Author Archives: Graham Cropley
Skype Operations Framework – Overview

Welcome back, If you’ve not done so, please read the previous article in this mini-series – Skype Operations Framework – Introduction I think it’s becoming obvious that these articles won’t be technical in nature, but they are still aimed at us Consultant-types, including Architects and Project Managers, but also equally support and…
Skype Operations Framework – Introduction
It turns out that neglecting a blog for over 12 months is surprisingly easy, right from that first time I didn’t click ‘publish’, then month by month – life and hobbies got in the way. Let’s get back into the swing of things with a mini-series on Skype Operations Framework. Article 1 – Introduction…
Skype for Business Inplace Upgrade – Undocumented Disk Space Requirements
Get-CsVoiceFlow – Shows Voice Policy, PSTN Usages, Routes, and Trunks
Persistent Chat – December 2014 CU – 500 Internal Server Error

This issue was brought to my attention by Mika Ullgren (known as @Techmikal on Twitter – an expert in Security and Authentication). The issue was on a Lync Standard Edition Server with collocated Persistent Chat. After applying the latest December 2014 v2 Cumulative Update, the Persistent Chat webpage didn’t work…
Synchronise Lync Presence with Skype
Diagrams, diagrams, and more diagrams
Wait-CsManagementStoreReplicationStatus PowerShell Script

Working in IT, obviously means that I’m an inpatient sort of person. One of the most frustrating moments dealing with Lync is waiting for Central Management Store replication. The PowerShell cmdlet is Get-CsManagementStoreReplicationStatus or as everybody knows it Get-CsMan<tab><tab> And then to see if it’s completed, the ritual keyboard banging…
Enable-CsForestUser PowerShell Script
I wrote this script, partly to help a friend, and partly to follow on from my previous article called Lync Central Forest Topology with Forefront Identity Manager (FIM). In that article I tried to explain what FIM is, what it does, and the situations when it relates to Lync. If…