayed when you park a call in a Lync Server 2013-based environment
• KB 3070721 Lync Server 2013 Front End service cannot check conference service availability
• KB 3051963 Lync Mobile Client call is dropped immediately when you dial 0 for an operator
• KB 3062801 Lost data when Lync Server 2013 directories move to Skype for Business
• KB 3078400 Cannot do an AVMCU dial-out call to join a meeting in Lync Web App in a Lync Server 2013 environment
• KB 3070713 Lync Server 2013 response group usage report takes longer time to run
• KB 3070720 participants cannot see your video when you join an online meeting through B2BUA
• KB 2983199 “Limited functionality is available due to outage” in Lync client when Lync Server 2013 replication queue is full
• KB 3070715 Event ID 1000 is logged and RTCSrv.exe crashes when the process is selected in Resource Monitor tool in Lync Server 2013

David Paulino vient de publier sur les galeries technet un tool intéressant: Remove Invalid Agents from Response Groups

Téléchargement ici:https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/lync/Remove-Invalid-Agents-from-81cbeaf2

Description:

This script checks and removes invalid Response Group agents. If we don’t delete them, we will have the following warning events:

Lync Server: Event 31137,31138 LS Response Group Service
http://blogs.technet.com/b/uclobby/archive/2015/01/09/lync-server-event-31137-31138-ls-response-group-service.aspx

La version 11 de Cisco Jabber est disponible pour Windows, ios et Mac, je n'ai pas encore eu le temps de la tester.

Cisco Jabber for Mac 11.0 release notes: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/jabber/mac/11_0/rn/JABM_BK_C915C45F_00_cisco-jabber-mac11-release-notes.html

Cisco Jabber for Windows 11.0 release notes: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/jabber/Windows/11_0/RN/JABW_BK_C5E7828C_00_cisco-jabber-windows-11-release-notes.html

Cisco Jabber for iOS 11.0 release notes:http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/jabber/Windows/11_0/RN/JABW_BK_C5E7828C_00_cisco-jabber-windows-11-release-notes.html

Vidéo introduction Cisco Jabber 11 pour Windows:

Vidéo introduction Cisco Jabber 11 pour Mac:

Vidéo introduction Cisco Jabber 11 pour iOS:

Nouveautés Cisco Jabber 11 pour windows:

Calling Features

• Far End Camera Control—For devices that support it, you can direct cameras on the other end of video calls and control the screen layout during conference calls. An icon is displayed in calls using cameras with far end camera control that you can use to pan, tilt and zoom the far end camera. This feature is only available to users in softphone mode.
• Collaboration Meeting Room Conferencing—With one click, escalate an IM conversation to audio and video conferencing using Cisco Cloud Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMR).
• WebEx Personal Room Conferencing—With one click, escalate an IM conversation to audio and video conferencing using Cisco Webex Personal Rooms (Webex PR).
• Audio and Video Bridge Conferencing—With one click, escalate an IM conversation to audio and video conferencing using standards-based third party conferencing solutions
• DTMF Digit Management—While on a call, cut and paste DTMF digits to enter a PIN number. You can also include DTMF digits with your protocol handlers to create links that participants can use to quickly access their meetings. Use commas after phone numbers and prior to DTMF numbers to denote a one second pause; you need at least one comma to indicate DTMF digits. For example, if you have a meeting with dial in number of 1800-123456, and an PIN for entry of 5678#, then you can use tel uri in the format tel:1800123456,,,5678# to enter the meeting with one click.
• Headset Selection from Conversation Windows—You can now select your connected audio device directly from your conversation windows.
• Opus Codec Support—The Cisco Jabber client now supports the Opus audio codec. Use of the Opus codec requires Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.0.
• Sennheiser Headset Support for Call Management—Use Sennheiser accessories to control your calls on Cisco Jabber to adjust call volume, answer and end phone calls, and mute.
• Click-to-Call Keyboard Shortcut—Configure the MakeCallHotKey parameter to make a Cisco Jabber call using an administrator-defined global keyboard shortcut that is active from any application on your desktop. The default shortcut is CTRL+SHIFT+J and is enabled by default. For more information on configuring this parameter, see the Phone Parameters section in the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.
• Clicktocall: URI Handler—Cisco Jabber supports registering as the clicktocall: URI handler.
• Conversation Window Control for All Calls—Extended beyond deskphone control, you can now also control the conversation window behavior for calls when using softphone using the DeskphoneModeWindowBehavior and SoftphoneModeWindowBehavior parameters.
• Display Call Duration—You can see the duration of calls displayed in your Recents tab when you hover over your calling history.
• Classic Ringtone—You can select a traditional ringtone for your incoming calls.
• Hide Call Controls—If your users use Cisco Jabber for calls, but manage their calls using another application, then you can disable the call control strip on the calling window so that users are presented with video-only window. You can enable this feature using the HideCallControlStrip parameter, which is disabled by default. For more information on setting up this feature, see the Client Parameters section of the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.

