Skype for Business Server was able to check call quality prior to making a call. This feature was useful for accessing potential call quality issues that could impact your call, the network of course being vitally important to the quality and success of VOIP/PSTN calls. Unfortunately...
One of the intended or unintended consequences of 'automation' which the Cloud has foisted upon Information Technology in the work place is the loss of expertise. I think we can agree that this deskilling trend is certainly not an accident for customers who are considering Cloud adoption. Cloud...
This is a level 100 build guide on the high level steps i took to deploy, configure and test Pexip Cloud Video Interop in Azure with Microsoft Teams. The Pexip Infinity platform can be deployed in a dedicated public or hybrid cloud. I chose to install...
Sipgate are an ITSP who provide ‘free’ UK DIDs for inbound PSTN calling. Your account needs to be in credit to place outbound calls to the PSTN. https://www.sipgatebasic.co.uk/ This brief guide covers the steps for placing calls to and from the PSTN using Microsoft Teams with a...
The new -MoveToTeams switch included with the January 2019 Skype for Business 2015 CU includes some new additional switches. On testing the move via Powershell I encountered the error below due to the fact the test user I was moving was not enabled for Audio...
Yealink was certified for Microsoft Teams last month - December 2018. The Teams firmware was made generally available today. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/buying-and-deploying-teams-ip-phones The latest Teams firmware can be found here:- http://support.yealink.com/documentFront/forwardToDocumentDetailPage?documentId=261#frnotes As of the date of publishing 58.15.0.20 is the latest firmware available. 58.15.0.20 inclues a newer web UI. Note the...
The following registry keys can be used to make Teams the default client for TEL: SIP: IM: CallTo. These keys can be used on Windows 7 or Windows 10. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-in-Microsoft-Teams-d7092a6d-c896-424c-b362-a472d5f105de "Dive right into Teams from im:, sip:, and callto: links On Windows, if you click one of these...
Hybrid Modern Authentication for Skype for Business Server & Exchange Server 2016 Detailed configuration and troubleshooting steps are covered here and here for enabling HMA for Exchange and Skype for Business respectively. Skype for Business Server 2015 May 2017 cumulative update supports Hybrid Modern Authentication (HMA). To...
This is a subject id love to see more discussion and dialogue about. Interestingly as a science fiction genre there have been some thought provoking TV series such as the Netflix's "Black Mirror" to films like "Automata", "iRobot", "Minority Report" and many more all of...
The Azure Site Recovery deployment planner (version ASR Deployment Planner_v2.0.1) is a command-line tool available for both Hyper-V to Azure and VMware to Azure disaster recovery scenarios. This tool is used to profile VMs (with no production impact) to understand the bandwidth and Azure Storage...