{"id":4325,"date":"2018-06-21T06:36:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T12:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/?p=4325"},"modified":"2018-06-21T06:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T12:36:39","slug":"skype-for-business-2015-premise-addendum-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/skype-for-business-2015-premise-addendum-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Business 2015 (premise) Addendum MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"246\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4335\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ConfusedPerson.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ever try to figure out a Skype alert, for which server in the pool(s) is failing?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While maybe not\u00a0the clearest to find root cause, the Skype pack brings a bunch of functionality, including synthetic transactions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was lucky enough to collaborate with Nick Wood, Skype PFE, to help provide more detail, troubleshooting, impact on what is critical versus warning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What the addendum pack brings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you think 656 monitors can all be critical?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sets up\u00a0service restart recovery tasks for all Skype services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Company Knowledge tab for troubleshooting\/user impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Gallery <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gallery.technet.microsoft.com\/SCOM-Skype-for-Business-4198d9bc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a visual of our Skype efforts for integrating troubleshooting details into SCOM console.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">NOTE:\u00a0 Company Knowledge tab would be accessible from\u00a0the alert as well<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Company Knowledge<\/u><\/p>\n<p>SCOM Console, Authoring tab, Dispatcher Queue monitor<\/p>\n<p>Highlight monitor, right click, choose properties<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1113\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4365\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SkypeMonitor.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on \u2018Company Knowledge\u2019 tab<\/p>\n<p>Incorporated the XLS into SCOM under Company Knowledge for additional information on user impact, causes, and troubleshooting (under resolutions)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"732\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4345\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SkypeCompanyKnowledge.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"728\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4355\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SkypeCompanyKnowledge-Contd.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever try to figure out a Skype alert, for which server in the pool(s) is failing? &nbsp; While maybe not\u00a0the clearest to find root cause, the Skype pack brings a bunch of functionality, including synthetic transactions. &nbsp; I was lucky enough to collaborate with Nick Wood, Skype PFE, to help provide more detail, troubleshooting, impact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinjustin.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/skype-for-business-2015-premise-addendum-mp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skype for Business 2015 (premise) Addendum MP&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,1],"tags":[25,101,125,223,243,325,342,381,397,400,463],"class_list":["post-4325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-mp-management-pack","category-uncategorized","tag-addendum","tag-company-knowledge","tag-detailed-troubleshooting","tag-management-pack","tag-mp","tag-recovery-tasks","tag-scom","tag-service-recovery-tasks","tag-skype","tag-skype-for-business-2015","tag-unsealed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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