Don't apologize - we have Lync 2010 in house, and are using it for IM and videoconferencing between our offices.
But I don't recall it being a full-blown substitute for a phone system like ShoreTel, MiTel, etc. Oh, how I wish it were... Kurt On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]> wrote: >> Any remedies for this kind of stupidity that you can recommend? > > Lync? > > Sorry ... couldn't resist. > > Thanks, > Brian Desmond > [email protected] > > w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 6:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] A little afield of the normal topic - ShoreTel > installation > > Any remedies for this kind of stupidity that you can recommend? > > Other than hunting down and hurting the devs? > > Kurt > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: >> I see mostly the same stupid requirements for most healthcare and finance >> related software. IOW, their devs are either too stupid or too lazy to >> build proper Windows apps. But that is just my rant from working so long in >> the TS/RDS/XenApp world. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> Webster >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff >>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 6:01 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [NTSysADM] A little afield of the normal topic - ShoreTel >>> installation >>> >>> All, >>> >>> We are using ShoreTel for our phone solution. Works well. >>> >>> I have just recently upgraded from 10.2 to 11.2 to 12.3, after I >>> moved it to a new VLAN - that was a bit of a late night... >>> >>> However, it's running on an ancient SuperMicro server, on Server 2003 R2. >>> >>> It's time to move it to a new Dell machine, running 2008 R2, and to >>> get to the current version of 13.2. >>> >>> I've looked at the prerequisites for installing 12.3, and am appalled >>> at what they suggest, and was hoping for a bit of feedback from >>> anyone here regarding this. >>> >>> Here's what they want me to do: >>> >>> o- Turn off the firewall - disable all of the profiles (Domain, >>> Public and Private), then turn off and disable the service. >>> o- Turn off the Base Filtering Engine (disable the service) >>> o- Set DEP for essential Windows programs and services only >>> o- Turn off UAC >>> o- Do not apply patches released past a certain date, stating >>> "When releasing a new build, ShoreTel publishes build notes >>> listing the Microsoft >>> patches that are certified against the build. ShoreTel >>> also highlights software >>> changes required by the Microsoft patches. Note that no >>> additional Microsoft >>> updates should be applied to your ShoreWare server between >>> ShoreTel builds. If >>> you install Microsoft updates between ShoreTel builds, they >>> may have an adverse >>> effect on your telephone system. >>> Disable Microsoft updates until you review the detailed >>> certification provided with >>> each release." >>> >>> >>> If you are running ShoreTel, have you run into this, and how do you >>> protect your ShoreTel environment, other than firewalling the subnet that >>> it's on? >>> >>> To me, this seems like egregiously broken software, requiring me to >>> reduce the security of the server to near zero. >>> >>> Thoughts appreciated. >>> >>> Kurt >>> >>> >> > > >
