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In addition to the recently released Lync Cumulative Update 2 (earlier this month), there is another update for just the Lync Client. You can download the update here. The corresponding knowledge base article (KB 2540951) is here. This update brings the client version up to 4.0.7577.275 and addresses two issues: 2543532 Credential prompts occur when you sign in to Lync 2010 by using the Lync Online service 2543531 Lync 2010 does not authenticate after you resume the computer from hibernation Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on April 28th, 2011 Today Microsoft announced that Lync Server 2010 officially supports using SQL Server 2008 R2 for a back-end pool database. Previously only SQL 2008 SP1 or 2005 SP3 were officially supported (as I recently blogged about in The Lync Server Databases blog entry). Many had used SQL 2008 R2 in labs with no issues. Microsoft needed time to put SQL 2008 R2 through it’s paces (testing) with Lync and found no issues. You can read more about it here on NextHop: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/04/20/lync-server-2010-support-for-sql-2008-r2.aspx. Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on April 20th, 2011 June 7th, 2012 Update: Microsoft SQL 2012 is NOT supported for all Microsoft Lync 2010 roles yet. The Microsoft KB article “SQL Server 2012 is not supported in some Lync Server 2010 server roles” details which Lync 2010 server roles are not supported. While investigating a recent Lync issue, I had to reacquaint myself with the main databases used in a Lync deployment. In this blog post, I have documented my experiences for the benefit of others. The Types and Uses of Databases in Lync Microsoft Lync Server 2010 makes extensive use of Microsoft SQL. The two flavors of the core Front-End Lync Server role requires SQL: Lync 2010 Server . . . → Read More: The Lync Server Databases Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on April 18th, 2011 There has been some great Lync resources made available in the past couple of months that I have been meaning to blog about. Here is a roll-up: 1. Lync Server Documentation Update The Microsoft Lync Server documentation team recently released some significant updates to the Lync Server 2010 documentation in the TechNet Library which includes updates to major areas such as ‘Certificates and Wildcards’, and new documentation around Security and Troubleshooting. You can read about the updates here: Lync Server Documentation Update: April 2011. 2. Lync Edge Server Reference Architecture Diagrams There are three customizable Visio documents that can be used to plan or document your Lync Edge: Reference Architecture . . . → Read More: Recently Released Lync Resources Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on April 13th, 2011 BES 5.0 SP3 adds support for Microsoft Lync 2010. See http://blog.insideocs.com/2011/04/05/blackberry-support-for-ocs-2007-r2-and-lync-is-now-available/. Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on April 5th, 2011 A cumulative update package for Lync 2010 was released today. The description of the cumulative update package for April 2011 is described in KB article 2496325: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2496325. This article includes links to download both the x32 and x64 packages (half way through the article). There were several user-visible Lync 2010 Client hotfixes in this update such as the issue of not being update to publish the Presence calendar data of a user when their SMTP address contained uppercase letters. Lync Client Updates Lync 2010 Hotfix KB 2496325 (64 bit) Lync 2010 Hotfix KB 2496325 (32 bit) Lync Attendee Updates Lync 2010 Attendee Hotfix KB 2500438 (Admin level install) Lync 2010 . . . → Read More: April 2011 Cumulative Update for Lync 2010 Posted by Curtis Johnstone, on April 4th, 2011 |
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