Monthly Archives: July 2010

July #OCS Updates

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Updates that are released for Communications Server 2007 R2
  • Update for Application Host
    967832 Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007 R2 Application Host: April 2009
  • Update for Application Sharing Server
    977347 Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Application Sharing Server: April 2010
  • Update for Administration Tools
    977344 Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Administration Tools: January 2010
  • Update for Audio/Video Conferencing
    2028578 Description of the cumulative update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Audio/Video Conferencing Server: July 2010
  • Update for Core Components
    983471  Description of Cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Core Components: July 2010
  • Update for Communicator Web Access
    983469  Description of the cumulative update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Communicator Web Access: July 2010
  • Update for Conferencing Attendant
    2028574 Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Conferencing Attendant: July 2010
  • Update for Conferencing Announcement Service
    969823  Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Conferencing Announcement Service: July 2009
  • Update for Monitoring Server
    971298  Description of the update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Monitoring Server: July 2009
  • Update for Mediation Server
    977937 Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Mediation Server: April 2010
  • Update for Outside Voice Control
    980372 Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Outside Voice Control: April 2010
  • Update for Response Group Service
    2284304 Description of Cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Response Group Service: July 2010
  • Update for Standard/Enterprise edition Server
    983472  Description of cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2: July, 2010
  • Update for Standard/Enterprise edition Server Back End
    2032834  Description of the cumulative update package for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 database: July, 2010
  • Update for Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit
    982170 Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit: July 2010
  • Update for Web Conferencing Server
    2028582  Description of the cumulative update for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Web Conferencing Server: July 2010
  • Update for Web Components Server
    967830 Description of the update package for Communications Server 2007 R2, Web Components: April 2009

KB Article: (How to install)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968802

Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=b3b02475-150c-41fa-844a-c10a517040f4

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat

Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e5924bf9-b042-4c53-b4a6-79c7e5c9749b

 

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2

Issues that this update fixes

This cumulative update fixes the following issues:

  • 2252163 Starting Office Communicator 2007 R2 for first time causes additional network traffic

  • 2251520 A distribution group displays incorrect information in Office Communicator 2007 R2 after you change the distribution group name

  • 2251474 Calling an Office Communicator 2007 R2 user fails when you change a matching number in the Company_Phone_Number_Normalization_Rules.txt file

  • 2251473 You cannot send non-English messages continuously in bold, italic or underline font in Office Communicator 2007 R2

  • 2250890 Error message when you send a large file by using Office Communicator R2 and a Office Communications Server server that has the Forefront Security for Office Communications Server component installed

  • 2250113 You cannot input DBCS characters into the password field when you try to log on to office communicator 2007 R2

  • 2231823 An additional delay is caused by Office Communicator 2007 R2 when you put your computer in hibernation or in standby

  • 2268858 The last dialed telephone number for a contact changes to "Communicator Call" after you start Communicator 2007 R2 or Communicator 2007

  • 978164 A conversation window opens unexpectedly when you press ENTER in the Search box in Office Communicator 2007 or Office Communicator 2007 R2

Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=515d6dba-4c6a-48bb-a06a-d99c5742676d

Communicator Mobile 2007 R2
Issues that this hotfix package fixes
  • Provides home screen support for new home screens in Windows Mobile 6.5+ phones.
  • Provides integration within the phone dialer for Windows Mobile 6.5+ phones.
  • Enables Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 to recognize when the phone is roaming and by default prevents Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 from signing in to roaming networks.
  • Provides additional support for joining conference calls from a Windows Mobile appointment. To do this, press Menu, and then press Join Conference.
  • Lets users log on by using a user name in the user@example.com format, in addition to the domain\user format.
  • Enables the functionality by which callbacks are now automatically accep

    ted when the user uses the Call via Work option.

  • Resolves the problem in which the Microsoft Installer (.msi) installation fails on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)-based computer. In this situation, users should install Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 by using a (.cab) installation.
  • Fixes the problem in which AT&T FUZE devices that are set for a High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) connection cannot handle voice and data at the same time. In this situation, calls that use the Call via Work option fail unless the device is reverted to 3rd Generation (3G) by disabling HSDPA.
  • End User License Agreement (EULA) update to allow OEMs pre-install Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 in addition to Standalone Web downloads.

More Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969816

Update for SmartPhone
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=93062936-f216-4d97-aa13-105a20454322

Update for Pocket PC
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=bc08cdb7-98e9-47e5-aa63-eb17c2ce4592

Office Communicator Phone Edition (2007 R2)

Issues that this update package fixes:

  • The Private branch exchange (PBX) caller name does not appear on Office Communicator Phone Edition 2007 R2 devices.
  • The "Dial x for an outside line" message translation in Korean might not be fully explanatory in Office Communicator Phone Edition 2007 R2.

Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=565595be-6cf3-4a61-a1e4-12555749ca64

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat
Issues that this hotfix package fixes

  • 2190298 You receive an unhandled System.NullReferenceException exception in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Client

  • 2277126 Header information is also copied when you copy a story message in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Client

  • 2277132 The position of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Client window is changed after an unsuccessful logon

  • 2277137  The title of a story message is replaced by the content from of a story message in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Client

  • 2277375 Delays in presence updates or high latency in database operations may occur when OCS 2007 R2 and OCS 2007 R2, Group Chat are running under high concurrency

  • 2277605 The User-Agent header in the SIP request that is sent by Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat Admin Tool is not unique and clear enough

Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=e5924bf9-b042-4c53-b4a6-79c7e5c9749b

Troubleshooting 101:6 The Unified Messaging Troubleshooting Tool

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There is a new tool currently in beta just out from Microsoft. The Exchange UM Troubleshooting Tool.

The Exchange 2010 UM Troubleshooting Tool is an Exchange Management Shell cmdlet that you can use to diagnose configuration errors specific to call answering scenarios and to test whether voice mail is functioning correctly in both on-premises and cross-premises UM deployments. You can use this cmdlet in deployments with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 or Microsoft Communications Server "14" or in UM deployments with IP gateways or IP PBXs.
This cmdlet emulates calls and runs a series of diagnostic tests that help on-premises administrators to identify misconfigurations in telephony equipment, Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging settings, and connectivity issues between on-premises and cross-premises deployment of Exchange 2010 SP1 Unified Messaging.
When you run the cmdlet, it states the reason and possible solutions for issues that have been detected. It also outputs general audio quality metrics for diagnosing audio quality issues related to network connectivity such as jitter and average packet loss.

Download here

Troubleshooting OCS 101:5 The Deployment Validation Tool

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A common issue in VoIP deployments is that administrators find out about problems with audio quality only after a user reports a problem. The Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Deployment Validation Tool simulates audio traffic so that you can proactively identify and resolve audio issues.

So it can be used to make automatic and manual test calls and then report status.

The DVT can be downloaded here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3596A10D-65CC-4CCA-8470-3F23D5EA55B2&displaylang=en

There is also a webcast here https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032372045&CountryCode=US

Troubleshooting OCS 101:4

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How to set up Public IM Connectivity?

Start with reading through this http://www.microsoft.com/communicationsserver/en/us/public-im-connectivity.aspx

Then do the provisioning by following this guide Office Communications Server Public IM Connectivity Provisioning Guide

Troubleshooting OCS 101:3 The Address book

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The address book service in OCS 2007 R2 can be really frustrating since it´s one of the things that likes to be troublesome. Fortunately its almost always the same problem with it, so here are some of my notes and general troubleshooting steps on this one.

  • Continuous prompts for Address Book download
There is some good posts about the prompts here and here and here for OCS 2007 RTM but it can be of good knowledge for R2 as well.
  • Cannot synchronize with the corporate address book. This may be because the proxy server setting
I wrote a post about this a year ago which can be found here

and here are some general suggested Checks and Fixes to the: Cannot Synchronize Address Book

  • Use the “Automatically detect settings” instead of specifying settings for a proxy server in IE
  • For IE7 under Advanced / Security, uncheck the option “Check for server certificate revocation” and restart the browser (manually or via Group Policy)
  • Ascertain that the URL listed on the certificate points to the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Distribution Point that is reachable on the inside and/or outside network
  • If OCS is deployed with digital certificates issued from an internal CA, add the .crl URL to the Trusted sites or Local Intranet zone on the Security tab in IE then exit and restart MOC e.g. http://*.cinline.se This enables the intranet URL for Address Book (AB) download to be recognized as safe and valid.
  • Deploy certificates from trusted public Certificate Authority (CA) permits both domain and guest (non-domain) accounts to connect to internal OCS pools

 

  • How to check Internal Address Book URL and Output Location
  1. Open the OCS 2007 console and navigate the Enterprise Pool. You can see the address book URL and share location in the status page for the pool. Share Location is where the full and delta Address Book files are stored which the MOC client downloads.
    ABSURL-Console

Address Book URL
https://OCSpool.contoso.com/abs/int/handler

 

Or on the clients there is the “CTRL + right click the MOC icon in the taskbar feature”.

Press CTRL + right click on the communicator icon in the tray. An extra option will appear “Configuration Information…“. By clicking on this, the following information is shown :

