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Lync Server 2010 Deployment

• Installing Prerequisites on Server 2008 R2: http://msunified.net/2010/11/23/installing-lync-server-2010-prerequisites-on-windows-server-2008-r2/
• Part 1: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync2010rc-deployment-part1/
• Part 2: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync2010rc-deployment-part2/
• Part 3: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/10/lync2010rc-deployment-part3/
• Video Deployment Guide: http://imaucblog.com/archive/2011/05/12/microsoft-lync-2010-consolidated-standard-server-video-installation-guide/
• Deploying Lync Server EDGE: http://ocsguy.com/2010/11/21/deploying-an-edge-server-with-lync/
• Configuring Edge Server Static Routes: http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2012/01/lync-edge-server-static-routes.html 
• Deploying XMPP for Lync: http://ocsguy.com/2010/11/29/deploying-lync-for-xmpp/
• Publishing Lync Server Web Components and Simple URLs: http://ucmadeeasy.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/publishing-lync-server-2010-rc-simple-urls-and-web-components-with-forefront-tmg-2010/
• What is Central Management Store (CMS): http://blogs.technet.com/b/jenstr/archive/2010/10/13/what-is-central-management-store-cms.aspx
• Remote Administration: http://blog.powershell.no/2010/12/05/lync-server-2010-remote-administration/
• Another Reason to Include a Director in Your Lync Server 2010 Deployment: http://blogs.technet.com/b/dodeitte/archive/2010/12/26/another-reason-to-include-a-director-in-your-lync-server-2010-deployment.aspx
• Protecting the Edge Server Against DoS and Password Brute-Force Attacks in Lync Server 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/drrez/archive/2011/04/11/protecting-the-edge-server-against-dos-and-password-brute-force-attacks-in-lync-server-2010.aspx
• Deploying Lync Jump Start Video Series: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/27/deploying-lync-jump-start-series.aspx
• Branch Site Options and Recommendations: http://ucken.blogspot.com/2012/10/lync-branch-site-options-and.html

PowerShell

• Lync Server and PowerShell – My favourite features, oneliners and scripts: http://msunified.net/2012/01/18/lync-server-and-powershell-my-favourite-features-oneliners-and-scripts/

• Microsoft Lync PowerShell Cheat Sheet - a convenient quick reference card for Lync PowerShell. It will help you get started, accomplish frequent management tasks, and provide tips for particular ‘gotchas’: http://blog.insidelync.com/2011/02/microsoft-lync-powershell-cheat-sheet/

Exchange 2010 integration

• UM: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-and-exchange-um-integration/
• Lync calls to Exchange Auto Attendant Fail: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-calls-to-exchange-auto-attendant-fail/
• OWA: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-and-exchange-im-integration/

Lync 2010 Client

• Custom Presence State: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/adding-custom-presence-to-lync/
• Client Policies: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/
• Lync to Windows Live A/V Federation: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/lync-to-windows-live-av-federation/
• Microsoft Lync 2010 Photo Experience: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2010/11/22/microsoft-lync-2010-photo-experience.aspx
• How to Customize the Meeting Entry Page for Lync: http://ocsguy.com/2010/12/04/how-to-customize-the-meeting-entry-page-for-lync/
• Reordering Lync 2010 Dial-In Conferencing Numbers: http://www.shudnow.net/2011/09/28/reordering-lync-2010-dial-in-conferencing-numbers/
• Hide the Lync Conferencing Add-In for Outlook: http://aspoc.net/archives/2011/09/23/hide-the-lync-conferencing-add-in-for-outlook/
• Lync for Mac – GPO equivalents: http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/lyncdeploy/item/81755f45-3c1b-4d09-bef1-2cf48b9fc29a?category=fb7c71bb-c9bd-4f45-873f-851be7af1489
• Understanding and Enforcing Licensing for the Lync Standard User CAL: http://howdouc.blogspot.com/2011/09/understanding-and-enforcing-licensing.html
• Providing Standard User CAL, Enterprise User CAL and Plus Cal functionalities: http://www.reijling.nl/?p=749
• Configuring Lync Client Access Capabilities to Meet Client Access License Requirements: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/10/13/configuring-lync-client-access-capabilities-to-meet-client-access-license-requirements.aspx
• Configure unique meeting ID by default: http://blogs.technet.com/b/wesglock/archive/2011/05/16/lync-meeting-policy-and-outlook-add-on-behavior.aspx
• Top 10 Facts when Planning a Lync 2010 Client Deployment: http://blog.insidelync.com/2012/02/top-10-faq-for-planning-a-lync-2010-client-deployment/
• Administrative Template (.adm) for setting specific client settings (other then clientpolicies): http://www.reijling.nl/?p=876
• Configuring links in Lync http://kressmark.blogspot.se/2012/05/please-send-me-link.html

