Free Training – Creating & Managing a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Jump Start
On February 21 & 22, Microsoft will be running a 2-day virtual training event to help the world learn about the upcoming enhancements with the Creating & Managing a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Jump Start.  It is 100% … Continue reading →

OOF and PowerShell
I was having some issues with setting the Out of Facility (yes, that is what OOF actually means) for a user. I decided to use PowerShell for this just for the fun of using PowerShell. I love the Exchange Management … Continue reading →

DNS Load Balancing and Migrations from Office Communications Server 2007 R2 to Lync Server 2010
I am in the middle of planning a fairly large migration and one issue has been kind of bugging me. It kept gnawing at me. I was waking up in the middle of the night and just can’t explain why. … Continue reading →

Proxy Settings and the Microsoft Federation Gateway
I am a bit more than paranoid when it comes to protecting my Exchange and Lync servers from all of those evil people out on the Internet. I like my servers to be protected from all of those annoying script … Continue reading →

Lync 2010 Mobile Client and Photos
As soon as the Lync 2010 Mobile client was available for Windows Phone 7, I installed it. Immediately, I noticed that my own picture was not showing in the client. I know that it works for the Lync 2010 install … Continue reading →

Installing Lync 2010 Mobile for Windows Phone 7
I have really enjoyed testing and using the new Lync Mobile client. You can get it here or in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. While I haven’t had a chance to test some of its more advanced features, I have … Continue reading →

Lync Server 2010 Workloads Poster
In all of the hustle and bustle around the Lync Mobile client release for Windows Phone 7, it is almost as if nobody noticed the hard work done to get the Workloads Poster updated. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=6797 It is now updated to … Continue reading →

Who Can Federate Tool–Which of Your Contacts can Federate?
I love OCS 2007, OCS 2007 R2, and Lync 2010. I have really enjoyed working with this product line in the last few years. While it is extremely complex, Lync Server 2010 is really taking hold in small and large … Continue reading →

Lync Server 2010 PowerShell–Mind Map
In the last few years, I have come to love PowerShell. Like many, I got my first exposure with Exchange Server 2007. I spend several hours a week building new scripts and running PowerShell commands to ease the bulk administration … Continue reading →

SharePoint 2010–PowerShell
I have no idea when Microsoft released this site, but I love the way they have made a nice graphical interface for SharePoint and PowerShell cmdlets to help those that are not PowerShell savvy. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/TechNet/en-us/Office/media/WindowsPowerShell/WindowsPowerShellCommandBuilder.html Take a look and see … Continue reading →