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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 outbound calls through Mediation server returns fast busy with: “CONNECTION: Failed to complete outbound connection” and “DIAGNOSTIC: Message was not sent because the connection was closed” in Snooper logs

I received a call from a client the other day that their Lync Server 2010 environment could not place outbound calls to the PSTN network.  While on the phone with the administrator I had him do a few tests for me and it appears that

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Deploying Lync Server 2010 Edge Server

It’s been such a busy month with multiple projects on the go that I’ve only been able to whatever caught my eye on my long list of “to-blogs” so while I had these Edge server deployment screenshots for awhile, I never really got the chance

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Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Monitoring Server

I recently had to install a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Monitoring server for an environment and remembered that I haven’t written a blog post outlining the process and since the opportunity was there, I went ahead and took the screenshots.  The installation is pretty straight

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Requesting Lync Server 2010 Edge server’s internal certificate throws the error: “A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800B0109)The certificate was not imported.”

Problem You’re trying to request a certificate from your internal certificate authority but the process fails with: > Request CertificateRequest-CSCertificate -New -Type Internal -CA “venus.someDomain.comYour CA X” -Country CA -State “Ontario” -City “Oakville” -FriendlyName “LyncEdge” -KeySize 2048 -PrivateKeyExportable $True -Organization “Your CA” -OU “IT” -DomainName

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What credentials am I supposed to enter for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to access the Lync Server 2010 Monitoring Server back-end database?

I don’t think the documentation for deploying Lync Server 2010’s Monitoring Server role was clear for the part where you’re asked: Specify the credentials to be used by SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) to access Monitoring Server back-end database. Here’s what the documentation (LS_Deploy_Monitoring.doc) states:

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Can Microsoft Exchange 2007 / 2010 Unified Messaging handle extensions that start with a "0"?

As some of you have probably come across 2 of my previous posts: Can Microsoft Lync Server 2010 handle extensions that start with a “0”? https://blog.terenceluk.com/2011/02/can-microsoft-lync-server-2010-handle.html Can Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 handle extensions that start with a “0”? https://blog.terenceluk.com/2011/02/can-microsoft-ocs-2007-r2-handle.html I’ve mentioned in one of those

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