Had another requirement to input up to 250 response groups, of course doing this one by one would have caused me to jump out the window! Again I am by far no powershell expert but it works, 3 steps and all from the same CSV file. Only gives you the basic setup of the 3

I have been working on a 10k user Hybrid migration project recently and thought I would script as much as possible to ease and automate the process (as we know it’s not the most fluid way of getting users setup for it)! I am by far no master at Powershell, but it works, and is

Latest in the S4B KB/CU updates: Standouts: Supporting CallerID policy for hybrid tenants ref: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3061064/updates-for-skype-for-business-server-2015

So today in my lab I came over a file transfer issue from my edges back to the front ends, the Get-CSManagementStoreReplicationStatus command returned false for the edge and I was seeing the event ID error in the event viewer itself. A bit of googling and right keywords I came over a quick fix: Error(s): Edge:

The MMT tool is a crucial part of deployment planning when it comes to moving over to S4B, I can’t remember a customer I have worked on who doesn’t rely on their calendar and meeting’s by the book. Microsoft released an update this month (March 2017) to get a few bugs out of the software: Important

This is an important update as it is the first update that will automatically update all existing installed Skype for Business Cloud Connector (Cloud Connector) 1.4.1 appliances based on the update schedule that administrators have configured for their Cloud Connector Hybrid PSTN Sites. For details please refer to Understanding the automatic update process for Cloud

Custom policy’s have hit S4B online, welcomed by many people who want a bit more granularity and control over what goes on up there.. I would also imagine that these will become more and more required, expanded on in the near future with the push up the the fluffy white stuff… ref: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Skype-for-Business-Blog/Custom-Policies-for-Skype-for-Business-Online/ba-p/53824 Recording: http://aka.ms/sfbcast Mobility: New-CsMobilityPolicy

The Skype Academy has published the ‘how to’ high level video on the Hybrid and Online migration process, this is based off the SOF (Skype Operations Framework) and is pretty concrete when it comes to actually doing it. Microsoft Published: January 2017 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS2tpFlgRmE&index=1&t=1s&list=PLH5ElbTc1hWTsunfXvNVnDFCJCCzrL3R9 SOF Cloud Migration Workflow: https://www.skypeoperationsframework.com/Offers?pageState=CloudMigration REMEMBER: This whole lineup experience is rather new when

One of the thing’s that Microsoft do well is collaboration in general, not just from the end user perspective but getting tech’s to talk, in a variety of ways, using multiple methods. I present: The Skype Academy I am hoping to do a summary level of all the academy videos without all the guff in the

Latest in the S4B KB/CU updates: Big ones on this release that stand out for me: LastActive attribute provides inaccurate information about a user’s presence status in Skype for Business Enhanced 911 (E911) calls using Skype for Business 2016 on Mac don’t work through the non-Windows authentication in Skype for Business Server 2015 ref: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3061064/updates-for-skype-for-business-server-2015