Sometime ago I created a post about using Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 with an OCS 2007 R2 infrastructure. Even do this is not a supported feature a lot of people benefit it from the article as their current environments have not migrated to Lync 2010 or Lync 2013. The questions was asked: Can we…
One friend send me these lines to automate the configuration of the Lync Client and connect to Office Communicator Server (OCS 2007 R2) environment. Here are the one line to configure your client. For Lync 2010 to OCS reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator /v DisableServerCheck /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f For Lync 2013 to OCS reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync…
I have received a couple of request of what features work when you connect your Lync 2013 client to an OCS 2007 R2 infrastructure. Here is a list of the features I have tested. This is not an official list, it is just my personal testing. IM chat between internal receipients (im to other OCS…
As most of you know Microsoft released their new Office 2013 suite. The new Lync 2013 client is included with Office 2013. But if you are like me I connect to multiple environments and not all of them are updated or running the latest server build. Here is a quick guide on how to connect…
As we start allowing personal use devices in our enterprises , we want them to use all the same tools as we have with our corporate own devices. I have a Mac book pro with Snow Leopard and needed a client for OCS. This posting explains how to configure the new MSN Messenger to connect…
During the installation of OCS 2007 one of the steps is to specify the location of the document uploads. After OCS is installed this location can not be change. Here are some steps to modify the location. Manually changing the folder location for meeting content and metadata requires completing the following steps: Stopping the Office…
Carlos Vargas 