UC in a Box

This is something I first heard about a couple of years ago but had forgotten about it. What it is is the Unified Communications Experience “in a box”, provided by BoxedUC. Essentially a rack mount solution that contains everything you need to run a Lync deployment, but it gets better than that… You can add Exchange 2010 and Sharepoint 2010 and have the whole gambit at your finger tips.

In their words

boxedUc is an "Appliance as a Service" which virtualizes in a single server the whole Unified Communication suite of Microsoft.

Have a look here or the full url is http://www.boxeduc.com/

System Centre 2012 Deep Dive

I was sent this website via the monthly TechNet Flash news letter. its worth checking out if you are interested in System Centre. You can find it http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/hh286395

Polycom Lync Integration tool

I found this tool which uses a PowerShell script to automate the configuration of Lync for integrating Polycom DMA/RMX.

Have a look at it here

Configuration Manager 2012 Offline Servicing for Operating System Images

One of the Microsoft products that I really like teaching, and also think is very cool, is Configuration Manager. Any information about the new version is exciting and when you add to the mix a bit of OSD then you cant go wrong!

Have a look at what the team is doing with offline servicing of operating system deployments here

Lync Blogs–Summarised

Here is a nice summary of Lync related blogs. Makes it easy to find the one you want.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg213847.aspx

Lync - Updated source software links

I found this cool list of update links. This is a list of the cumulative update 2 links.

CU2

Product	Update	KB	Download
Lync 2010 (64bit)	Lync_2010_CU2	2496325	MS download
Lync 2010 (32bit)	Lync_2010_CU2	2496325	MS download
Lync 2010 Phone Edition (Tanjay)	LPET_2010_CU2	2529974	MS download
Lync 2010 Phone Edition (Aries-Aastra)	LPEAA_2010_CU2	2529978	MS download
Lync 2010 Phone Edition (Aries-Polycom)	LPEAP_2010_CU2	2529977	MS download
Lync 2010 Attendee (Admin Install)	LAA_2010_CU2	2500438	MS download
Lync 2010 Attendee (User mode install)	LAU_2010_CU2	2500440	MS download
Lync 2010 Attendant (32 & 64 bit are a combined patch)	LA_2010_CU2	2496326	MS download
Lync 2010 Group Chat Client	LGCC_2010_CU2	2500446	MS download
Lync 2010 Group Chat Server	LGCS_2010_CU2	2500447	MS download
Lync 2010 Group Chat Admin	LGCA_2010_CU2	2500445	MS download

Lync integration - Computer Talk

Have a look at Computer Talk and they have a cool video showcasing their integration with Lync. There is also an apperance by Albert Kooiman, who is Mr Lync API.

The link is http://www.computer-talk.com/microsoft

Script Repository

There are some really cool scripts here that are available for download.

The scripts cover most Microsoft products.

The repository can be found here

Lync 2010 Bandwidth Calculator

Just downloaded and extracted this! What a  fantastic tool.

This is nirvana for Lync consultants who should get it from the following url without delay. Full link below.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?FamilyID=ef6b21c4-68a5-403c-bcae-bf5946eb3d43&displaylang=en

The number of options is really good, plus there is even an Erlang page for advanced users.

Lync Server Documentation Update: April 2011

The April updates to the Lync documentation are out.


There are some really cool tool and additions to Lync and I would strongly suggest looking at them.
The url is http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/04/13/lync-server-documentation-update-april-2011.aspx

Lync Blog Role

 

Came across this blog role to day. Have a look at it here