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ABSTRACT
Skype for Business Server empowers seamless communications and data sharing anywhere from desktop to mobile. This course will teach you the core administrative aspects from system and user management to practical troubleshooting tips and tricks.
DESCRIPTION
Operating a complex platform like Unified Communications and Collaboration to provide seamless access across typical productivity tools and applications is a challenging undertaking. In this course, Core Administration – Skype for Business Server, you’ll learn the foundational knowledge of system and user management.
First, you will acquire the skill to handle core user administration, policies, and configuration settings. Next, you’ll learn how to manage topology, define system components, and behavior to control access privileges. Finally, you’ll understand how to deploy tools and applications to effectively troubleshoot and support the environment.
When you’re finished with this course, you’ll gain the essential skills and know-how to run a smooth and problem-free infrastructure.
As a bonus, this course takes a look at on-premise vs. Skype for Business Online (Office 365) deployment scenarios in addition to management using PowerShell Remoting and a reference test lab topology to help complement your learning experience.
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With Lync Server 2013 Administrative Tools (OCSCore.msi) locally installed, execution of the following remote PowerShell statement to connect to Skype for Business Online will trigger a prompt for TargetServer as shown:
$session = New-CsOnlineSession -Credential (Get-Credential)
cmdlet New-CsOnlineSession at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
TargetServer:
New-CsOnlineSession : Cannot bind argument to parameter ‘TargetServer’ because it is an empty string.
At line:1 char:12
+ $session = New-CsOnlineSession -Credential $credential
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [New-CsOnlineSession], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorEmptyStringNotAllowed,New-CsOnlineSession
This happens even after you have installed the current version* of “Skype for Business Online, Windows PowerShell Module”.
To resolve this issue, make sure that you apply the latest version of Lync Server 2013 or patch/cumulative update described in KB2809243 over the out-dated version.
* version 9319.0 released 22 Jul 2015 as of this writing
REFERENCE
Using Windows PowerShell to manage Skype for Business Online (link)
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Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2015 Resource Kit Tools are provided to help make some routine tasks easier for IT administrators who deploy and manage Skype for Business Server 2015.
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– [version 9319.253] released 5/5/2016
– download OCSReskit.msi
– described in KB2905053
– Tools and usage available in accompanying documentation:
Kurs: PowerShell V5: Einführung (IS35.16.31)
Wo: EB Zuerich
Start: Mi. 11. Mai 2016 x 8 Mal
Zeit: 1800 – 2130 Uhr
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You are login with a Skype for Business Server administrative account holding appropriate rights/permissions on a workstation which is joined to the Active Directory domain. Upon executing a #skype4b command on the Control Panel or management shell, you encountered the error below:
Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration : Login failed. The login is from an untrusted domain and cannot be used with Windows authentication.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-CsAddressBookConfiguration], SqlConnectionException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Rtc.Common.Data.SqlConnectionException,Microsoft.Rtc.Management.Internal.GetAddressBookConfigurationCmdlet
If you have recently changed the account’s password, simply lock and unlock the administrative workstation using the updated credentials to fix this issue.
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One workaround for this strange issue is to explicitly detach from and rejoin the member server FE01 to the AD domain. This should automatically fix the network category of the active network adapter* to “Domain network”.
Lastly, consider running nltest.exe with the /SC_QUERY and /SC_VERIFY switches to verify successful connection to the Active Directory network.
* connected to the production network
Attempts to manage your UC infrastructure with Skype for Business 2015 Control Panel or Management Shell on a #skype4b Front-End server, FE01 may provoke an error similar to the following:
Get-CsClientVersionPolicy: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network interfaces, error: 26 – Error Locating Server/Instance Specified).
You verified that Windows Firewall exception (port 1433) on the Microsoft SQL Server 201x database backend … Continue reading “Skype for Business: A network-related or instance-specific SQL error #26 … 1/2”
February 9, 2016, update for Lync 2013 (Skype for Business) (KB3114732)
Issues fixed:
Known Issues: