List out EnterpriseVoice enabled users and Lync enabled users from the given users list ?

I got an assignment to find out a number of AD users who are enabled with Lync and Enterprise voice. if it’s a small site I could have exported user list in CSV and played with Excel to filter but its multi FE pool scenario where more than 30K users exist. i have created following script which was helped me to sort out the issue.

I have copied given employee ID in text file and named it as user.txt

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$users = Get-Content -Path E:\Raju\user.txt

ForEach ($user in $users)

{

GET-csUser -identity $user -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where { $_.EnterprisevoiceEnabled -eq $true } | Select-Object Samaccountname,DisplayName,sipaddress,LineUri,Registrarpool

}

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Just tried to tweak the same script to check if these users are enabled with Lync or not

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$users = Get-Content -Path E:\Raju\user.txt

ForEach ($user in $users)

{

GET-csUser -identity $user -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where { $_.Enabled -eq $true } | select-object Samaccountname,DisplayName,sipaddress,LineUri

}

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Regards, Rajukb

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Wow - "Busy On Busy" Now its Possible with July 2016 SFB Server Update!

I have been asked by many customers that does the "busy-on-Busy" feature would be possible with Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 versions? This feature would helpful to handle there incoming calls when they are really busy on calls and conferences.

Customer's used to depend on third party providers or endup writing MSPL scripts to leaverage this feature as this feature was not included in Lync 2010/Lync 2013 server, now the wait is over and it's possible with SFB Servers with July 2016 Update.

Once the Busy option is enabled for the organization, both Enterprise  Voice and Non-Enterprise Voice users can use the following configuration options

• Busy on Busy - In which new incoming calls will be rejected with a busy signal if the user is busy.
• Voicemail on Busy - In which new incoming calls will be forwarded to voice mail if the user is busy.

Regardless of how their busy options are configured, users in a call or conference, or those with a call on hold, are not prevented from initiating new calls or conferences.

For more information about the Busy Options feature, see Plan for Busy Options for Skype for Business Server.

And

Install and configure Busy Options for Skype for Business Server

Hope this helps

Regards, Rajukb

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Microsoft - Top Support Solutions

While I am searching for a solution for a product I got a chance to go through the following URL which has great stuff and one stop shop kind of view for Lync 2013 related content and solutions.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/topsupportsolutions/2014/09/08/top-support-solutions-for-microsoft-lync-server-2013-3/

Learnt that most relevant content that address the top questions that Microsoft getting in forums and other support channels Microsoft want to introduce the new “Top Solution Content” blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/topsupportsolutions. In this blog you will find up-to-date and valuable information about Microsoft top support solutions for several of Microsoft popular products in the Server and Tools portfolio.


Hope this helps

Regards, Rajukb
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Offcat Troubleshooting Tool

If you have exhausted with troubleshooting any client related issues within your system or end up troubleshooting crashing or any other issues related to MS OFFICE use the offcat tool which would scan and let you know what is missing on the existing office software on your machine.

You can download the tool and guide from the following link https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36852

This Tool works with below software’s and Clients

Supported Operating System

Windows 10 , Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista Service Pack 2

This download works with the following Microsoft Office products:

Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit or 64-bit, Click-to-run or MSI installs)

Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit or 64-bit, Click-to-run or MSI installs)

Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit or 64-bit)

Microsoft Office 2007

OffCAT 2.1 provides scanning for the following Office programs:

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft InfoPath

Microsoft OneDrive for Business

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Skype for Business

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Word

The following minimum version of the Microsoft .NET Framework is required:

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.5

Short excerpt from the document to show how it works

Scan more than one Office Program

To scan more than one Office program, simply click on each tile for the programs you want scanned. The following figure indicates Excel,

, and Publisher from Office 2016 will be scanned when the Click to scan control is clicked.

The difference between a single program scan and a multiple-program scan is the intermediate prompt that occurs when all the scans are finished. Continuing with the above example where Excel, Outlook and Publisher are scanned in the same scan, the following figure shows the prompt to select which scan you want displayed first in the REPORT page.

Frontend Service in Lync server 2013 - SBS/SBA does not start

Issue:  One of my SBS/SBA server was down unexpectedly and dint start FE service. Rebooted server to bring the services back online but that dint help - All services were back to online but FE service stays on " STARTING" state.  When see events we see following events Lync server event.