Chat and Presence Features

• Enterprise Groups for Cisco Unified Communications Manager—You can add an enterprise group to your Cisco Jabber contacts using the Microsoft Active Directory (AD) groups in your enterprise. Because the group is maintained in your corporate directory, your client contact list is updated dynamically to synchronize with the directory group. Directory groups require Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service 11.0. If a group contains more than 100 people, then no presence is displayed for those contacts. For cloud deployments, enterprise groups are already supported in the client.
• Play Sounds for Chat Messages—Choose whether to play sounds for all messages or only for the first message per conversation.
• Contact Card on Hover—Users' contact card is displayed when you hover over the contact in your Contact list. This feature is enabled by default, but to disable it or read more about it, see ContactCardonHover parameter description in the Client Parameters section in the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.
• Alert When Available from Conversation Windows—Set the Alert When Available feature from the conversation window with your contact.
• Windows Taskbar Shortcuts—Set your presence, sign out, and exit the client directly from the Windows taskbar.
• Telephony and Chat URIs in Chat window— Click on telephony and chat URIs in chat windows to initiate calls and chats.
• UNC Links in Chat window—Use UNC links such as file: in the Jabber chat window.
• Save Chat to Outlook for Office 365—Save Cisco Jabber chats to a folder in your Microsoft Outlook 365. This enhancement is an addition to the support for saving chats to a folder in Microsoft Outlook for on-premises deployments. For more information on configuring this feature, see the Options Parameters and Save Chat History to an Outlook Folder sections in the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.

Persistent Chat Features

• Search from Persistent Chat Rooms—Search directly from persistent chat rooms.
• Persistent Chat Room Conferencing—Escalate your persistent chat room conversations to audio and video conferencing using Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms and WebEx Personal Rooms, or from other conferencing solutions. Use the pChatMeeting parameter to set up this feature. For more information, see the Client Parameters section of the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.
• Screen Sharing in Persistent Chat Rooms—Share your screen with other participants in a persistent chat room. Use the pChatShare parameter to set up this feature. For more information, see the Client Parameters section of the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.

Sharing Features

• IM Only Share: Groups of 10— You can now share your screen from an IM with groups of up to 10 Cisco Jabber for Windows users.

Platform Features

• Technical Preview: Microsoft Office 2016 OS Version—Support for the upcoming Microsoft Office 2016 release in desktop mode.
• Intel Atom Support—Support for Intel Atom processor-based Windows devices.
• Technical Preview: Windows 10 Desktop OS Version—Support for the upcoming Windows 10 OS release in Windows desktop mode.

Security Features

• Encryption and Decryption of PRTs—Configure the encryption and decryption of PRTs using theEnablePrt, EnablePrtEncryption, and PrtCertificateName parameters. For more information on configuring these parameters, see the Client Parameters section of the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.

For more information about your privacy rights and the Cisco Problem Reporting Tool (PRT), see the Jabber Supplement to the Cisco Privacy Statement at www.cisco.com/​web/​siteassets/​legal/​jabber_​supp.html.

• PRT Logging Levels—Configure different logging levels for PRTs using the new LogWritingDesktop and DetailedLogDurationDesktop parameters. For more information on configuring these parameters, see the Common Policies section of the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.