Mobility

• Enabling Lync Server 2010 for Lync Mobile Clients: http://msunified.net/2011/12/12/enabling-lync-mobility/
• Deploying the Lync 2010 Mobility Service: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/12/deploying-the-lync-2010-mobility-service/
• Step-by-step Microsoft Lync 2010 Lync Mobility (MCX) Installation Guide: http://imaucblog.com/archive/2011/12/09/step-by-step-microsoft-lync-2010-lync-mobility-mcx-installation-guide/
• Using Lync 2010 Mobility on your Corporate WIFI Networks http://www.shudnow.net/2012/03/12/using-lync-2010-mobility-on-your-corporate-wifi-networks/
• Lync Server 2010 - Mobility Deep Dive – Autodiscover Service: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/25/lync-server-2010-mobility-deep-dive-autodiscover-service.aspx
• TechNet Webcast: Lync for Mobile Devices: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/25/technet-webcast-lync-for-mobile-devices.aspx 

Enterprise Voice

• Complete Guide to the Lync Dialing Rule Optimizer http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2012/01/complete-guide-to-lync-optimizer.html 
• Enterprise Voice Best Practices Part 1 - Phone Number Formatting http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2010/12/enterprise-voice-best-practices-in-lync.html
• Enterprise Voice Best Practices Part 2 - Normalization http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2011/01/enterprise-voice-best-practices-in-lync.html
• Enterprise Voice Best Practices Part 3 - Usages and Routes http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2011/01/enterprise-voice-best-practices-in-lync_21.html
• Enterprise Voice Best Practices Part 4 - Extensions http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2011/05/enterprise-voice-best-practices-in-lync.html
• Enterprise Voice Best Practices Part 5 - Migrating PBX Users to Enterprise Voice http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2011/11/migrating-pbx-users-to-lync-enterprise.html
• Assigning Telephone Numbers to Lync Enterprise Voice Users: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/11/30/assigning-telephone-numbers-to-lync-enterprise-voice-users.aspx 
• Private numbers http://kressmark.blogspot.se/2011/08/wont-you-call-my-private-number.html

Lync Phone Edition

• Configuring Lync Server for Phone Edition Devices: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/12/configuring-lync-server-for-phone-edition-devices/
• Externally Provisioning Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/12/configuring-lync-server-for-phone-edition-devices/
• Updating Lync Phone Edition Devices: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/01/updating-lync-phone-edition-devices/
• Manual VLAN Configuration for Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/01/manual-vlan-configuration-for-lync-phone-edition/
• Common Area Phone Configuration in Lync: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/04/common-area-phone-configuration-in-lync/
• Analog Phone support with Lync 2010 using MP-114: http://www.lynclog.com/2011/04/analog-phone-support-with-lync-2010.html
• Localization and Language Support in Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/05/localization-and-language-support-in-lync-phone-edition/
• Aastra 6725 phone http://kressmark.blogspot.se/2011/05/aastra-6725ip-lync-telephones.html

The Addressbook in Lync Server 2010

• Updating the Lync 2010 Address Book: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/updating-the-lync-2010-address-book/
• How to add Photos in Lync 2010: http://www.codesalot.com/2010/photos-in-lync-2010/
• Lync 2010 Address Book Normalization: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync-2010-address-book-normalization/
  Lync 2010 People & Skill Search with SharePoint 2010 and TMG: http://techblurt.com/2011/02/22/lync-2010-people-search-with-sharepoint-2010-and-tmg/
• Hotfix for generating the Invalid_AD_Phone_Numbers List for Lync: http://aspoc.net/archives/2011/10/28/hotfix-for-generating-the-invalid_ad_phone_numbers-list-for-lync/
• Lync Address Book – Client Synchronization Errors and Common Problems: http://blog.insidelync.com/2012/02/lync-address-book-client-synchronization-errors-and-common-problems

Lync 2010 Networking

• DHCP for Network Communications and PIN/Certificate Authentication: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/11/18/lync-2010-dhcp-for-network-communications-and-pincertificate-authentication/
• Using DHCPUtil for Lync Phone Edition DHCP Server Configuration: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/using-dhcputil-for-lync-phone-edition-dhcp-server-configuration/
• Port Ranges and Audio/Media Negotiation: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/12/06/lync-server-2010-port-ranges-and-audiomedia-negotiation/
• Configuring DirectAccess for Lync/OCS voice/video in a split DNS scenario: http://donnystyle.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/configuring-directaccess-for-lync-ocs-voicevideo-in-a-split-dns-scenario/
• Enabling QoS for Lync Server 2010 http://www.shudnow.net/2011/11/04/enabling-qos-for-lync-server-2010-part-1/

SQL Configuration

• Using Lync Server 2010 with a Custom SQL Server Network Configuration: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/04/12/using-lync-server-2010-with-a-custom-sql-server-network-configuration.aspx
• Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Pool Local SQL Express (RTCLOCAL) Database Permissions: http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2011/04/microsoft-lync-server-2010-enterprise.html
• The Lync Server Databases: http://blog.insidelync.com/2011/04/the-lync-server-databases/

Edge server

• Troubleshooting Edge Server http://kressmark.blogspot.se/2011/04/troubleshooting-lync-edge-101.html

