Lync PowerShell
What Happens if You are Enabling a User for Lync Server, and You Make a Typo When Entering the SIP Domain?
We have a confession to make here. When we were first asked this question we said, "As far as we...
Author: CSPShell Date: 09/12/2010
When Do I Have to Put Double Quotes Around Parameter Values?
Ah, yes: the great double quote conundrum. Compared to, say, VBScript, Windows PowerShell is...
Author: CSPShell Date: 09/12/2010
Can I Return Contact Objects That Have a SIP Address?
OK, this is an interesting one, simply because it’s a situation we never gave a thought to,...
Author: CSPShell Date: 09/12/2010
Podcast: Cezar Ungureanasu and Thomas Lee on Lync Server 2010
A few weeks ago, Cezar Ungureanasu (Microsoft Lync Server 2010 PowerShell Program Manager) and...
Author: CSPShell Date: 09/09/2010
News: The Real Story Behind Get-CsUser
We've spent a lot of time writing about user management in Microsoft Lync Server 2010. But have we...
Author: CSPShell Date: 09/07/2010
Get-CsUser: The Real Story
You know how they say that you shouldn’t believe everything you read? Well, as it turns out,...
Author: CSPShell Date: 09/07/2010
An Administrator's First Look at PowerShell in Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Check out this article by Desmond Lee (Microsoft Certified Trainer) on getting started with Windows...
Author: CSPShell Date: 08/05/2010
News: Voice Migration, Updates to PowerShell Migration, Remoting
This has been a busy week so far here on the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 PowerShell blog. Today we...
Author: CSPShell Date: 08/04/2010
Communications Server "14" Voice Configuration Beta to Beta Refresh
Migrating Voice Configuration from Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Beta to Beta Refresh Everyone knows...
Author: CSPShell Date: 08/04/2010
Connect to Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Remote PowerShell from the Desktop
By Nick Smith, Microsoft Before running this script, ensure that the client meets all the...
Author: CSPShell Date: 08/03/2010
New: Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Beta to Beta Refresh Updates
Everyone who was able to work with the Beta version of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (formerly known as...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/30/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010: PowerShell Changes from Beta to Beta Refresh – Lite Version
The beta refresh version of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (formerly known as Communications Server...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/29/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010: PowerShell Changes from Beta to Beta Refresh
Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Windows PowerShell Changes from Beta to Beta Refresh New Cmdlets...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/29/2010
TechReady 11, PowerShell, and Microsoft Lync Server 2010
What do all those things have in common? Well, we really can't say. Because TechReady 11 is a...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/27/2010
PowerShell Special Characters, Part 2
In Part 1 of our two-part series on working with special characters in PowerShell, we explored some...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/22/2010
%$#@ Special Characters!, Part 2
By Edwin Young Last time, we looked at some curious behavior when running the New-CsAnalogDevice...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/22/2010
More About Cmdlets
Still trying to find your way around all those Microsoft Lync Server 2010 PowerShell cmdlets? What...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/16/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Cmdlet Descriptions
What follows is an alphabetical list of the 530-plus cmdlets that appear in Microsoft Lync Server...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/16/2010
PowerShell Special Characters
There are some pretty special characters around here, one of whom is Edwin Young. Edwin doesn't like...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/14/2010
%$#@ Special Characters! Part 1
By Edwin Young, Microsoft PowerShell has quite a sophisticated syntax, with lots of special...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/14/2010
The Mystery of Get-CsUser and Get-CsAdUser
Desmond Lee has come out with a great article on his blog to complement our article on Properties...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/02/2010
Too...Much...Information - Part 1
It's the first day of July, and here in Redmond summer is in full swing: gray, dreary, damp, and...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/01/2010
Dealing with Information Overload, Part 1
Displaying Select Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Property Values Here’s a rhetorical question for...
Author: CSPShell Date: 07/01/2010
New Walkthrough - and Walkthrough Lite
The story begins with you, the lonely admin. You show up for your first day of work at a new job and...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/28/2010
Walkthrough: Enabling a User for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and Enterprise Voice
Walkthrough Enabling a User for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and Enterprise Voice: A Comprehensive...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/28/2010
Walkthrough Lite: Enabling a User for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and Enterprise Voice
Walkthrough Lite Enabling a User for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and Enterprise Voice: A...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/28/2010
Properties Returned By Get-CsUser and Get-CsAdUser
One potentially confusing feature of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 is the fact that there are two...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/28/2010
21 Things...
The Lync Server PowerShell blog introduces a new series today. (Although, given that the blog is...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/21/2010
News: Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Using Remote PowerShell
You don't have to be working on your server machine to manage Microsoft Lync Server 2010 with...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/16/2010
Quick Start: Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Using Remote PowerShell
Most of the articles found on this site assume that you are working on a computer running a...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/16/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 PowerShell: Two New Articles
How to Find That Setting Our first (of many, we hope!) tip from Edwin Young, lead developer for...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/14/2010
How to Find That Setting
Submitted by Edwin Young, Microsoft Microsoft Lync Server 2010 is a pretty complicated product, and...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/14/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 PowerShell Blog Growing Pains
Okay, so in our first week of business last week we ran into a couple of minor snags. The first is...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/14/2010
List Connections to Registrar Pools
Submitted by Scott Stubberfield and Nick Smith, Microsoft So just who is connected to your Registrar...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/10/2010
Move or Enable Multiple User Accounts
Submitted by Scott Stubberfield and Nick Smith, Microsoft Windows PowerShell makes it easy for you...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/10/2010
Grant Dial Plans and Voice Policies to Multiple Users
Submitted by Scott Stubberfield and Nick Smith, Microsoft In order to take advantage of Enterprise...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/10/2010
Assign Line URIs to Multiple Users
Submitted by Scott Stubberfield and Nick Smith, Microsoft When you enable a user for Enterprise...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/10/2010
List All the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Cmdlets and the RBAC Roles Those Cmdlets Have Been Assigned To
Submitted by Cezar Ungureanasu, Microsoft Cezar Ungureanasu is a Program Manager (make that the...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/10/2010
Windows PowerShell 2.0 Reference
You’ve probably all heard the phrase “you need to learn to walk before you can...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/10/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 PowerShell FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions Hello, and welcome to the new site devoted to Microsoft Lync Server 2010...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/08/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 UI-to-PowerShell Mapping
We know, you've barely had time to realize this blog exists and we're already throwing all sorts of...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/08/2010
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 PowerShell Blog is Open for Business
Yes, it's been officially announced, another Microsoft Server product has joined the ranks of...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/07/2010
SWF Looking for Script That Can Reset All My Address Book Servers
Most of you are probably aware of the personal ads that appear in newspapers and Web sites: Divorced...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/07/2010
Return the Effective Policy Assignments for a User
You say you want to know which Microsoft Lync Server 2010 policies have been assigned to the user...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/07/2010
Return Information about Users in a Single OU
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 provides two cmdlets – Get-CsUser and Get-CsAdUser – that...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/07/2010
Return All the Users in Your Domain
Our primary motivation in putting together this warehouse of scripts was to address issues raised by...
Author: CSPShell Date: 06/07/2010