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Lync: How to setup a SIP trunk with IP office R9?

Posted by Ivan
/ August 31, 2014 / 2 Comments

In the last 12 months I have learned how to set up and manage a Lync 2013 environment. I completed a complex migration path starting from OCS 2007 R1. There have been many challenges that I need to deal with and starting with this post I will share my journey and experience so far. Setting up PSTN connectivity has been one my first wishes after my Lync 2013 standard edition...
Qnap: Saying goodbye to my TS109

Posted by Ivan
/ April 19, 2014 / Leave a comment

After 6 years I am saying goodbye to my Qnap TS109. Last month I decided to go for a Synology appliance and today I am completing my data migration. For years my TS109 run without any hardware issues and I didn’t want to wait until my 500GB Samsung drive was going to fail. It served it’s purpose as my home media gateway and soon I am making my brother happy...
SCCM: Uninstall SCCM 2007 Agent

Posted by Ivan
/ January 22, 2014 / Leave a comment

Sometimes you need to uninstall SCCM agent to troubleshoot a client issue. For me the computer object exists in the SCCM console but the computer object is not a client. The agent is installed locally with auto discovery from AD and for whatever reason it is not communicating to the primary server. I have installed the agent manually. Now I will uninstall it and try the installation again. How to...
BitNami: CMS Made Simple walkthrough

Posted by Ivan
/ December 21, 2013 / Leave a comment

Some years ago I tried to create my own virtual appliance based on Ubuntu server and CMS Made Simple. Unfortunately I never finished that project myself. BitNami has created several installers and virtual machines that run CMSMadeSimple now. Bitnami is a stack application and an easy way to deploy ready to use applications. I wanted to see how this was working and download their virtual machine. I opened https://bitnami.com/stack/cms-made-simple link...
Apple: Upgrade MacBook with SSD disk

Posted by Ivan
/ December 7, 2013 / Leave a comment

Upgrading my MacBook Pro is something I wanted to do for some months. Finally I spend the money and bought all components I wanted to exchange. The required tools to open my MacBook: Phillips screwdriver Tri-wing screwdriver Upgrading my Macbook components in 30 minutes Samsung SSD EVO 250 GB hard disk, new battery and 8GB of RAM. I removed the 10 small screws. Pretty easy to do! Just making sure...
Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client: Windows Security Certificate Selection

Posted by Ivan
/ November 8, 2013 / Leave a comment

Recently I deployed Lync 2013 client and soon after I started to receive the following pop-up message: This happened when connecting with my Cisco AnyConnect VPN client on a Windows 7 Enterprise client. I deleted the certificate but it didn’t solve the problem as Lync client recreated it. I did some research and found the solution the modify the connection profile XML. Go to C:\ProgramData\Cisco\Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client\Profile, open the XML profile...
App-V: What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1

Posted by Ivan
/ June 29, 2013 / 1 Comment

It’s time to start planning the upgrade to App-V 5 environment. With SP1 getting released recently I am going to zoom into the features and infrastructure. I am happy with my 4.6 environment now and with the upgrade to major release of 5 I except even more. I am downloading MDOP 2013 right away from my MSDN subscription. Links What’s New in Application Virtualization 5.0 SP1 and User Experience Virtualization...
Windows Server: KMS client behind firewall

Posted by Ivan
/ June 28, 2013 / 2 Comments

Software Protection windows service is responsible for managing activation with KMS (Key Management Server). In the last couple of months I have been working on deploying and managing Windows Server 2008 R2 VM’s running behind the firewall. The VM’s are sitting in a dedicated VLAN that allows certain network traffic that is controlled by a gateway that functions as a firewall. During the installation the servers have been installed and...
PowerShell: how to join a computer to active directory and rename hostname?

Posted by Ivan
/ April 23, 2013 / Leave a comment

The more you get used to PowerShell the easier it will get to build complex scripts and automate your processes. I like PowerShell just because I can copy and paste my scripts from OneNote and reuse them over and over. Preparing my lab, working out the design and later on recreating that for production with PowerShell and other unattended scripts has my general preference. On the Windows client, server and BackOffice there are...
Lync Server: Certificate Request Denied by Policy Module 0x80072746

Posted by Ivan
/ March 19, 2013 / Leave a comment

When deploying a Lync 2013 server I run into following issue when requesting certificates for “Request, Install or Assign certificates” deployment step. Request-CSCertificate Action – failed To solution to this problem is to locate the Active Directory Certificate Authority: Logon with remote desktop or use Services console, and connect to the remote server Locate “Active Directory Certificate Services” and restart the service After the “Active Directory Certificate Services” were restarted...