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Update (2 Dec 2011) - See related blog post for the Windows graphical version Beta Preview.
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Have you ever wondered how much (Lync voice) time you actually used or logged today, this week or last month? Questions like … did I make more Lync calls or chalk up excessive voice minutes in international, long-distance PSTN phone calls? How much time did I spend talking to someone (or so-and-so) over a period of time? What is the average number of participants in the Lync conversations or telephone conference calls that I take part in? Where can I find a useful tool to generate an executive report to capture such information in an easy to use data file format to help justify Return of Investment (ROI)? … may constantly pop up from end-users and management alike.

If you ever asked one or more questions/requirements along similar lines as described above, then Lync Voice Call Analyzer (Community Edition), a C# .NET client-side application that I developed during my own personal spare time, may just be the answer for you!

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• Microsoft Lync 2010 Phone Edition for Polycom CX700 and LG-Nortel IP Phone 8540 [UCUpdates.exe version: 7577.4047] (KB2577593, download)
• Microsoft Lync 2010 Phone Edition for Polycom CX500, Polycom CX600 and Polycom CX3000 [UCUpdates.exe version: 7577.4047] (KB2577594, download)
• Microsoft Lync 2010 Phone Edition for Aastra 6721ip and Aastra 6725ip [UCUpdates.exe version: 7577.4047] (KB2577595, download)
• Microsoft Lync 2010 Phone Edition for HP 4110 and HP 4120 [UCUpdates.exe version: 7577.4047] (download)

Keywords: patch, hotfix, update, rollup package, moc, ocs, 2007, r2, cumulative update 4 (Lync CU4), lync client, lync server, lync phone edition, lync mobile

Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync Phone Edition / Lync Mobile

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The latest cumulative update 4 (Lync CU4) for the Lync product family is now available on the Microsoft Download center. Here is a summary of the released Lync CU4 hotfixes and patches that apply to Enterprise and Standard editions (64-bit only) on the Server backend, plus 32- and 64- bit versions for the client applications.

Lync Server 2010

• Updates for Lync Server 2010# [version: 7577.183] (KB2493736; download)##

Lync Server 2010 Group Chat

• Description of the cumulative update for Lync Server 2010, Group Chat: November 2011 [MgcServer.msp package version: 7577.4051] (KB2514984; download)

Lync Server 2010 Group Chat Admin Tool

• Description of the update for the Lync Server 2010, Group Chat Administration Tool: November 2011 [MgcAdmin.msp package version: 7577.4051] (KB2636063; download)

Lync 2010 (client)

• Description of the cumulative update for Lync 2010: November 2011* [Lync.msp package version: 7577.4051] (KB2514982 ; download x86, x64)

Lync 2010 Group Chat (client)

• Description of the cumulative update for Lync 2010 Group Chat client: November 2011 [MgcClient.msp package version: 7577.4051] (KB2636065; download)

* Lync cu4 for Lync 2010 Client
# download LyncServerUpdateInstaller.exe which comprises of all relevant patches in the cu4 package; this kicks off the Cumulative Server Update Installer which determines and applies all relevant updates for the appropriate server role in one click.

Update (30 Nov 2011)
- A server rejects the INFO request from a client by using a 401 Unauthorized response in a Lync Server 2010 environment (KB2644148; post Lync CU4 hotfix)
- ## see version 7577.184 in “Update Digest: Lync Server/Client 2010 & OCS 2007 R2 (Jan 2012)”

Keywords: patch, hotfix, update, rollup package, moc, ocs, 2007, r2, cumulative update 4 (Lync CU4), lync client, lync server

Technorati tags:Microsoft Lync Server/Client

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Office 365 users on Mac who are licensed to use Lync Online can now deploy Lync for Mac 2011. Simply visit the Office 365 home page to download Lync for Mac 2011 where additional instructions for setting up Office for Mac to work with Office 365 is also available.

See also:
- Mac Users: Download Lync for Mac 2011 Today (link)
- Office 365 About license restrictions (link)

Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync for Mac

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Looking to find great training resources to learn more about Windows Azure, Office 365, (public/ private/ hybrid) Cloud Computing and Virtualization with Hyper-V? Have a trick/tip or two to share with the IT community and peers? Then surf right over to the Microsoft Virtual Academy, a free, easy to access training portal designed to help advance and improve your IT skill set by learning at your own pace. Sign-up, enroll and start your journey on your favorite tracks today!

Update (24 Nov 2011)
- System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (link)

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Technorati tags: Community/User Groups, Training

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Have you ever tried to type in “Find a contact or dial a number” within Lync 2010 and realized later that you still have focus in the “What’s happening today?” field*? Before you know it, the contact you are trying to search or personal private information has inevitably appeared under the Activity tab of your Lync contacts.

Simply clearing the “What’s happening today?” field does nothing to existing entries in “My Activities”. Neither will the selection of an individual activity and bringing up the context sensitive menu provide a delete option**. How do you then fix such inadvertent potentially embarrassing mistake i.e. remove, delete or clear individual My Activities items in Lync 2010?

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32-bit Office 2007/2010 is widely deployed even on 64-bit Windows. To install on the latter, you need the Lync 64-bit setup binaries, even though Lync 2010 and the Lync Internet Explorer browser add-on for phone number detection both run as 32-bit applications (communicator.exe *32 process).

With a locally installed copy of Outlook, the Conversations and Phone tabs in Lync 2010 expose the “View More In Outlook” link. By clicking on this hyperlink, you may encounter this error instead of being sent directly to the “Conversation History” or “Voice Mail” folder in Outlook 2007/2010:

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Lync
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A separate sign in was required to connect to Outlook, but the sign-in dialog box was canceled or closed, or your Exchange server may be unavailable. To establish the connection, sign out and then sign back in to Lync.
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OK
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