Tag Archives: Active Directory

SBA Fails to install. Due to applications not being defined in topology

Ran into an interesting one for those that still install SBA’s I know the mentality these days is to get redundant network links to highly available pools, but when a business is located over 600km (370+ mi) away from the nearest CBD completely independent, affordable, high quality network links tend to be hard to come… Read More »

Sonus AD lookups fail when LDAP credentials are correct and AD is online

Whats this? a Sonus article? Damn straight it is! So I was recently doing a deployment for a larger organisation. One of my first deployments using a Sonus SBC to do LDAP routing instead of an AudioCodes and I ran into some interesting issues For those that arent aware, Sonus SBC’s do AD lookups a… Read More »

Skype4B Analog Device Manager Preview and Cheat Snippet

Argh, I couldn’t hold this in any longer. I’ve been working on a nice little PowerShell GUI that speeds up the creation/administration of Analog devices in the Lync / Skype for Business with an external gateway. The GUI does all the nice things for you making it simple to add/change voice policies, select OU (and… Read More »

Prepare and Configure a Polycom Real Presence 300/310/500/700 Group Series for Skype for Business / Lync

Update: it appears the 6.1.2 update allows registration to Office365 without switching to Skype Mode or needing a Touch panel. I’ll test this more in depth when I get back to the office. Looking for more detail? Polycom Legend Jeff Schertz has done two brilliant articles going in depth on the Group Series for both… Read More »