Curtis Johnstone is the creator and chief contributor to Inside Lync. He is a Microsoft Lync MVP and currently an architect and unified communications domain expert working at Quest Software (now part of Dell). His background is rooted in large scale enterprise Microsoft Exchange application development, but his focus has been working extensively with Microsoft Lync and OCS for the last 6 years. He has lead several Lync and OCS 2007 R2 rollout’s with lots of hands-on experience with everything from architecture, deployment, management, developing custom solutions, and troubleshooting.
This blog is intended to share the experiences and knowledge of Lync and peripheral Microsoft technologies to help IT managers, Administrators, and End-Users get the most out of Microsoft Lync, Office Communications Server, Office Communicator, and Office Live Meeting.
Enjoy, Curtis
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Hi Curtis,
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Hi Denny,
I’ll take a look when I have some time.
Curtis
HI Curtis,
How do i go about advertising on your site? Please let me know.
Hi Curtis,
My company is in the process of deploying Microsoft 2010 lync. we need a very good or informative user guide powerpoint presentation. the presentation should highlight the benefits, features, functionality, etc. of the Lync 2010.
we also require a technical presentation tailored for only the technical IT staff.
We will appreciate whatever help we can get out there.
Thanks
Mohammed
Hi Mohammed,
Microsoft has some excellent resources for what you are looking for. I suggest 2 resources to start:
1] The Lync Adoption and Training Kit.
http://lync.microsoft.com/Adoption-and-Training-Kit/training/Pages/default.aspx
You can download just the end user training kit as one package here: Microsoft Lync 2010 Training Download Package (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=9642).
This resource kit is packed with really good end user education resources based on the type of information worker and what features they use.
2] Microsoft Lync – Why Choose Lync Website: http://lync.microsoft.com/en-us/why-choose-lync/Pages/why-lync.aspx
This is one of the better sites that highlight the benefits, features, and functionality. Although the case-studies are market driven they give real world examples of how specific Lync features provide tangible value to businesses and organization.
Hope that helps,
Curtis
Hi Curtis,
I am supposed to prepare for the two exams for lync the mcts 70-664 and the 70-665.But i am relatively new to microsoft technologies and the prepration material is not enough for lync (no elearning, no books ) do you advice me to start with elearning for ocr 2007 as a beginning ? any other advice?
Hi John, my only advice is to learn the product – planning and implementing. I am a big fan of doing, so I strongly recommend using the online virtual labs and implementing your own Lync lab.
There is no shortage of good learning material available. In addition to all the great Lync blogs and forums, two Microsoft resources I highly recommend are:
1] Deploying Lync – Jump Start Series (http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/04/27/deploying-lync-jump-start-series.aspx)
2] Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Virtual Labs (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/video/microsoft-lync-server-2010-virtual-labs.aspx)
Good luck!
Curtis
Hi Curtis,
Were you able to find a solution to being able to delete/edit the Lync contacts from Outlook? I am in a production environment running Lync Server 2010 with the Lync 2013 client. I have duplicate entries in the Lync Contacts in Outlook 2010 and am not able to delete them. This is causing unusual behaviorally issues when dialing in Lync. Any advice appreciated!
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