A URL post on Lync–Exchange–Online–On Premises

First: my very best wishes for 2012 to you all!!!!

Second, just posting a blog post containing a list of URL’s I refer to a lot when visiting customers or doing presentations. I’ve grouped them a bit, and I will update the list as time moves along (at least, I’ll try to…)

Exchange General:

• Make OWA default mailer: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tmeston/archive/2004/01/08/48837.aspx
• Exchange Schema Updates Q&A: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2772.aspx
• The Microsoft Outlook 2010 Reference Guide for Lotus Notes Users is available for download here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/microsoft-outlook-2010-reference-guide-for-lotus-notes-users-HA102479434.aspx
• Exchange Visio Stencil:
  http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=6977
• User Profile Analyzer:
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/neiljohn/archive/2011/08/09/user-profile-analysis-for-exchange-server-2010.aspx
• Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/v144-of-the-Exchange-2010-1912958d
• Understanding litigation hold/legal hold: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee861123.aspx
• Overview what’s new in Exchange 2010: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/en-us/whats-new.aspx
• Youtube movie (15minutes) on why migrate to Exchange 2010: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5-Wb-o9e9c
• Utilities to automatically move attachments to SharePoint and replace the attachment with a URL to the attachment:
  • http://harmon.ie/SharePoint/Product
  • http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/attachments_processor/
• Blog Post from the Exchange Product Team to explain why Single Instance Store is gone in Exchange 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2010/02/22/dude-where-s-my-single-instance.aspx
• Single Item Recovery in Exchange 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2009/09/25/3408389.aspx
• License requirements for Personal Archive and retention policies: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/license-requirements-for-personal-archive-and-retention-policies-HA102576659.aspx
• Office Standard vs Professional Plus, overview of differences: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/office-2010-volume-licensing-suites-comparison-FX101825637.aspx
• Training courses Outlook 2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/CH010371352.aspx

Lync General:

• Lync Calculators:

  • Lync 2010 Bandwidth Calculator: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19011
  • Lync 2010 Capacity Calculator: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=12295

• The Remote UC Troubleshooting Tool (RUCT): http://blog.insideocs.com/2011/11/14/the-remote-uc-troubleshooting-tool-ruct/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+InsideOCS+%28Inside+OCS%29

• Lync Visio Stencil:
  http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=20891

• Lync Integration, which details how Microsoft Lync 2010
  integrates with the different versions of Microsoft Office and Microsoft
  Exchange Server:: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398806.aspx

• Phones and devices certified for Lync:
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg278172

• Microsoft Lync 2010 Photo Experience:
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2010/11/22/microsoft-lync-2010-photo-experience.aspx

• Microsoft Lync 2010 Training Download Package: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=9642

• Lync Server 2010 - Resource Kit : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=8c64a1e1-f0b3-479c-a265-e480875c61d8&displaylang=en

• Lync Server 2010 - Protocol Workloads Poster : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ad8ff3fb-014e-4fd7-8003-436d896ab0c6

• Lync and Client Virtualization:

• • http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2560826: Client virtualization support for the Lync 2010 client and the Lync 2010 Group Chat client
  • http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=21129: This document outlines a series of best practice recommendations for running Lync 2010 in a virtualized environment.

• Lync is Great and more…

  • Next Generation Telephony Whitepaper : http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/4/0/F409709D-D73E-4804-9B4E-DD4C62B8A0E9/Next%20Generation%20Telephony%20paper%20v%201%2002.pdf
  • Miercom Report on Lync Performance : http://miercom.com/microsoft 
  • http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2011/01/21/but-does-lync-server-2010-really-have-pbx-voice-reliability-or-call-scalability.aspx
  • The Total Economic Impact (TEI) of Lync : http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9751775 (Forrester, Nov 2010)

• Lync Documentation:

  • Lync Server 2010 - Planning Guides : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da9fa26-e032-4dcf-b487-da916ddc508f
  • Lync Server 2010 - Planning Tool : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=bcd64040-40c4-4714-9e68-c649785cc43a&displaylang=en
  • Lync Server 2010 - Virtualization : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2905fd33-e29c-4709-a012-e55ea8db63e4
  • Lync Server 2010 - Security Guide : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1400504e-8b2e-4d75-b091-1bf9f7bbc46f&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29
  • Planning for Metropolitan Site Resiliency : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg670905.aspx
  • Lync Server 2010 - Resource Kit Tools : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=80cc5ce7-970d-4fd2-8731-d5d7d0829266
  • UC Open Interoperability for Lync (interop naar Gateways, IP-PBX, SIP Services) : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg131938.aspx
  • Certified UC Devices for Lync : http://technet.microsoft.com/nl-be/lync/gg278164(en-us).aspx
  • SCOM Pack for Lync Server 2010 : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=e7185068-6424-4e67-bf61-7bf1c53efb4a&displaylang=en
  • Forefront Security for OCS : http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/serversecurity/ocs/en/us/default.aspx
  • Forefront Security for Lync : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ocssecurity/thread/1c3fc044-6cc4-4acc-b8c7-3bf9ce4013a5
  • Voice Quality Improvements in Lync Server 2010 (Taimoor Husain) : http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/04/04/voice-quality-improvements-in-lync-server-2010.aspx

FOPE: Forefront Online Protection for Exchange

• Forefront Online Protection for Exchange Service Description: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26126
• Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) 11.1 Product Documents: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=282

Hybrid: Exchange/Lync Online &/or On Premises:

• Lync On Premises - Exchange Online:
  http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/06/28/configuring-on-premises-lync-server-2010-integration-with-exchange-online.aspx
• Direct a Lync Server to Exchange Online UM: http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/gg703752.aspx

Office Professional Plus vs Office Standard:

• Compare server integration features between Office suites available through volume licensing: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/compare-server-integration-features-between-office-suites-available-through-volume-licensing-FX101850719.aspx

Office 365:

• Exchange Online
  • Microsoft Exchange Online Standard: FAQ for Message Record Management (MRM)
    http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=microsoft%20exchange%20online%20standard%20message%20record%20management%20&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmicrosoft.order-1.com%2FMOS%2FService%2FMOS_Exchange_FAQ_MRM.doc&ei=YXKuTsf1DsSj-gaahIncDw&usg=AFQjCNFh5P4iOt_9h9kZVsKuewWeIhTS5g
  • Migrate Public Folders to Office365:
    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27582
  • Set Up and Manage Information Rights Management in Exchange Online: http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/gg597271.aspx
  • PST Importer Office365:
    http://fernandoandreazi.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/office-365-pst-importer-user-edition/
• Lync Online
  • Lync Online - Federation
    http://www.ultimate-communications.com/2011/07/federation-101-in-lync-online-office365-lync/
  • Comparing Lync Online with Lync Server (on-premises): http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/lync/480.aspx
  • Automatic sign-in, domain federation, and other features do not work as expected in Lync Online when you use a custom domain in Office 365: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2566790/en-us
• General
  • Office 365 P vs E plans: http://blogs.technet.com/b/lystavlen/archive/2011/09/23/office-365-comparing-p-and-e-plans.aspx
  • Office 365 FAQs: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/faqs.aspx#fbid=aaLz3s3OYFh
  • The Office 365 Trust Center: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/trust-center.aspx#fbid=aaLz3s3OYFh
  • Office 365 Online ID: Password Policies
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/5/1754A668-6673-4E5A-A034-F8C7758E10BE/Office%20365_Password_Policy_6-20-2011.docx
  • Service Descriptions:
    http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13602

Ilse