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To install this latest update described in KB2690036, first ensure that you are running Mac OS X v10.5.8 (or higher) and Lync 2011 14.0.0 is already installed. This component can also be installed as part of (or from) one of the supported Microsoft Office for Mac flavors or editions.

This recommended update brings the version of of Lync for Mac 2011 to 14.0.2 and resolves the following issues (download):

- Several issues with Cisco and Juniper VPN clients
- An issue that causes an Active Directory lockout when the Kerberos protocol is used
- Several issues that cause Lync for Mac 2011 to sign out unexpectedly or to crash

Keywords: patch, hotfix, update, rollup package, lync cumulative update, lync for mac 2011, mise à jour

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

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The Swiss IT Pro User Group, Unified Communications SIG is pleased to invite you to join in the next UC focused technical presentation. Scheduled on Tue 8 May 2012 afterwork (CEST evening local time), my good colleague Elia Noris will deliver an in-depth session on a subject that receives fairly limited coverage (until now).

An experienced IT professional and UC specialist based out of Zurich, Elia will explore how Lync Server synthetic transaction works and will discuss real-world deployment scenarios, rounding up with a look at extending the built-in capabilities with System Center Operations Manager - Management Pack for Lync (SCOM MP for Lync).

Event Info
This free in-depth technical session will be delivered in English, live on location at EB Zürich and simulcast online via webcast on Tue 8 May 2012 starting at 1830 CEST (UTC+2) / What is my local time?

Click more to see event details, abstract and speaker biography.

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Description of the update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2: April 2012 (KB2695383)

This update fixes a couple of key issues as highlighted:

• KB2664650 “Microsoft push notification messages are not delivered to Lync mobile clients”
• KB2686825 “An update is available to add a detailed exception message to an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 trace log”
• KB2686821 “OWA does not work correctly in an Office Communications Server 2007 R2 environment that has OWA integration configured”
• KB2686826 “An update is available for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, UCMA 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit to support encoded IPV6 addresses”

Keywords: patch, hotfix, update, rollup package, moc, ocs, 2007, r2, cumulative update, moc ocs 2007 r2 patch hotfix update apr 2012, mise à jour

Technorati tags: OCS/Communicator 2007 R2, Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync Phone Edition / Lync Mobile,

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Back from the Easter long weekend break and down with a cold, it feels as if early autumn/fall has returned with average daytime temperatures between 10 to 15 deg C / 50 to 60 deg F for the past days in most parts of Western Europe. So a recent from-the-field challenge that caused temperatures to rise and took a while to bring it back down to comfortable, normal conditions may help to spice things up a bit.

On an Exchange Server 2010 (us-en)* setup with the Client Access, Hub Transport, Mailbox and Unified Messaging server roles, applying Service Pack 1 (SP1) and rebooting may result in several red errors in the event logs, causing UM and Lync integration features like voice-mail to break:

Task Category:    UMCore
The Unified Messaging server shut down process umservice (PID=10627) because a fatal error occurred.

Task Category:    UMService
A fatal error occurred in the Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging service. The Service Control Manager will restart the Unified Messaging service automatically to recover from this error.

Error details:
“Microsoft.Exchange.UM.UMService.UMServiceException: The Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging service can’t create a worker process because SIP ports (”5069″ or “5071″) are unavailable.

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