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Log Name:      Lync Server

Source:        LS User Services

Date:          6/12/2016 3:45:41 AM

Event ID:      32174

Task Category: (1006)

Level:         Warning

Keywords:      Classic

User:          N/A

Computer:      sbstest.contoso.com

Description:

Server startup is being delayed because fabric pool manager has not finished initial placement of users.

Currently waiting for routing group: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}.

Number of groups potentially not yet placed: 2.

Total number of groups: 2.

Cause: This is normal during cold-start of a Pool and during server startup.

If you continue to see this message many times, it indicates that insufficient number of Front-Ends are available in the Pool.

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In Application Events I dint find any event related to WinFabric or crashing , so Expanded the " Evenviewer >> Applications and Services Logs >> Microsoft >> Windows >> Windows Fabric >> Admin"

By default logs would be in disable mode, you need to Right click and Enable log to see logs. Restart FE service and see if you can find any logs, in my scenario I found below logs.

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Log Name:      Microsoft-Windows-WindowsFabric/Admin

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WindowsFabric

Date:          6/12/2016 3:25:48 AM

Event ID:      16385

Task Category: Reliability

Level:         Warning

Keywords:      None

User:          NETWORK SERVICE

Computer:      sbstest.contoso.com

Description:

FM resolving failed with FABRIC_E_SERVICE_OFFLINE

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

     <Execution ProcessID="2120" ThreadID="7424" />

    <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-WindowsFabric/Admin</Channel>

    <Computer>sbstest.contoso.com</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-20" />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data Name="id">9524af707cc4d78cc1e0174c6e9009</Data>

    <Data Name="type">FMLocation</Data>

    <Data Name="text">FM resolving failed with FABRIC_E_SERVICE_OFFLINE</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

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To make sure if win fabric is active or not I selected following counter to check the status of the winfabric. ( below screenshot I have copied from the following TechNet https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nexthop/2016/03/18/get-cspoolupgradereadinessstate-showing-not-ready-or-busy/  which was written by ANAS Bhai, Thank you Anas bhai for your support)

Found the counter " Usrv - Whether server is connected to fabric pool manager" which shows the value as zero  ( 0.00 ) which means the Fabric is not active. Healthy fabric would show the value as "1.00"  Thought of something wrong with fabric and targeted to fix it fabric first.

Executed following steps

1. I have stopped all Lync Services including Windows Fabric service in SBS Server.

2. Disabled automatic startup for all "Lync Server 2013" services using Windows PowerShell

 Get-Service –DisplayName “Lync Server*” | Set-Service –StartupType Disabled

3. Removed Fabric Component from the following location " Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features >> manually uninstall Windows Fabric " ( Before you uninstall the winfabric make a note of the winfabric version - if you have installed lesser or higher version winfabric may not function as desire and may not start services )

4. Manually deleted fabric files under below locations:

"C:\ProgramFiles\Windows Fabric folder and all subfolders"

"C:\ProgramData\Windows Fabric folder and all subfolders"

5. Rebooted the computer - ( Note: If you don't reboot the server winfabric installation will be failed when you bootstrap for reinstalling winfabric )

6. Executed Step2 from the deployment wizard which would Bootstrap to install Windows Fabric -by default bootstrapper installs RTM Version once it installed I have applied latest CU as well.

7. Ran latest April 2016 CU - LyncServerUpdateIhnstaller and updated the Fabric to Latest CU

8. Enabled automatic startup for all Lync Server 2013 services using Windows PowerShell

Get-Service –DisplayName “Lync Server*” | Set-Service –StartupType Automatic

9. Verified services - by this time services back to online healthy.

10. Verified the winfabric status in performance counters - Value set to  '1.00' - so winfabric back to healthy and my server services also back to healthy :) 

Your valuable feedback on this article is most appreciated

Regards, Rajukb

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Does the current E5 License replace the enterprise customer's PBX ?

I love the way the Microsoft progressing to capture Skype for business / Lync Online customers, One of the great features which Microsoft giving for cloud users is supporting cloud PBX.

Though the current cloud PBX only support's basic PSTN calling features such as call hold and transfer which would really helpful for the small and midsize business customers.

At this point, no support for Common area phones, Response groups and analogue phone and E.911 support hope MS will add these features soon.


Regards, Rajukb
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