Comments on Unified Communications with Microsoft: CWA support for mobile devices - Lync 2010

File transfer will not work. If you notice, the tr...

2011-10-19T08:48:41.133-04:00

File transfer will not work. If you notice, the transfer fails with message "Cannot send xxx.yyy because ...Name... is using client or device that cannot receive file transfers"

Hi, Is file transfer will work after done this c...

2011-10-19T02:32:48.977-04:00

Hi,

Is file transfer will work after done this configuration..?? Because my file transfer is not working between lync client and CWA client.

Hi Drago, There is one thing that is not clarifie...

2011-08-18T23:28:50.018-04:00

Hi Drago,

There is one thing that is not clarified here....

The server used for installing the communicator components and CWA etc. should be a domain joined server on the lan or a workgroup computer on dmz?

I think your ldifde error probably came from not e...

2011-08-02T21:51:24.315-04:00

I think your ldifde error probably came from not enclosing DC=X in double quotes. At least that's always the syntax I use with ldifde and it's been successful.

While this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/e...

2011-07-27T07:23:40.378-04:00

While this article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425148(office.13).aspx does not states that installation on CWA role on Domain Controller is not supported, the fact Core Components, UCMA Core Redist and CWA bits will be installed, combined with exposing a Domain Controller on Public Internet makes it one bad, bad idea.

OK , thanks for this link. I have a lync standard ...

2011-07-27T07:07:14.492-04:00

OK , thanks for this link. I have a lync standard server and an edge server. But it seems from the previous comments that this will not work on the lync 2010 stadrad server and I need to add another server for running the communnicator mobile component?

If that's the case , I might just add a 64-bit server and use it both as a DC and for Communicator mobile components?

is that right?

Because this is a lab build entirely on Windows 20...

2011-07-27T06:36:10.007-04:00

Because this is a lab build entirely on Windows 2008 R2 SP1, natively all machines are 64 bit and furthermore, I don’t hesitate to execute some actions on/from a DC. In Production, this might be not the best practices. Here is the link to the Technet article for preparing schema for OCS R2, which includes instructions for AD prep from 32 bit DC - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd441329(office.13).aspx

Hi drago, There are components that need to be in...

2011-07-27T05:20:33.518-04:00

Hi drago,

There are components that need to be installed on the DC according to your description. Does that mean we need a 64-bit DC for this to work??

You are absolutely correct. While strictly technic...

2011-07-19T16:58:58.657-04:00

You are absolutely correct. While strictly technical manual (typically coming from the manufacturer) rarely gives “quick and dirty” how-to, community work could suffer sometimes, since we proof read our work. You input just comes to reaffirm the power of Internet collaboration. Hopefully you will find time to read the entire blog (smile).

No worries, my english needs polishing sometimes a...

2011-07-19T14:33:11.523-04:00

No worries, my english needs polishing sometimes aswell :)

I am always trying to write technical staff as precise as possible, because I know exactly that a missing word, or not choosing the proper synonym will result in a slightly different meaning or even send the reader to the wrong way!

Yet again you are correct. I feel lucky now that ...

2011-07-19T11:28:04.130-04:00

Yet again you are correct.

I feel lucky now that that decided to pursue a career in UC and not English literature (smile). The statement is now corrected. Thanks again!

Drago: yes I know that CWA cannot be collocated w...

2011-07-19T10:52:49.306-04:00

Drago:

yes I know that CWA cannot be collocated with Lync FE (actually, as you said it is not the installer wizard which prevents such co-existance, but the pre-requisite components will block each other).

The reason why I put that into my comment, that there was no clear inidication that a new dedicated server will be used for this installation. That is why I prefer some kind of inventory in the beginning of an article, so I can have a quick and unambigous picture of what is happening.

Also the statement "carefully select the CWA port as Lync SIP services already use lot of TCP ports" confused me to believe: I have to carefully select the preferred CWA port, as it may be already used ON THE LYNC BOX, which runs also the CWA! If CWA is not colocated with Lync, why should I bother about ports used on Lync?

Soder, Thanks for noticing the error. It has been...

2011-07-18T18:29:30.664-04:00

Soder,

Thanks for noticing the error. It has been corrected.

It is obvious that we cannot use Lync server for CWA role, because OCS R2 installer first installs “Microsoft Office Communications Server R2, Core components” and “Microsoft Office Communications Server R2, Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API 2.0 Core Redist 64-bit” and so, those cannot be installed on machine where “Microsoft Lync server 2010, Core Components are already deployed.

Hi, you did not clarify a single (but most import...

2011-07-18T17:22:20.728-04:00

Hi,

you did not clarify a single (but most important) thing clearly enough: was this CWA functionality accomplished on a separate box, or on the same box as the Lyn Front End server? It makes a huge difference I believe.

Ps. The screenshot of the prepare AD for Lync step incorrectly marks the "Install or configure Lync server" button with the red square, isntead of the Prepare active directory button.