Lync 2013 Workloads poster

Lync 2013 Workloads posters are up.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39968

Lync 2013 support for SQL Cluster.

Here is the latest update on Lync 2013 support for SQL Cluster. .

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398990.aspx

 

Lync Server 2013 supports the user of either SQL mirroring or SQL clustering for each Lync Server database. You can easily set up SQL mirroring with the Topology Builder tool in Lync Server 2013. For SQL failover clustering, you must use SQL Server for setup.

Lync Server 2013 supports SQL clustering topologies for all deployments, including greenfield deployments and organizations that have upgraded from previous versions of Lync Server.

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PowerShell Anger Management -

This a good read especially in managing the PowerShell interface to show different colors for errors and information. Clearly bringing attention to the right message from PowerShell is key here.

PowerShell Anger Management -- Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online: PowerShell Anger Management

Lync Online: Guided Walkthrough for Troubleshooting Communication Between Lync Online Users and Their Federated Contacts - NextHop - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Are you looking for help to set up communication between Lync online users and their federated contacts? This guided walkthrough—based on analysis of Microsoft Support cases—walks you through the essential steps.

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Yammer, SharePoint and SkyDrive

got this from my Redmond Report Newsletter.

Microsoft today said its $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer has resulted in record growth for the cloud-based provider of enterprise social networking. At the same time, Yammer's key rival NewsGator plans to extend the reach of its enterprise social networking platform beyond SharePoint.

http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/06/25/microsoft-paying-a-billion-to-buy-yammer.aspx

 

In a vague news release announcing the growth of Yammer, Microsoft disclosed that sales quadrupled last quarter and the total user base grew to seven million. During the quarter, 290 new customers added Yammer including GlaxoSmithKline, SABMiller and TGI Fridays, among others.

http://redmondmag.com/articles/2013/02/20/yammer-quadruples-sales.aspx

 

Since the deal closed last year and Yammer was folded into the Office Division, Microsoft has said little about how it will integrate Yammer into SharePoint. What Microsoft has revealed is that it will integrate Yammer with SkyDrive Pro, the cloud-based storage Microsoft is offering with SharePoint 2013 and Office 365. Yammer will also give SharePoint users the ability to preview and edit SharePoint files from their Yammer news feeds via Office Web Apps.

 

These two features, slated for release this summer, will make it easier for users to find and share information in the Yammer interface. While Microsoft hasn't said how and when it will more tightly integrate Yammer into SharePoint, NewsGator does not see it as a threat. NewsGator has a large installed base of large enterprise customers (many with tens of thousands of employees) and the company will start to become less focused on SharePoint as its primary platform, as reported by Computerworld last week...

 

Continue reading:

http://redmondmag.com/Blogs/The-Schwartz-Report/2013/02/NewsGator-Looks-Beyond-SharePoint.aspx