Invalid Certificate Behavior—Configure how the client handles invalid certificate policies with the InvalidCertificateBehavior installation parameter.

Nouveautés Cisco Jabber 11 pour Mac:

Calling Features

• Far End Camera Control—When on a video call or a meeting, where the video endpoint supports remote control, Cisco Jabber allows users to control the remote camera. Users can zoom, pan, and tilt the camera using icons or keyboard shortcuts in the client.
• Bridge Escalations—You can configure bridge meeting room information for your users, or they can add the bridge meeting room information in the client. Your users can quickly escalate a group chat to a conference call and invite them to a conference call. Participants are automatically invited without the need to merge them into the conference call.
• Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMR) Cloud—Cisco Jabber provides support for Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMR) Cloud using SIP for video and HTTP for Cisco WebEx. Your users can escalate a group chat to a conference call and access the meeting using Cisco WebEx interface or join using video. Your users can join scheduled meetings using Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMR) Cloud.

There is a limitation on CMR Cloud join experience for attendees of scheduled CMR Cloud meetings. This limitation impacts Mac users and Windows users who have not enabled Outlook calendar integration. Due to a server limitation, we can only offer attendees for these deployment scenarios the option to join the meeting using Cisco WebEx. Hosts will enjoy the full experience, as will anyone invited to join ad hoc CMR Cloud meetings.

• Personal Room—Cisco Jabber uses the personal room feature of Cisco WebEx Meeting Center to allow users to quickly meet with their contacts in their personal rooms. Personal room is a virtual conference room that is always available.
• DTMF Digit Management—While on a call, you can cut and paste DTMF digits to enter a PIN number. You can also include DTMF digits with your protocol handlers to create links that participants can use to quickly access their meetings.
• Opus Codec Support—Cisco Jabber supports the Opus codec for audio capabilities. This feature requires Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence 11.0.
• Persistent Chat Room Participation—You can join a persistent chat room.
• Persistent Chat Room Search—You can search directly from persistent chat rooms.
• Add Enterprise Groups to Contacts—You can add a group to your Cisco Jabber contacts based on active directory (AD) and enterprise groups. Because the group is maintained in your corporate directory, your client contact list is updated dynamically to synchronize with the AD or enterprise group.
• URI Links in Chat window—You can now enter URI links in the chat window and chat participants can click the links to start calls and chats.
• Encryption and Decryption of PRTs—Configure the encryption and decryption of PRTs using theEnablePrt, EnablePrtEncryption, and PrtCertificateName parameters. For more information on configuring these parameters, see the Client Parameters section of the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.

Chat and Presence Features

Security Features

For more information about your privacy rights and the Cisco Problem Reporting Tool (PRT), see the Jabber Supplement to the Cisco Privacy Statement at www.cisco.com/​web/​siteassets/​legal/​jabber_​supp.html.

• PRT Logging Levels—Configure different logging levels for PRTs using the new LogWritingDesktop and DetailedLogDurationDesktop parameters. For more information on configuring these parameters, see the Common Policies section of the Cisco Jabber 11.0 Deployment and Installation Guide.
• Invalid Certificate Behavior—Configure how the client handles invalid certificate policies with the InvalidCertificateBehavior installation parameter.

Nouveautés Cisco Jabber 11 pour iOS:

New Features

This section describes the new features and stability improvements for Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad 11.0 release.

