Retrieving Office365 IPs and URLs via PowerShell
Full Disclosure I truly stink at scripting and rather dread it. I knew early on in my career that programming was not a strength of mine, so I chose to gravitate towardsRead More…
Transport Relays in Skype4B Online and Teams
Despite the major announcements around Microsoft’s change to position Teams as the first-and-foremost UC solution in the portfolio over Skype4B, the other just-as-big-change was the announcement that the underlying network infrastructure usedRead More…
Examining Network Traffic for Microsoft Teams in Office365
Updated 9/28/2017 – Including direct references to Ignite content relevant to architecture Ignite 2017 has turned out to be quite the stir for Unified Communications…err…I mean, Intelligent Communications. The big news thatRead More…
Examining the Call Quality Dashboard Template in SOF
On the week of January 9, 2017, Microsoft added some considerable new offerings within the Skype Operations Framework. While SOF is helpful in many aspects, its breadth and scope make it difficultRead More…
Musing About ‘Enterprise Control Issues’ with Office365 Networking Configuration
First off, all opinions and thoughts here are my own. You, my dear reader, are not required to agree with me nor are you required to read the post. Continue at yourRead More…
Skype4B Online PSTN Conferencing Service Numbers
8/30/2016 – Additional information/clarification regarding outbound dialing & PSTN Consumption Billing Microsoft is ever-expanding the availability of PSTN conferencing services within Skype4B Online, adding significant geographic footprint every 6 months, or so. Read More…
Lync Phone Edition TLS Limitations
Updated 12/21/2018 – Added information about removal of 3DES cipher coming on February 29, 2019. Updated 1/22/2018 – Added information about forced usage of TLS 1.2 coming in CY 2018. Updated 3/21/2016Read More…
Office365 Modern Authentication, Skype4B Hybrid & Exchange Hybrid
Updated 10/18/2016 – Clarifications on ‘hybrid topology support’ for Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business Online Updated 6/8/2016 – Including updated information about Modern Authentication MFA support for LyncRead More…
Video Based Screen Share within Skype4B and Office365
Updated 1/20/2018 – Corrected information on Office 2016 MSI supportability. Updated information on Skype for Business for Mac 2016. Updated Skype Meetings App supportability. Updated mobility clients supportability. Updated 8/31/2017 – UpdatedRead More…
Examining Skype4B PSTN Calling in Office365
Cloud PBX with PSTN Calling is one of the new features that Microsoft made available to Office365 customers on December 1, 2015. While Cloud PBX is really an umbrella term that covers multipleRead More…