Monthly Archives: January 2020

Securing Remote Desktop with RoyalTS

Full disclosure: Whilst I obtained a copy of RoyalTS/Server via the MVP program, I was in no way obligated to write this article. Nor did I receive any reward for it. This is my experience after a real incident that I should have done something about sooner. Okay, so as some of you might know,… Read More »

Skype Directory Search Fails with Event ID 62044

Note: Full credit goes to Adam Fowler and Benoit Hamet for finding and posting this solution! I’m just trying to make this easier to find. So, You may run into an issue with Skype for Business 2015 or Lync 2013 where a user searches for an external Skype for Consumer contact to be presented with… Read More »

Sefautil Server: Could not find default endpoint element

So ran into a weird one when deploying Landis Computer’s brilliant SefautilServer for a client recently.If you don’t know what that is, I suggest checking out Greigs review over here or maybe just installing it and playing with it with his guide over here Anyway. I got this error message when trying to register the… Read More »

Quick Tip: Copy Users Between Response Groups

Just a quick one, Had to do this for a customer recently where there was a bunch of users in an existing response group and they needed to be copied to a new one. Instead of copying them one by one just run this and you will have time left over for coffee.. (or writing… Read More »

Automatic Australian Holiday Rulesets for Response Group Service

New-CSRgsAustralianHolidayList.ps1 Update 6/01/2019 Released Version 3.0 rebuilt to use a new data source for 2020 About the tool This is a script that adds/maintains the relevant Australian Holidays to your Skype4B  / Lync environment based on data available from the Australian Government Website. I re-wrote most of the script from scratch and added a whole bunch… Read More »