Ståle Hansen has put together a great link collection about Lync.  He updates this article with new posts as he finds them or when they get published…

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Last updated: 12.06.2011

• Lync Server 2010 Deployment
  • Installing Prerequisites on Server 2008 R2: http://msunified.net/2010/11/23/installing-lync-server-2010-prerequisites-on-windows-server-2008-r2/
  • Part 1: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync2010rc-deployment-part1/
  • Part 2: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync2010rc-deployment-part2/
  • Part 3: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/10/lync2010rc-deployment-part3/
  • Deploying Lync Server EDGE: http://ocsguy.com/2010/11/21/deploying-an-edge-server-with-lync/
  • Deploying XMPP for Lync: http://ocsguy.com/2010/11/29/deploying-lync-for-xmpp/
  • Publishing Lync Server Web Components and Simple URLs: http://ucmadeeasy.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/publishing-lync-server-2010-rc-simple-urls-and-web-components-with-forefront-tmg-2010/
  • What is Central Management Store (CMS): http://blogs.technet.com/b/jenstr/archive/2010/10/13/what-is-central-management-store-cms.aspx
  • Remote Administration: http://blog.powershell.no/2010/12/05/lync-server-2010-remote-administration/
  • Another Reason to Include a Director in Your Lync Server 2010 Deployment: http://blogs.technet.com/b/dodeitte/archive/2010/12/26/another-reason-to-include-a-director-in-your-lync-server-2010-deployment.aspx
  • Protecting the Edge Server Against DoS and Password Brute-Force Attacks in Lync Server 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/drrez/archive/2011/04/11/protecting-the-edge-server-against-dos-and-password-brute-force-attacks-in-lync-server-2010.aspx
• Exchange 2010 integration
  • UM: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-and-exchange-um-integration/
  • Lync calls to Exchange Auto Attendant Fail: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-calls-to-exchange-auto-attendant-fail/
  • OWA: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-and-exchange-im-integration/
• Lync 2010 Client
  • Custom Presence State: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/adding-custom-presence-to-lync/
  • Client Policies: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/
  • Lync to Windows Live A/V Federation: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/lync-to-windows-live-av-federation/
  • Microsoft Lync 2010 Photo Experience: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2010/11/22/microsoft-lync-2010-photo-experience.aspx
  • How to Customize the Meeting Entry Page for Lync: http://ocsguy.com/2010/12/04/how-to-customize-the-meeting-entry-page-for-lync/
• Lync Phone Edition
  • Configuring Lync Server for Phone Edition Devices: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/12/configuring-lync-server-for-phone-edition-devices/
  • Externally Provisioning Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/12/configuring-lync-server-for-phone-edition-devices/
  • Updating Lync Phone Edition Devices: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/01/updating-lync-phone-edition-devices/
  • Manual VLAN Configuration for Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/01/manual-vlan-configuration-for-lync-phone-edition/
  • Common Area Phone Configuration in Lync: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/04/common-area-phone-configuration-in-lync/
  • Analog Phone support with Lync 2010 using MP-114: http://www.lynclog.com/2011/04/analog-phone-support-with-lync-2010.html
  • Localization and Language Support in Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/05/localization-and-language-support-in-lync-phone-edition/
• The Addressbook in Lync Server 2010
  • Updating the Lync 2010 Address Book: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/updating-the-lync-2010-address-book/
  • How to add Photos in Lync 2010: http://www.codesalot.com/2010/photos-in-lync-2010/
  • Lync 2010 Address Book Normalization: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync-2010-address-book-normalization/
    Lync 2010 People & Skill Search with SharePoint 2010 and TMG: http://techblurt.com/2011/02/22/lync-2010-people-search-with-sharepoint-2010-and-tmg/
• Lync 2010 Networking
  • DHCP for Network Communications and PIN/Certificate Authentication: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/11/18/lync-2010-dhcp-for-network-communications-and-pincertificate-authentication/
  • Using DHCPUtil for Lync Phone Edition DHCP Server Configuration: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/using-dhcputil-for-lync-phone-edition-dhcp-server-configuration/
  • Port Ranges and Audio/Media Negotiation: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/12/06/lync-server-2010-port-ranges-and-audiomedia-negotiation/
  • Configuring DirectAccess for Lync/OCS voice/video in a split DNS scenario: http://donnystyle.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/configuring-directaccess-for-lync-ocs-voicevideo-in-a-split-dns-scenario/
• SQL Configuration
  • Using Lync Server 2010 with a Custom SQL Server Network Configuration: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/04/12/using-lync-server-2010-with-a-custom-sql-server-network-configuration.aspx
  • Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Pool Local SQL Express (RTCLOCAL) Database Permissions: http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2011/04/microsoft-lync-server-2010-enterprise.html
  • The Lync Server Databases: http://blog.insidelync.com/2011/04/the-lync-server-databases/
• Mediation server
  • Collocated Mediation Server vs. Dedicated Mediation Server: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/10/lync-2010-collocated-mediation-server-vs-dedicated-mediation-server/
  • Media Bypass with and without Voice Resilience: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/09/27/lync-2010-media-bypass-with-and-without-voice-resilience/
  • When to use the EnableReferSupport flag in LYNC CS 2010? http://blogs.technet.com/b/kamehta/archive/2011/01/06/when-to-use-the-enablerefersupport-flag-in-lync-cs-2010.aspx
• DNS Loadbalancing
  • DNS Load Balancing and Server Draining: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2010/10/12/lync-dns-load-balancing-and-server-draining.aspx
• Response Groups
  • Creating a Response Group in Lync: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ilvancri/archive/2010/11/23/creating-a-response-group-in-lync.aspx
• Maintenance
  • SCOM / OpsMgr: Lync 2010 Management Pack – Deploying Synthetic transactions (STs): http://www.vnext.be/2011/03/06/scom-opsmgr-lync-2010-management-pack-deploying-synthetic-transactions-sts/
  • Lync Backup Instructions: http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc_mess/archive/2011/03/17/lync_2d00_server_2d00_2010_2d00_backup_2d00_instructions.aspx
• Third Party integrations
  • IM an Expert Lync bot available for download and other Lync customization examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2011/03/24/im-an-lync-expert-bot-available-for-download-and-other-lync-customization-examples.aspx
  • Streaming Video Content or Using Two Web Cams during a Lync Meeting using ManyCam: http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2011/03/streaming-video-content-or-using-two.html
• Office 365 and UC
  • How to enable Lync On-Premise to Federate with Office365 Lync Online: http://techietom.co.uk/blog/2011/04/how-to-enable-office365-lync-online-to-federate-with-lync-on-prem/
  • Federation 101 in Lync Online: http://www.ultimate-communications.com/2011/07/federation-101-in-lync-online-office365-lync/
  • Configuring On-Premises Lync Server 2010 Integration with Exchange Online: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/06/28/configuring-on-premises-lync-server-2010-integration-with-exchange-online.aspx

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Misha Hanin

Hi, my name is Misha Hanin. I have served as an IT Network Administrator and IT Consultant for over 15 years. I have a number of certifications including CNE, Citrix CCA, VMWare VCP, MCP+I, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator & MCITP Enterprise Administrator. Microsoft presented me with the 2008 Microsoft® MVP Award (MVP) in Windows Server - Admin Frameworks!