DG URL Internal;https://internalocsserver/GroupExpansion/Int/service.asmx;–;
DG URL External;https://externalocsserver/GroupExpansion/ext/service.asmx;–;
Quality Metrics URI;sip:internalocsserver@domain.com;gruu;opaque=srvr: QoS:_Gl3lqg5Q0Wt-1IoANxE6AAA;–;
URL Internal From Server;https://internalocsserver/Abs/Int/Handler;–;
URL External From Server;https://externalocsserver/Abs/Ext/Handler;–;
Voice mail URI;sip:SipAddress@domain.com;opaque=app:voicemail;–;
MRAS Server;sip:internalEdgeServer@domain.com;gruu;opaque=srvr: MRAS:fT9RLCu0FEeOB1m3_ev67QAA;Enabled;
GAL Status;https://internalocsserver/Abs/Int/Handler;Cannot synchronize with the corporate address book. This may be because the proxy server setting in your web browser does not allow access to the address book. If the problem persists, contact your system administrator.;
Controlled Phones;TRUE;–;
PC to PC AV Encryption;AV Encryption Supported;–;
Focus Factory;sip:SipAddress@domain.com;gruu; opaque=app:conf:focusfactory;–;
Telephony Mode;Telephony Dual Mode;–;
Line;tel:+005;–;
Line Configured From;Auto Line Configuration;–;
Location Profile;locationprofile;–;
Local Log Folder;C:\Users\user\tracing;;
MAPI Information;Communicator is in the process of connecting to the Exchange server. This process may take a few minutes. Some features will not be available until the connection is complete.;MAPI Status Error;
Inside User Status;TRUE;;
Auto Update Download Started;–;–;
Auto Update Download Completed;–;–;
Last Auto Update Request;–;–;
Pairing State;Communicator cannot connect to your desk phone because the USB cable is not plugged in. Make sure that you connect the cable.;Enabled;

Some more general tips to try after the above.

Run the commands

abserver.exe –validateDB
abserver.exe –syncNow

Would you also check if OCS server connecting to back-end database server works well, plus running through all the OCS validations checks and always check if there are errors or warnings in event logs?

For some users doesn’t update address book at all, would you open e.g. https://ocs.domain.com/Abs/Int/Handler, to check if it is accessible from the computers.

Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 updated

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Issues that this hotfix package fixes
  • Provides home screen support for new home screens in Windows Mobile 6.5+ phones.
  • Provides integration within the phone dialer for Windows Mobile 6.5+ phones.
  • Enables Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 to recognize when the phone is roaming and by default prevents Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 from signing in to roaming networks.
  • Provides additional support for joining conference calls from a Windows Mobile appointment. To do this, press Menu, and then press Join Conference.
  • Lets users log on by using a user name in the user@example.com format, in addition to the domain\user format.
  • Enables the functionality by which callbacks are now automatically accepted when the user uses the Call via Work option.
  • Resolves the problem in which the Microsoft Installer (.msi) installation fails on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)-based computer. In this situation, users should install Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 by using a (.cab) installation.
  • Fixes the problem in which AT&T FUZE devices that are set for a High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) connection cannot handle voice and data at the same time. In this situation, calls that use the Call via Work option fail unless the device is reverted to 3rd Generation (3G) by disabling HSDPA.

Get it here

I´m ALL in

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I’m looking at the WPC online and all I can say is that I’m all in.

http://digitalwpc.com/

Hyper-V Server R2 – Virtual Switch: Error applying new virtual network changes

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Hi, this might be a bit of topic but since I’m working on a lot of other things this month to get updated on the basics again I’m posting it for future reference.

I ran into an issue with applying an external virtual switch to a interface on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.  The error was "Error applying new virtual network changes…binding to external Ethernet… failed".  "Cannot bind to … because it is already bound to another virtual network". 

To fix it open the command prompt on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and run:

netcfg -u vms_pp

netcfg –l c:\windows\winsxs\amd64_wvms_pp.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_beda85050b13680c\wvms_pp.inf -c p -i vms_pp

Have a great summer….

UCSniff Overview

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UCSniff is a VoIP & IP Video Security Assessment tool that integrates existing open source software into several useful features, allowing VoIP and IP Video owners and security professionals to rapidly test for the threat of unauthorized VoIP and Video Eavesdropping. Written in C/C++, and available on Linux and Windows, the software is free and available for anyone to download, under the GPLv3 license. Some useful features of UCSniff that have been combined together into a single package:

  • Allows targeting of VoIP Users based on Corporate Directory and/or extensions
  • Support for automatically recording private IP video conversations
  • Automatically re-creates and saves entire voice conversation to a single file that can be played back by media players
  • Support for G.729, G.723, G.726, G.722, G.711 u-law, and G.711 a-law compression codecs
  • Support for H.264 Video codec
  • Automated VLAN Hop and VLAN Discovery support
  • A UC Sniffer (VoIP and Video) combined with a MitM re-direction tool
  • Monitor Mode
  • Sniffs entire conversation if only one phone is in source VLAN
  • Gratuitous ARP Disablment Bypass support
  • TFTP MitM Modification of IP Phone features
  • Realtime VoIP and Video Monitor

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#Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta UM Language Packs

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These downloads contain pre-recorded prompts, grammar files, text to speech data, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) files, and Voice Mail Preview capabilities for a specific language that is supported by Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta Unified Messaging. Warning: This UM language pack must only be installed as an add-in to Exchange Server 2010 SP1 Beta Unified Messaging.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ee7d3f0e-81bd-46ce-8f23-a38199e2c6ee

My lab server from Intel is on holiday and getting some hardware updates so I cant test it out, but if there is anyone out there that could tell if there is some updates to Swedish around Voice mail preview I would appreciate it.