by Jamie Schwinn on April 3, 2012
I was recently working on a issue where some users were reporting that Lync contact searches were showing contacts with the wrong name. The issue was found to be a side effect of Lync 2010 Contact Merge. Contact Merge is a Lync client feature that looks at the SIP URI and SMTP addresses of a contact to determine if it is a duplicate. If contacts from different data sources match on any of these fields, Lync assumes that the contacts are the same individual and merges the data from all available data sources. The merge process gives preference to the data source shown in column Source 1, Source 2, and Source 3, in that order from the table below.
Contact Merge Precedence
| Property |
Source 1 |
Source 2 |
Source 3 |
| Display name |
Outlook contact |
Presence |
AD DS |
| Photo |
Presence |
AD DS |
|
| Title |
AD DS |
Presence |
Outlook contact |
| Company |
AD DS |
Presence |
Outlook contact |
| Department |
AD DS |
Presence |
Outlook contact |
| Office |
AD DS |
Presence |
Outlook contact |
| Organization (for example, Manager) |
AD DS |
Presence |
|
| Web Page (for example, MySite) |
AD DS |
|
|
| Alias (mail nickname) |
AD DS |
|
|
| Name Pronunciation |
AD DS |
|
|
| Location |
Presence |
|
|
| Calendar Free/Busy |
Presence |
|
|
| Presence Status/Activity |
Presence |
|
|
| IM address (SIPURI) |
Presence |
AD DS |
Outlook contact |
| Email (primary SMTP address) |
AD DS |
Outlook contact |
Presence |
| Work Phone |
Presence |
AD DS |
Outlook contact |
| Home Phone |
Presence |
AD DS |
Outlook contact |
| Mobile Phone |
Presence |
AD DS |
Outlook contact |
| Other Phone |
Presence |
AD DS |
Outlook contact |
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by Jamie Schwinn on March 30, 2012
Microsoft has released new March 2012 updates for Lync 2010.
These updates address the following published KB Articles:
Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Microsoft Lync 2010
by Jamie Schwinn on March 6, 2012
This is a continuation of my previous post Lync Server 2010 CU3 Database Update Explained.
Since the original article was written for CU3 back in September 2011, two additional Cumulative Updates have been released, bringing the latest patch level to CU5 as of March 2012. Both of these subsequent Cumulative Updates have also included a Lync SQL Backend database update. More specifically, the Core Component patch includes files responsible for performing the database update procedure in “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Lync Server 2010\DBSetup”.
These files have been updated in each Cumulative Update since CU3 as shown by the file information table included in the KB articles related to the Core Components patches. These files are also directly related to the DbVersionUpgrade row in the dbo.DbConfigInt table of the Lync 2010 Pool Back-End database. The dbsetup.wsf file contains a variable which specifies the DbVersionUpgrade value as seen in the SQL database. [click to continue…]
by Jamie Schwinn on March 2, 2012
Lync 2010 CU5 February 2012
Microsoft has released new Lync 2010 updates for February 2012:
Server Updates
Client Updates
See the Lync 2010 Updates page for a full listing of all Lync patches.
by Jamie Schwinn on October 18, 2011
Announcing the availability of the Lync Server 2010 Response Group Holiday Set Editor!
I’ve been experimenting with Lync PowerShell remoting from C# and my efforts have finally produced something I feel is worth sharing. Lync RGS Holiday Set Editor can be used to create new Holiday Sets and edit existing Holiday Sets for Lync Server 2010 Response Group Workflows using a graphical interface. Please let me know in the comments if you find this utility useful.
http://waveformation.com/holidayseteditor/
by Jamie Schwinn on September 8, 2011
Microsoft just announced the RTM availability of Lync for Mac 2011! Now Mac users can enjoy the full Lync Unified Communications experience!
See the official Lync for Mac 2011 Released to Manufacturing announcement for full details.