Calling Features

• Silent Monitoring and Call Recording (Built-in Bridge) — Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad supports silent monitoring and call recording that can be used by company supervisors to monitor or record calls. This is only supported with Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.0 or later releases.
• Far End Camera Control — You can direct cameras on the other end of video calls and control video display on participant screens using Cisco Jabber. A control panel is displayed on the video window that you can use to turn the far end camera to left, right, top or down and to zoom in or zoom out.
• G.722 Codec — Support for the G.722 audio codec to enhance voice communication for VoIP calls. This wideband audio codec is a default codec for calls to Cisco IP deskphones and other portfolio endpoints, which delivers a superior call experience to the user.
• Opus Codec — Support for the Opus audio codec. You require Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.0 to use Opus.
• Click-to-Call: URI handler — Support for a new call scheme, “Click-to-Call”. You can use the URI handler with clicktocall protocol followed by a contact's phone number or SIP URI address on a web browser or other applications to make a call. You can start a call by tapping on the URI link.
• Collaboration Meeting Room (CMR) Conference — Within a group chat you can escalate an IM conversation to audio and video conference using Cisco Cloud Collaboration Meeting Rooms (CMR).
• WebEx Personal Room Conference— Within a group chat you can escalate an IM conversation to audio and video conference using Cisco WebEx Personal Room.
  • When on a call, you can cut and paste DTMF digits such as a meeting PIN or phone number into the keypad. The valid DTMF digits are: 0123456789,*#ABCD.
  • You can enter a number with DTMF digits in the search bar or keypad, and make a call instead of typing the digits.
  • You can add DTMF digits with protocol handlers to create links that participants can use to access meetings.
• Flexible Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) — Administrators can use flexible DSCP to set DSCP to assign different priorities to audio and video streams.
• Define separate Port Range — Administrators can set separate port ranges for audio and video on the SIP profile.
• Edit Your Personal Profile — You can update your personal information on your profile page. This feature is only supported in the WebEx Messenger deployment.
• Enterprise Groups (AD Groups) — You can add a directory group to your Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad contacts from the Microsoft Active Directory (AD) groups in your enterprise. Since the group is maintained in your corporate directory, your client contact list is updated dynamically to synchronize with the enterprise group. If a group contains more than 100 people, then no presence is displayed for those contacts. To add enterprise groups you require Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service 11.0.

• Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) Digit Management— The following enhancements are made for the DTMF digits:

User Management Features

Chat and Presence Features

For cloud deployments, adding enterprise group is already supported in the client.

• Telephony and Chat URIs in Chat Window — You can initiate chats and calls from a chat window by tapping on the telephony and chat URIs.
• Publish Location Information — You can add your location information on Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad for your contacts to see. To enable the location information administrators must configure the Location_Enabled parameter. You can customize their settings in the Options menu.
• Start Group Chat — You can start a group chat with two or more contacts. You can invite participants for a group chat and add the topic for group chat.
• Contact Group Management — You can manage your contact groups by adding or removing the groups.
• Administrative Control for Showing Offline Contacts — Administrative control to show or hide the offline contacts on your contacts list is available. To show the offline contacts administrators must configure the ShowOfflineContacts parameter.
• Administrative Control for Loading Native Address Book — Cisco Jabber provides an administrative control for loading native address book to your contact list in Phone Only mode. The administrator can use the EnableLoadAddressBook parameter to control the settings.

Security Features

Security Enhancement — Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad provides more secured solution for the credentials and adds administrative control to manage the invalid certificate policies.

Platform Features

Support for Jailbroken Devices — Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad does not work on all jailbroken iPhones and iPads. To use Cisco Jabber on jailbroken iPhones and iPads, you must ensure that it is jailbroken by a public jailbreak tool available at the time of Cisco Jabber release.

Deployment Features

• Configuration Support with Apple's Managed App Configuration — Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad supports pre-configuring the application based on Apple's Managed App Configuration mechanism. With this feature, the company administrators can deploy and pre-configure Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad for an entire company through some of the Enterprise Mobility Management providers. Cisco has tested the solution with Airwatch Mobile Device Management.
• Customer Community Program (CCP) Community Based Wrapping Support for Cisco Mobile Application Management — Cisco provides a private App Wrapping program for supported Enterprise Mobility Management providers through the CCP (previously known as Cisco User Group) community. If users want to wrap the Cisco Jabber and distribute it through the Mobile Device Management (MDM) or Mobile Application Management (MAM), they can get support from the CCP community.
• Support for 64-bit iPhone and iPad devices — Cisco Jabber for iPhone and iPad supports 64-bit iPhone and iPad devices.

