Skype Front End Server Deployment Wizard Fails to Start Services When Automated

Neil676 1 Reputation point
2024-03-21T15:24:26.03+00:00

I am automating the deployment of Skype for Business Server 2019 front end servers on a Server 2022 OS on prem. When using the commands below to run step one of the deployment wizard, the Skype services fail to start, each with an error of "Check to make the the service is not disabled. Failure to start could also be because this front end was previously failed over". There is only a single standard edition server in it's own pool and this has been replicated on different systems. Manually running step one allows the services to start successfully. Any ideas why?

& 'C:\Program Files\Skype For Business Server 2019\Deployment\bootstrapper.exe' /Bootstraplocalmgmt /SourceDirectory:"C:\OCSVolume\Setup\amd64"
$CSConfigExp = Export-csconfiguration -asbytes
Import-CsConfiguration -Byteinput $CSConfigExp -LocalStore
Enable-CsReplica
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | PowerShell
Microsoft 365 and Office | Skype for Business | Windows
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