Mediation server

• Collocated Mediation Server vs. Dedicated Mediation Server: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/10/lync-2010-collocated-mediation-server-vs-dedicated-mediation-server/
• Media Bypass with and without Voice Resilience: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/09/27/lync-2010-media-bypass-with-and-without-voice-resilience/
• When to use the EnableReferSupport flag in LYNC CS 2010? http://blogs.technet.com/b/kamehta/archive/2011/01/06/when-to-use-the-enablerefersupport-flag-in-lync-cs-2010.aspx

DNS Loadbalancing

• DNS Load Balancing and Server Draining: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2010/10/12/lync-dns-load-balancing-and-server-draining.aspx

Response Groups

• Creating a Response Group in Lync: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ilvancri/archive/2010/11/23/creating-a-response-group-in-lync.aspx
• Configuring Ringback in Response Groups http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2011/06/configuring-ring-tone-in-lync-response.html
• Lync Attendant Console and RGS Formal Participation Policy: http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2011/05/lync-attendant-console-and-rgs-formal.html 
• US and Canada Holiday Sets for 2012/2013: http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2012/05/holiday-sets-for-lync-response-groups.html

Maintenance

• SCOM / OpsMgr: Lync 2010 Management Pack – Deploying Synthetic transactions (STs): http://www.vnext.be/2011/03/06/scom-opsmgr-lync-2010-management-pack-deploying-synthetic-transactions-sts/
• Lync Backup Instructions: http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc_mess/archive/2011/03/17/lync_2d00_server_2d00_2010_2d00_backup_2d00_instructions.aspx
• Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Standard Edition Disaster Recovery Plan: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/09/29/microsoft-lync-server-2010-standard-edition-disaster-recovery-plan-part-1.aspx
• Move Lync SQL Databases with a SQL Statement: http://aspoc.net/archives/2011/09/28/move-lync-sql-databases-with-a-sql-statement/
• Troubleshoot Lync using Lync Server Logging Tool & Snooper v4: http://www.ultimate-communications.com/2010/11/how-to-troubleshoot-lync-using-lync-server-logging-tool-snooper-v4/

Third Party integrations

• IM an Expert Lync bot available for download and other Lync customization examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2011/03/24/im-an-lync-expert-bot-available-for-download-and-other-lync-customization-examples.aspx
• Streaming Video Content or Using Two Web Cams during a Lync Meeting using ManyCam: http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2011/03/streaming-video-content-or-using-two.html
• MP-114 pre-configured BOARD.INI for Lync 2010: http://www.lynclog.com/2011/04/mp-114-pre-configured-boardini-for-lync.html
• User Provisioning App for AD, Lync and Exchange: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Z-Hire-Employee-Provisionin-e4854d6b
• Various Lync addons/customizations/extensions: http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=lync&ac=8
• Third-Party Video Conferencing with Lync: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/10/lync-3rd-party-video-interop/
• Polycom HDX Integration with Lync http://blog.schertz.name/2011/02/polycom-and-lync-video-integration/
• Lync 2010 Integration with Asterisk and Skype http://imaucblog.com/archive/2010/10/09/step-by-step-microsoft-lync-2010-asterisk-and-skype-installationintegration-guide/
• Busy-on-Busy http://kressmark.blogspot.se/2011/09/when-i-am-busy-i-am-busy-and-do-not.html

Customization and Programming

• Deploying and Troubleshooting Lync Server 2010 MSPL Applications: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/03/14/deploying-and-troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-mspl-applications.aspx
• Extending Lync Server Routing with MSPL http://blog.greenl.ee/2011/07/08/extending-lync-server-routing-with-mspl-part-1/
• Lync Script to Reroute a Specific Number http://tech.rundtomrundt.com/2011/11/lync-scriptapplication-to-reroute.html
• Re-routing Incoming Lync Calls to AutoAttendant Using MSPL Scripting http://ucken.blogspot.ca/2012/02/re-routing-incoming-calls-to.html

Office 365 and Lync Server 2010

• How to enable Lync On-Premise to Federate with Office365 Lync Online: http://techietom.co.uk/blog/2011/04/how-to-enable-office365-lync-online-to-federate-with-lync-on-prem/
• Federation 101 in Lync Online: http://www.ultimate-communications.com/2011/07/federation-101-in-lync-online-office365-lync/
• Configuring On-Premises Lync Server 2010 Integration with Exchange Online: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/06/28/configuring-on-premises-lync-server-2010-integration-with-exchange-online.aspx
• Using Lync Mobile with Office 365 and Lync Online: http://msunified.net/2011/12/12/using-lync-mobile-with-office-365-and-lync-online/
• Handy PowerShell Administration Script for Office 365: http://blog.insidelync.com/2011/09/handy-powershell-administration-script-for-office-365-2/
• How to troubleshoot Lync Online using Lync Server Resource Kit Tools & Snooper v4 http://www.ultimate-communications.com/2011/06/how-to-troubleshoot-lync-online-using-lync-server-resource-kit-tools-snooper-v4/

Parts of this wiki was originally posted on msunified.net: http://msunified.net/2010/11/22/lync-server-2010-features-and-how-to-configure-them/

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