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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Managing Lync Server 2013 with Windows PowerShell—Part 1

June 23, 2014 Jun 23, 2014 06/23/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to enable Active Directory users for Lync. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We just spun up our Lync server, and I need to know a very easy way to enable groups of users. I have over 10,000 records to enable and not quite enough coffee to click the mouse button all that fast! —LN (image) Hello LN, ...

PowerTip: Create an SRV Record in DNS with PowerShell

June 22, 2014 Jun 22, 2014 06/22/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to create a server resource record. (image) Is there was a way to script the creation of my internal server resource records for my Lync deployments? (image) If you're running Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012, use the Add-...

Weekend Scripter: Automating the Preparation of Lync Server 2013—Part 2

June 22, 2014 Jun 22, 2014 06/22/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Automate the installation of SQL Server Express and complete the installation of Lync Server 2013. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here. Today, we're getting a little nerdy by automating the rest of our Lync server...on a Sunday. Yesterday, we finished with a Windows Server 2012 R2 box with all the features and the ...

PowerTip: Extend Active Directory Schema for Lync with PowerShell

June 21, 2014 Jun 21, 2014 06/21/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn to use the Lync module for Windows PowerShell to extend the Active Directory schema. (image) Is there an easy way to use Windows PowerShell to install a new Lync server? (image) After you have the Lync core installed on the server (even if you haven't installed Lync itself), ...

Weekend Scripter: Automating the Preparation of Lync Server 2013—Part 1

June 21, 2014 Jun 21, 2014 06/21/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Prep Windows Server 2012 R2 for a Lync Server 2013 installation. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here, and today I'm doing something I've been itching to do for a while...Automate the creation of a Lync server! You see, a while back, our Lync guy left the company. My boss looked at me and said, "You know ...

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