Hardware

Anthony Caragol a publié dans les galeries technet un nouvel outil: Skype For Business Call Forwarding Information Tool

Description:

The purpose of this tool is to give you an easy front end GUI to review your user's call forwarding settings. Information such as Call Via Work settings, who's a delegate of who, who's got simultaneous ring set, etc. can be difficult to retrieve without a utility such as sefautil, which itself can be difficult. This tool allows you to review this information for all users in a pool in a GUI format that's easily searchable, sortable, and filterable (Out-Gridview). It also allows you to save the information to a CSV file. The information is gaterhed by parsing data pulled using Export-CSUserData. No SQL calls are made and no data is written back into Skype.

Because this tool uses Export-CSUserData, please be patient during the loading process. If you have difficulty using this utility, first ensure you can run Export-CSUserData successfully. If there is any corrupted user information in a pool, this can cause issues and that corruption will need to be resolved first.

If you would like to see the information in a different format, say an PowerShell command such as Get-CSUserForwardingInfo that can run for a single user or pool for speed, let me know as well. If there's interest I can write it.  Interestingly, if you are in a Skype for Business/Lync 2013 mixed environment, Call Via Work settings may still be populated in Lync pools

Téléchargement ici: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/lync/Skype-For-Business-Call-21cfbc3d

Sonus vient de publier un nouveau firmware pour les modèles 1000/2000: 4.1.2

https://support.sonus.net/display/UXDOC41/SBC+1000-2000+4.1.2+Release+Notes

Les mises à jours et corrections de ce nouveau firmware sont listées ci-dessous:

Microsoft vient de publier une mise à jour pour l'interface SDN.

Description:

The Skype for Business, SDN (Software-Defined Networking) Interface allows developers to build applications and services that can monitor, isolate and correct issues on the network that affect Skype for Business quality of experience. The installer application also provides customers with the ability to interface with qualified 3rd party applications built on the Skype for Business, SDN API.

Skype for Business Server and Lync Server provide customers with an unmatched unified communications and collaboration experience. Since both Skype for Business and Lync rely on the underlying network, sometimes the quality of experience can be affected by underperforming or improperly configured network elements. Applications built on the Skype for Business, SDN Interface provide the ability to quickly detect quality-affecting issues on the network, and deliver prescriptive resolutions and traffic prioritization.

A qualified 3rd party Skype for Business, SDN Interface solution is required for this download. You can find qualified solutions built on the Skype for Business, SDN Interface at this list of qualified Skype for Business, SDN Interface solution providers on TechNet.

Téléchargement: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44274

Skype for Business pour Windows Phone est disponible depuis aujourd'hui.

Plus d'informations ici: https://blogs.office.com/2015/07/06/skype-for-business-windows-phone-app-is-here/

How you can upgrade today

Most people who have the Lync 2013 app on their Windows Phone will be automatically updated to the new Skype for Business app, but here are the particulars depending on which version of Windows Phone you use:

• If you have a Windows Phone 8.1 and higher but do not have the Lync 2013 app, you can download the new Skype for Business app in the Windows Store.
• If you have Windows Phone 8.1 and higher and currently have the Lync 2013 mobile app, the new Skype for Business app will replace your existing app and tile automatically.
• If you have Windows Phone 8.0, you will continue to use Lync 2013 or Lync 2010, which remains compatible even if your organization is running the new Skype for Business Server.

James Cussen a publié un nouvel outil: Skype for Business Address Book Normalisation Tool

Son site étant déjà une mine d'or en termes d'outils.

Description:

• Import Existing “Company_Phone_Number_Normalization_Rules.txt” files into the system.
• Add/Edit address book rules to the system. If the rule you are setting has a name that matches an existing rule, then the existing rule will be edited. If the rule’s name does not match an existing rule then it will be added as a new rule to the list.
• Delete rules from the system.
• Create new Site based Address Book Normalisation Rules policies.
• Change the priority of rules.
• Custom written rule testing code for testing pattern and translation matches as well as the resultant number.
• Export rules back into a “Company_Phone_Number_Normalization_Rules.txt” file format.
• Test the rules! Skype for Business currently (at the time of writing this) doesn’t have Address Book Normalisation testing capabilities. So I wrote a custom testing engine into the tool providing this feature. By entering a number into the Test textbox and pressing the Test Number button, the tool will highlight all of the rules that match in the currently selected Global/Site level Policy patterns in blue. The rule that has the highest priority and matches the tested number will be highlighted in red. The pattern and translation of the highest priority match (the one highlighted in red) will be used to do the translation on the Test Number and the resultant translated number will be displayed by the Test Result label.

