LyncConf has started....and what a start

Well here we are. LyncConf14 has started. The News are here and we will get this:

1. HD video betweek SKYPE and LYNC 2013, comes in the end of June.
2. Integration between Tandberg/Cisco and Lync over the VCS
3. Client for Android.
4. Powerpoint support for Iphone.
5. Splitscreen for PowerPoint :-)

For Office365 we will get:
Support for Large Meetings
Microsoft comes now With telephony in O365 and this is not like the Telenor Office365.

More information will come later in the Conference.

Arrived to Las Vegas.....what a place

Well this is one of many blogs that will come out this week. Tomorrow we start up with Master Class by SNOM at the Monte Carlo Hotel from 1200 to 4pm. From 4 PM to 6 PM Microsoft Nordic has a welcome at Aria Resort and Casion, and at 6:30pm there is a welcome reception for all the People here at LyncConf14.
More technial information will come when we start up tuesday morning.

Almost ready for LyncConf 2014

Well, tomorrow saturday 15th of february I'm off to Las Vegas and this years major happening in the Lync environment.
Got an email from Microsoft Norway today telling that there are about 2000 peopole who will be at this conference.  This will be great fun and knowledgeable for all of us.
As promised i will blog from the Conference here in English and i Norwegian at www.samhandle.no.

So just look out for more information and what's happening. I will be also on Twitter @kaistenberg #skillas, #Lyncconf14.

So just follow me :-)

Changeing Picture in Lync Client

By dedault URL Picture  on Your Lync Client 2013 are disabled.
With this simple script you can use Picture from URL.

$pe=New-CsClientPolicyEntry -Name EnablePresencePhotoOptions -Value True

$po=Get-CsClientPolicy -Identity Global

$po.PolicyEntry.Add($pe)

Set-CsClientPolicy -Instance $po

Run this from Management Shell on Your frontendserver but if you have more than Global Policy well then you must change Your Identity for Your policy.

Multiple SQL instances and different ports for each instance

One of my best friends Kjetil Lindløkken has done this in the Lync 2013 topology. The issue was how to get the Lync 2013 Enterprise Edition to use different instances for SQL server, and different ports.
As we all knows the default port is 1433 for the SQL and so does Lync 2013 also use at Default.
Well Kjetil found this out and has blogged about it here:
http://drlync.blogspot.no/2014/02/setting-up-lync-2013-with-multiple-sql.html

How to fix EWS trouble in Lync 2013 when it works for some users

I have been together With some coworkers where we have Exchange in Office365 (Exchange Online) and Lync On-Premise.
We had some issue where some had all presence information and Exchange EWS working just fine, but for some it has stopped working.