While trying to decommissioning a Lync Server 2013 Director Pool we got the following error message when we publish the new topology: This wasn't expected since a Director Pool shouldn't have users associated with it. After troubleshooting the issue, we notice that some users had the attribute msRTCSIP-PrimaryHomeServer associated to the Lync Server 2013 Director … Continue reading Cannot remove the Director Pool – Users or Contacts are associated to it.
Category: Skype for Business Server
SfB Server – Prerequisite installation failed: SqlInstanceRtcLocal
Recently while adding a new Front End Server to the existing Skype for Business Enterprise Pool we got the following message on SfB Deployment Wizard Step 1: Prerequisite installation failed: Prerequisite installation failed: SqlInstanceRtcLocal For more information, check your SQL Server log files. Log files are in the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL*.RtcLocal\MSSQL\Log, where the * … Continue reading SfB Server – Prerequisite installation failed: SqlInstanceRtcLocal
SfB Server 2015: Event 57005, LS User Store Sync Agent – Could not find stored procedure XdsQueryCriticalDocumentSignatures
While updating our SfB Server 2015 lab, we notice that a recently updated Front End server had multiple errors and warnings in the Event Viewer: Log Name: Lync Server Source: LS User Store Sync Agent Date: 12/09/2017 21:54:33 Event ID: 57005 Task Category: (1061) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: sfbfe03.recore.lab Description: Error encountered … Continue reading SfB Server 2015: Event 57005, LS User Store Sync Agent – Could not find stored procedure XdsQueryCriticalDocumentSignatures
SfB Server: Cannot install KB2982006 – This update is not applicable to your computer.
Update 2018/01/31 - Please note that the fix for this is included in the Skype for Business January 2018 Cumulative Update (CU6 HF1) Prerequisite (KB2982006) not satisfied when you try to install Skype for Business Server 2015 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4056288 In a recent deployment with all the Windows Updates installed, including the KB2919442 and KB2919355, we couldn't … Continue reading SfB Server: Cannot install KB2982006 – This update is not applicable to your computer.
Lync/SfB Server: Quickly access the Certificate Store
In a previous post we wrote about the Checks to do in the Lync/Skype for Business Server Certificate Store, however, sometimes we might also want to manually check it using the Certificate Store MMC. Since Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 we can quick access the Certificate Store MMC, for Local Computer and Current User, using Command Prompt/PowerShell or the … Continue reading Lync/SfB Server: Quickly access the Certificate Store
Lync/SfB Server: Stop Front End service in Starting state
Some of the cases we work have the Front End service in a Starting state: In PowerShell the status is StartPending: We cannot stop it on the Services Management Console: We can go to Task Manager and try to manual stop the service: If that doesn't work we need to Go to Details and End task that is associated with … Continue reading Lync/SfB Server: Stop Front End service in Starting state
SfB Server 2015: Pool Pairing with CMS and AlwaysON
We already publish guides to Deploying SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Group for Skype for Business Server 2015 and also SfB Server: Moving Central Management to a pool with SQL Server AlwaysOn BackEnd. However, we were asked to create another guide when we want to pair two SfB Enterprise Pools where the Primary Pool is hosting the Central Management Store (CMS). … Continue reading SfB Server 2015: Pool Pairing with CMS and AlwaysON
Lync/SfB Server: Event 41026, LS Data MCU after May 2017 .NET Framework update
Update 2017/06/28 – In Workaround #1 we also need to request new Front End certificates with Client and Server authentication in the EKU. Recently we notice that Lync Server 2010/2013 and Skype for Business Server 2015 Front Ends were generating the Events 41025 and immediately after the Event 41026: Log Name: Lync Server Source: LS … Continue reading Lync/SfB Server: Event 41026, LS Data MCU after May 2017 .NET Framework update
Lync/SfB Server: OAuthTokenIssuer, Assigned certificate not found or untrusted.
In a recent support case the OAuth certificate was missing in one of the Front Ends: We also notice the Missing message in the Deployment Wizard Step 3, for the OAuth certificate: And in PowerShell we had the following error when we tried to check the certificates: Get-CsCertificate https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398227.aspx Get-CsCertificate : OAuthTokenIssuer: Assigned certificate not found … Continue reading Lync/SfB Server: OAuthTokenIssuer, Assigned certificate not found or untrusted.
SfB Server 2015: Cannot install Cumulative Update – Failed to create network share. (-2147467259 xds-replica)
In a recent support case we couldn't install the Skype for Business Server 2015 Cumulative Update on a Edge Server: We checked the Skype for Business Core Components log file (OcsCore.msp-EDGESTD-[2017-03-21][15-30-48]_log.txt) located in %TEMP%: The log showed that the Setup was aborted because it couldn't create a file share: CreateSmb: Error 0x80004005: failed to create … Continue reading SfB Server 2015: Cannot install Cumulative Update – Failed to create network share. (-2147467259 xds-replica)