11th MVP Award Rewarded

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I am actually on vacation, but as I sit here under the summer sun, toes in the pool and a cold drink within reach, I have been waiting for that email confirming that I’ve been awarded my 11th Microsoft MVP Award! As last year, I am being awarded in both the Teams and Copilot category. To say I’m humbled would be an understatement. Being part of the global Microsoft MVP community for over a decade now has been an incredible journey, filled with learning, sharing, speaking, and connecting with passionate technologists from every corner of the world. What is the Microsoft MVP Award? The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award is given to technology experts who share their knowledge and real-world expertise with communities. With fewer than 4,000 MVPs worldwide, it’s an honor to be part of such a vibrant and dedicated group. MVPs contribute through speaking engagements, writing, open-source contributions, and helping others online and offline. You can learn more about the progra...

An update to the Lync 2013 Enterprise Backup script

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I have now updated the Backup script for Lync 2013 Enterprise to support a topology with a mirrored back-end server (SQL). The script is tested on systems with and without a mirror configuration.

Also, the script is updated to take backup of the persistent chat server. If none is deployed in your topology, either ignore the error message, or REM out that part of the script.

Thanks to Dino Caputo for alerting about the error in my script!!

The script can be found right here, and the other links are all updated.