Lync Server Admin Guide: Configuring Support for Clients and Devices
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First published on TECHNET on Jul 13, 2011





Specify the Client Versions Supported in Your Organization




  • To edit the default client version policy



As a general rule, client version policies are most-easily edited by modifying the client version policy rules associated with those policies. However, there might be times when you find it useful to use the Set-CsClientVersionPolicy cmdlet to directly modify a policy. For example, the following set of commands removes all the current client version policy rules from the Redmond site policy, copies the client version policy rules from the Dublin site policy, then assigns those same rules to the Redmond site:



Set-CsClientVersionPolicy -Identity site:Redmond -Rules $Null



$x = Get-CsClientVersionPolicy -Identity site:Dublin | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Rules



Set-CsClientVersionPolicy -Identity site:Redmond -Rules $x




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View the Status of Services Running on a Computer




  • To view the status of services running on a computer



To view the status of all the Lync Server services running on all of your computers, use the following command:



Get-CsService | Select-Object Role, PoolFqdn | Sort-Object PoolFqdn, Role



To view the services running on a specific computer, use this command, replacing atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com with the fully qualified domain name of the computer to be viewed:



Get-CsService | Where-Object {$_.PoolFqdn –eq "atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com"} | Select-Object Role, PoolFqdn | Sort-Object PoolFqdn, Role




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Modify the Default Action for Clients Not Explicitly Supported or Restricted




  • To modify the default action for clients not explicitly supported or restricted



To modify the default action for client applications that do not appear in a client version policy, use the Set-CsClientVersionConfiguration cmdlet and set the value of the DefaultAction property.



Set-CsClientVersionConfiguration –Identity global -DefaultAction "BlockWithUrl" -DefaultURL "https://litwareinc.com/csclients"





  • To disable client version control



To disable client version control, use the Set-CsClientVersionConfiguration cmdlet and set the Enabled property to False:



Set-CsClientVersionConfiguration –Identity global –Enabled $False



To enable client version control, set the Enabled property to True:



Set-CsClientVersionConfiguration –Identity global –Enabled $True



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View Software Updates for Devices in Your Organization




  • To view software updates for UC devices



To review all the device update rules currently in use in your organization, use the Get-CsDeviceUpdateRule cmdlet:



Get-CsDeviceUpdateRule



This command returns all the device update rules assigned to a specified Web Server:



Get-CsDeviceUpdateRule -Filter "service:WebServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com*"



To approve a device update rule for widespread use, use the Approve-CsDeviceUpdate cmdlet:



Approve-CsDeviceUpdateRule -Identity service:WebServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com/d5ce3c10-2588-420a-82ac-dc2d9b1222ff9



To reject a device update rule, use the Reset-CsDeviceUpdateRule cmdlet:



Reset-CsDeviceUpdateRule -Identity service:WebServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com/d5ce3c10-2588-420a-82ac-dc2d9b1222ff9



To rollback a previously-approved device update rule, use the Restore-CsDeviceUpdateRule cmdlet:



Restore-CsDeviceUpdateRule -Identity service:WebServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com/d5ce3c10-2588-420a-82ac-dc2d9b1222ff9




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Add a Device to Test Update Functionality




  • To add a test device



The New-CsTestDevice cmdlet enables you to create a new test device. The following command creates a new test device, using the serial number of the device as the unique identifier:



New-CsTestDevice -Identity site:Redmond/UCPhone -IdentifierType SerialNumber -Identifier "07823-A345"




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Modify Settings for Log Files of Device Update Activity




  • To change logging settings



To modify logging settings for the device update service, use the Set-CsDeviceUpdateConfiguration cmdlet:



Set-CsDeviceUpdateConfiguration -Identity global -MaxLogFileSize 2048000 -MaxLogCacheLimit 1024000



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Configure Security Settings for Lync 2010 Phone Edition




  • To configure security settings for Lync 2010 Phone Edition



To change the security mode for Lync 2010 Phone Edition, use the Set-CsUCPhoneConfiguration cmdlet:



Set-CsUCPhoneConfiguration -Identity global -SIPSecurityMode "Medium"



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