Informations ici: http://www.myskypelab.com/2015/07/skype-for-business-address-book.html

Téléchargement ici: http://1drv.ms/1gctIhN

Étant en vacances la semaine dernière, j'ai un peu de retard, mais Microsoft a publié le 30 juin une mise à jour des diagrammes de flux pour Skype for Business 2015.

Description:

Download this poster to better understand requirements of Skype for Business 2015 servers and clients under different levels of service complexity.

Fichier:

Microsoft organise toute une série de webcasts Skype for Business cet été:

Plus d'informations ici: http://blogs.technet.com/b/uspartner_learning/archive/2015/06/04/skype-for-business-webcasts-summer-schedule.aspx#0_8_1038_3407_377_10538028

Polycom a publié une nouvelle version logiciel UC Software 5.4.0.

Support:

Polycom UC Software 5.4.0 supports the following Polycom endpoints:
● VVX 101/201 business media phones (new phones supported in this release)
● VVX 300/310 business media phones
● VVX 400/410 business media phones
● VVX 500 business media phones
● VVX 600 business media phones
● VVX 1500 business media phones
● SoundStructure VoIP Interface
Polycom UC Software 5.4.0 supports the following Polycom accessories:
● VVX Camera
● VVX Expansion Module

Nouvelles fonctionnalités:

• Advanced Conference (Alcatel-Lucent CTS)
• Barge In for Busy Lamp Field Lines (Alcatel-Lucent CTS)
• Bridge In for Shared Call Appearance (Alcatel-Lucent CTS)
• Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) Relay (Alcatel-Lucent CTS)
• Shared Call Appearance (Alcatel-Lucent CTS)
• Visitor Desk Phone (Alcatel-Lucent CTS)
• SIP Instance Support – The SIP Instance Support feature provides support for using +sip.instance, a parameter used in the contact header, to identify individual phones instead of using IP addresses.
• Comfort Noise – Previously, when Voice Activity Detection was enabled, Comfort Noise was sent using the default payload type of 13, which was not advertised in SDP. Now, when enabled, the Comfort Noise payload type is negotiated in SDP with the default of 13 for 8 KHz codecs and a configurable value between 96 and 127 for 16 KHz codecs
• Opus Codec Support (supported on VVX 500 and 600 phones only) – Opus is an adaptive, lossy audio coding format that is suitable for interactive real-time applications over the Internet. This feature also simplifies internetworking between mobile and fixed line networks.
• DNS Server Address Override – Previously, any DNS server address provided by DHCP is given the highest precedence even if an administrator manually enters a DNS server address.
• Global Directory Synchronization – The Polycom Contact Directory available on Polycom phones uses two files to generate and maintain a directory
• Basic Menu Lock – This feature enables administrators to lock the Basic menu under Settings and prevent users from customizing the phones on the network.

Téléchargement:

• Release Notes
• Polycom UC Software 5.4.0
• BToE 3.0

Importante annonce cette semaine, la preview est là: https://blogs.office.com/2015/07/01/announcing-preview-of-new-skype-for-business-services-in-office-365/

Frequently asked questions:

Q. What are the eligibility requirements to participate in the preview?

A. The Skype Meeting Broadcast preview is available worldwide to customers with an Office 365 enterprise plan or Skype for Business Plan 2. The previews of PSTN Conferencing and Cloud PBX with PSTN Calling are available in the U.S. to customers with an Office 365 enterprise plan or Skype for Business Plan 2.

Q. Can end users sign up for the trial?

A. No, the trial must be provisioned for the customer tenant by an Office 365 administrator. End users interested in trying the new services should contact their Office 365 administrator.

