Alternant routing on a 404 with AudioCodes

I recently wanted to do a re route based on a user not found. I have Teams Direct Routing migration from Cisco. If a user doesnt exist in Teams, I want the call to go to Cisco while we are migrating users. Here are the steps to put in a reroute, or failover to anotherContinue reading "Alternant routing on a 404 with AudioCodes"

by Brett Janzen Nov 11, 2020

Disable Voicemail transcription for select users in Microsoft Teams

First need to create the new policy. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/skype/new-csonlinevoicemailpolicy?view=skype-ps From there you can “grant” users the new policy. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/skype/grant-csonlinevoicemailpolicy?view=skype-ps Modify a already existing Policy https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/skype/set-csonlinevoicemailpolicy?view=skype-ps To add a list of users we can use a recursive script to run through a txt file Putting a txt file in the same location that you run the scriptContinue reading "Disable Voicemail transcription for select users in Microsoft Teams"

by Brett Janzen Nov 10, 2020

Microsoft Teams with on Prem Exchange

With most Orgs working in this work from home pandemic the need for more collab is very High. I wanted to give some input in to the topic sounding using Microsoft Teams and what your organization needs to get Teams deployed fast. Scenario 1: On Prem Exchange, Skype for Business. SharePoint Online In this scenarioContinue reading "Microsoft Teams with on Prem Exchange"

by Brett Janzen Nov 6, 2020

Checking for Phone plan licenses for Microsoft Teams users

I had to find if users had a phone system licenses in order to assign them a direct routing number. Phone system Licenses = MCOEV When working with Direct Routing, the user cannot have Calling Plan Licenses installed for the accounts. MCOPSTN2, MCOPSTN1 and MCOPSTN5 If the user has for an example ENTERPRISEPREMIUM This includesContinue reading "Checking for Phone plan licenses for Microsoft Teams users"

by Brett Janzen Nov 6, 2020

Yet another simple powershell script for Teams

I have been working with sys admins on how we could simplify adding phone numbers to a Microsoft Teams User. When adding numbers to users when Direct Routing is used, it has to be done via powershell. I wanted to create a simple check to make sure they are adding a +1 for E.164. InContinue reading "Yet another simple powershell script for Teams"

by Brett Janzen Oct 27, 2020

Guest Access to Office Portal

One great feature of Administering multiple tenants in Office 365 is the Guest Access. The old days we would have to manage multiple accounts and various passwords. Here is the quick Start from Microsoft. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/external-identities/b2b-quickstart-add-guest-users-portal On the receiving end it is as simple as clicking the link when the email arrives from the tenant. OnceContinue reading "Guest Access to Office Portal"

by Brett Janzen Oct 16, 2020

Decom Lync/Skype after moving to Teams

This is my working list for decom for older Lync and Skype deployments on prem for organizations that are moving to Microsoft Teams. **more info to be added around trunk removal. Look for disabled accounts that are still registered to Lync 2013 Get-CSuser | Disable-CSuser Get-CsConferenceDirectory | Remove-CsConferenceDirectory Check for Analog devices Get-CsAnalogDevice | Select-ObjectContinue reading "Decom Lync/Skype after moving to Teams"

by Brett Janzen Jun 26, 2020

Skype for Business server 2015 “Set-CsAuthConfig”

In the last month I found what seems to be a bug when trying to lock down authentication forms. From external I wanted to disable ole NTLM and only use modern authentication. Just a note I was on a Skype for business enterprise editions setup with CU 10H1 To change the authentication from the SkypeContinue reading "Skype for Business server 2015 “Set-CsAuthConfig”"

by Brett Janzen Feb 4, 2020

Power BI and Skype for Business: Conference counting

So the other day, got to thinking it would be cool to see how many users are using the conferencing service in Skype? Here is how I went about gathering the data There are 3 tables that I pull from to get the data. Ill break them out and what each contain. in theContinue reading "Power BI and Skype for Business: Conference counting"

by Brett Janzen Mar 21, 2019

Nice little Synthetic transaction script for Skype For Business

I was playing around with creating something that would not only test some synthetic transaction but output latency so if there are server performance I would know before it users. This emails the admin if the latency hits a threshold and or a failure. This will test PSTN calls from Skype Peer to Peer CallsContinue reading "Nice little Synthetic transaction script for Skype For Business"

by Brett Janzen Mar 13, 2019

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