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...
17 January, 2019
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...
14 January, 2019
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...
11 January, 2019
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...
07 January, 2019
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...
11 October, 2018
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...
18 May, 2018
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...
11 January, 2018
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...
20 December, 2017
Azure migrate is a feature currently in preview in Azure that can help considerably with a transition to Azure. Moving workloads to Azure from on-premises is greatly simplified with this new tool as it helps with the following: -
Easily discovers all on-premises virtual machines
...
05 November, 2017
Is the well the established marketing term "Unified Communications" dead? This may seem like a bit of a hyperbolic headline but in my opinion the term Unified Communications is essentially dead, outdated, or at best should be treated as a legacy term to describe legacy...
05 October, 2017