Lync resources

With the intension of building Lync business processes using API’s here are some resources.

List of Resources

• Poster: http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2011/01/lync-work-flow-poster.html
• Poster: Lync Server 2010 Protocol Workloads Poster. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=6797
• Vids: Using the UCMA 3.0 Workflow SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg581804
• Article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2011/03/24/im-an-lync-expert-bot-available-for-download-and-other-lync-customization-examples.aspx

Refs

• Walkthrough: UCMA 3.0 Ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg421021.aspx
• Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd633709(v=exchg.80).aspx
• Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Web Services SDK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd877012(v=exchg.140).aspx

Books

• Online: Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2: http://books.google.dk/books?id=V_x4alEP_LoC&vq=sms&dq=ucma+sms&hl=da&source=gbs_navlinks_s
• Online: Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit: http://books.google.dk/books?id=I455YRXUK-YC&printsec=frontcover&hl=da#v=onepage&q&f=false
• Download: Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=22644
• Sale: Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010: http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Communications-Development-Microsoft-Programmer/dp/0470939036/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333449070&sr=1-1#_
• Sale: Pro Office 365 Development: http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Office-Development-Mark-Collins/dp/1430240741/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333449861&sr=1-3

Code

• EWSHelpers: http://code.google.com/p/ews2007/source/browse/trunk/ews2007/0.+Code/ProxyHelpers/EWSHelpers.cs?r=5

Deploy

• http://blogs.msexchange.org/silva/2012/01/10/lync-server-2010-exchange-2010-vhd-dev/

Sites and bloggers

• Blog: The Three UC Amigos: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/

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Linux hosting newbie

Hmmm – trying to get a little head and tail of what you can do, when deploying to a Linux hotel via FTP and WWW.

Apache webserver

The folders that can be reached by FTP are hosted by Apache webserver.

The sites it is hosting can be configured by (differently in each folder, if needed) by a file named .htaccess (like web.config in .NET).

Example: Configure vars for PHP:

php_flag allow_url_include Off
php_flag register_globals Off

Log files

In domain settings of my hotel one can get access to two log files:

• Error Log – Use it to read HTTP 500 errors in your site.
• Web Log – Use it to track traffic on your site.

By default the Error Log is disabled and the other enabled.

The Error Log file for a certain site is in the FTP program found as file://logs/myweb.xx error_log . It has no file-extension.

The latest Web Log file for a certain site is in the FTP program found as file://logs/myweb.xx myweb.xx .

PHP

- is a script language like Asp executed by Apache.

• Explanation of PHP vars: http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php

To be able to print the current PHP settings create a php script called phpinfo.php:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Upload the file and call it: file://myweb.xx/phpinfo.php

Checkout this post http://drupal.org/node/534594#comment-4557372 to see a php script, that reads vars.

Drupal

- is a PHP CMS

Before Installing

You might need to change some php settings on you site in file://myweb.xx/.htaccess

I have set the following:

#might be needed for D6.x
RewriteBase /
#Default at my host: 128M
php_value memory_limit 256M
php_flag register_globals Off
#Default at my host: 16K
#php_value realpath_cache_size 32K
php_value max_input_time 120

After upload and uncompression of package on webhotel

(package might be downloaded from http://drupal.org/project/installation%20profiles?page=1&filters=bs_project_sandbox%3A0&solrsort=ds_project_latest_release%20desc)

In version 6.x you need to write enable ./sites/default/settings.php by copying default.settings.php and do chmod to 777 and default folder to 755 (was 644 and 705).

Now do installation by executing http://myweb.xx/drupal-7.12/install.php

If something goes wrong visit http://drupal.org/Troubleshooting-FAQ and check the errorlog as mentioned above – heading Logfiles.

After Installing

You might get in a situation, where you can’t login. Append “/user/login” to your root-site to get a login form. E.g. http://myweb.xx/drupal-7.12/user/login

Restoring / Moving

http://drupal.org/node/780910

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Windows links

This post will contain some Windows 7 helpfull stuff

Windows Explorer commands

• shell:sendto //Open sendto folder. = C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
  http://gigaom.com/mobile/customize-the-windows-7-send-to-menu-option/

Dos batch script

• String manipulation: http://www.dostips.com/DtTipsStringManipulation.php
• TRIM:
  SET str=%str: =%
• Open Windows Explorer:
  %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe \\MyServer\MyShare
• Open Internet Explorer:
  start iexplore http://wordpress.org

Links

• Link to Administrative Tools : shortcut:%systemroot%\system32\control.exe /name Microsoft.AdministrativeTools

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