Help you find users without looking in empty groups. If there is a user in a Group then it will be highlighted in Green text with Yellow background to It now will be automatically filled with all the available groups from the Orbit ranges assigned in the system. So I have retained and improved the direct SQL discovery method from version 1.0 for both Lync 2013 and Skype for Business.Ĭhanged the way the Groups list box works. Unfortunately the Skype for Business Powershell commands have proved to be too slow for the discovery of all users Call Pickup Settings (because 'Get-CsUser | Get-CsGroupPickupUserOrbit' has to iterate through all users taking about 2 seconds per user and
This means you don't have to worry about any SEFAUTIL configuration anymore in When using Skype for Business the new Call Pickup Group Powershell commands (Available in Skype for Business CU1+) for user settings are detected and used instead of SEFAUTIL. The Group list box label now displays the group name being listed up so the user understands better what group the user list is associated with. Put a dividing line between the Orbit creation section and the Group configuration section to try and indicate a divide between the two areas. Now checks the Skype for Business RESKIT location. \Lync2013CallPickupManager.1.05 'D:\folder\SEFAUTIL.exe') You can now specify an alternate location of SEFAUTIL.exe in the command line.
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Up and Down keys in Orbit listbox now update orbit details properly. Now checks that Group number matches a range that exists in one of the Call Pickup Orbits before allowing it to be added to the group list. When the tool loads it will display in the Powershell window the SIP Address and Display Name of all common area devices so you can match the (GUID looking) SIP address in the tool to the display name of the device.Īdded Filter on Lync users listbox to cater for deployments that have lots of users. User listboxes are now slightly wider to deal with the long SIP addresses of Common Area Phones. against the SIP URI of the Common Area Device,Įg: sip: As of this version Common Area Phones will be included in the user list, and you can add and remove them from Call Pickup Groups. Some people reported errors being displayed by the tool when they had manually set (with SEFAUTIL) Group Call Pickup against Common Area Phones (ie. This version has been updated to handle Common Area Phones. Added the undocumented '/verbose' flag to the SEFAUtil calls to help with debugging SEFAUtil issues.If SEFAUTIL gives no response (due to an unknown error in SEFAUTIL) the tool will display an error to the user.Īdded the Import-Module Lync command in case you run the script from regular Powershell or use the Right Click Run using Powershell method to start the script.
Pre-Req check will now look under the default reskit location on all available drives (not just C:) Note: There are special configuration items required in order for the SQL discovery method to work and in the case of Lync 2013 you need to configure SEFAUtil.
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Skype for Business (CU1+): Requires SQL Dynamic Ports opened in Windows Firewall on all Front End servers.
Lync 2013: Requires SEFAUtil installed on the system and SQL Dynamic Ports opened in Windows Firewall on all Front End servers. Use the Filter button to reduce the user list to quickly find the user you want to add. Use the 'Find Selected User' button to find which group a user is assigned in. Multi-selectable user list boxes for adding or removing multiple users at once. You can look up groups and see which users are in them rather than looking up each user individually to find their group assignment. This makes configurationĭiscovery much faster than SEFAUtil or Powershell can offer in Lync 2013 or Skype for Business.Įasily Add, Edit or Delete Call Pickup Orbits. This avoids having to poll every user individually using SEFAUtil or Powershell to find their settings. View all call pickup group configuration (Orbits, Groups and Users) in one simple interface.Ĭall Pickup Group Manager discovers call pickup configuration information directly from the Lync / Skype for Business database. Works with both Lync 2013 using SEFAUtil or with Skype for Business CU1+ using Powershell commands. The Call Pickup Manager Tool offers a Powershell based GUI for configuring and managing Call Pickup Groups within Lync 2013 and Skype for Business.įeatures of Lync 2013 / Skype for Business Call Pickup Manager: Lync 2013 / Skype for Business Call Pickup Group Manager