I have been an active user of a few of the social networking sites for many years, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. I use Facebook for personal purposes, and I use LinkedIn for professional purposes. In my mind, each is clearly suited to be used in that way. Facebook is...
Read moreBackup Script for Lync Server 2013
Often I get asked what should someone backup for Lync Server 2013 and thankfully the list of items hasn’t changed that much from Lync Server 2010 to Lync Server 2013. Back in June of 2012 I wrote an article on how to backup and recovery Lync Server 2010 and I highlighted...
Read moreMaking Memories and My Hair… What both of these topics have to do with Customer Experience.
One of my favorite “guilty pleasure” movies is Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003). While definitely not an Oscar-worthy performance for the high profile actors in this film, it did have a great message about one person being able to affect change in the world. I feel a...
Read moreMigrating User data from OCS 2007/R2/Lync 2010 to Lync 2013
Before Lync Server 2013 when you wanted to deal with user contact list manipulation you needed to use the dbimpexp.exe tool as part of the resource kit to export your user data and import it. This tool had some limitations and wasn’t supported for migrations between environments where the SIP...
Read moreSharePoint 2013 and the New Visual Best Bets
Last week, I had an opportunity to dive into SharePoint 2013 and the Search Query Rules for a presentation I did at TechFuse. Part of that presentation was talking about Search Query Rules. This feature in SharePoint 2013 replaces Keywords and Best Bets found in 2007 and 2010. This feature...
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