Q. Are interested Office 365 customers required to trial all of the services currently in preview, or can they choose to preview only a subset?

A. Eligible Office 365 enterprise customers may choose to trial any or all of the services now in preview according to the geographies where each preview is available.

Q. When will these services be generally available, and how will they be priced?

A. We expect to make these services generally available before the end of this year.  We will share pricing and licensing details when we are closer to general availability.

Vous avez du feedback a échanger concernant skype pour entreprise?

Ce site est pour vous: http://www.skypefeedback.com/

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Ou trouver la liste complète des émoticônes?

Non critique, mais peut toujours servir:

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12330/what-is-the-full-list-of-emoticons?cm_mmc=SMTW_7001B1-3.%20Skype%20Product&linkId=15197725

Vous pouvez télécharger la version d'évaluation de Skype for Business Server 2015 valable pour 180 jours ici: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-skype-for-business-server

Microsoft avait annoncé le retrait des certifications suivantes pour le 31 juillet 2015:

• 74-322: Microsoft Lync Server 2010—Advanced Design and Deployment
• 74-335: Lync Network Readiness Assessment
• 70-336: Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013
• 70-337: Enterprise Voice Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013
• 74-338: Lync 2013 Depth Support Engineer

http://microsofttouch.fr/default/b/christophe/archive/2015/05/08/microsoft-lync-server-exams-scheduled-to-retire

Nouvelle annonce, vous avez encore jusqu'au 30 novembre 2015 pour les réussir: https://borntolearn.mslearn.net/b/weblog/archive/2015/06/25/microsoft-lync-2013-exams-extended-to-november-2015

A few weeks back I announced the retirement of Lync 2013 exams. See the post here. I want to let you know that we are moving the retirement date of Lync exams (335, 336, 337, and 338) to November 30, 2015. We’re updating the retirement dates on our web pages to reflect this.

Remember, the new Skype for Business exams will count toward MCSE: Communication certification like Lync exams 336 and 337 currently do.

Stay tuned for more information on the new Skype for Business exams!

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FAQ

Q: Should I hold off on taking exams until the Skype for Business exams are available?
A: Not at all. Skype for Business builds on Lync’s features and functionality. The Lync exams provide you with a solid foundation for your Skype for Business implementation. See what’s new in Skype for Business.

Q: Will there be an upgrade exam for those who have completed both Lync exams and want to move to Skype for Business?
A: No. Once you’ve earned your MCSE: Communication certification you cannot re-earn it. You can, however, keep it current through recertification. If you’re not ready to recertify but want to gain some Skype for Business skills, check out this training video.  

Q: What about recertification?
A: Holders of the MCSE: Communication credential must recertify every three years. Recertification is a great way to ensure that you stay current in the latest technology, such as Skype for Business. We’ll be providing more information about recertification options for MCSE: Communication this summer.

Q: I’m a partner with the Microsoft Partner Network. I have the Communications Competency and just took the Lync exams to qualify. Do I still qualify?
A: Retirement of an exam from Microsoft learning does not retire it as a qualifying exam for a Competency. Lync Exams for the Communications Competency will still qualify for a period of time. Always check the Microsoft Partner Network competency requirements. You can view the current Communications Competency requirements here.

Microsoft a publié hier l'outil SEFAUtil pour Skype for Business 2015.

Description

Skype for Business Server 2015, SEFAUtil (Secondary Extension Feature Activation Utility) is a command-line tool that enables Skype for Business Server 2015 administrators and helpdesk agents to configure delegate-ringing, call-forwarding, simultaneous ringing, team-call settings, and group call pickup on behalf of a Skype for Business user. This tool also allows administrators to query the call-routing settings that are published for a particular user.

Téléchargement ici: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=47704

Annoncé pour le mois de juillet, vous pouvez voir sur ce lien les fonctionnalités qui vont être disponible pour la version Skype for Business sur Windows Phone:https://support.office.com/en-us/article/See-whats-new-in-Skype-for-Business-for-Windows-Phone-1e242ddc-3414-4101-ae34-4aca0c14f489?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US