Wednesday 28 August 2013

An error occured: "System.IO.InvalidDataException" "Multiple Active Directory entries were found for type "ms-RTC-SIP-TrustedService"

A strange issue happened recently with Lync 2013 LHPv2 (Lync Online – Lync Hosting Pack) – however it also appeared to affect Lync 2010 and Lync 2013 Standard and Enterprise editions also after going through all questions on the internet around it and no apparent resolution.

I was getting this error upon trying to publish the Topology as shown here:


If I tried to remove the Trusted Application from the Topology Builder and re-publish I still got:


And using Remove-CsTrustedApplication prior to removing the Trusted Service from the Topology gave me the same error too:



Browsing to a Domain Controller and going to Configuration Container | Services | RTC Service | Trusted Services, I could see multiple entries for the Trusted Application Server – backing up the error both from the shell and when trying to publish the Topology.




So to resolve the issue I needed to ensure just the one was present. This would allow me to fix the issue but alas doesn't tell me why the hell I had this issue in the first place – seemingly 2 weeks after the Trusted Application Server was published into the Topology - a Lync Watcher node in this case.


Being wary of removing the duplicate – and also worried the GUID may very well be linked back to the XDS database, I simply renamed one – allowing me to easily test, with a fail back by renaming it back to it's previous state.



So did this resolve the issue? I tried using Remove-CsTrustedApplication again:


And bingo it removed it.

Now I want to clean up the Topology Builder by removing the Trusted Application from the Topology and re-publishing. I simply don't trust what is there. So I want to get back to a verified Topology state and then I can add the Trusted Application back at a later date.

So I remove the Trusted application, publish the Topology and..

Bingo. It fixed the issue.



However we still have the issue of the renamed object in AD under Configuration Container | Services | RTC Service | Trusted Services

Lets get back there, confirm the remaining object that was not renamed is removed, and then let's remove the renamed duplicate.

I refreshed the view and confirmed the un-altered object was indeed deleted. I then simply deleted the renamed duplicate:



In all instances when dealing with this issue, make sure you have backups of your Lync Topology and back up Active Directory prior to making these kind of hard deletes.

I hope this helps all people with this issue and there's finally a how-to now on the Internet for it.

Take care people,

Oliver Moazzezi - MVP Exchange Server


Lync 2013 LHPv2 supported features

I thought this would be a useful comparison to compare Lync 2013 LHPv2 supported features compared to its predecessor Lync 2010 LHPv1.
The biggest win from a customer standpoint is Lync IP Phones and true VOIP mobility with the Lync 2013 Mobility Apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

 
Feature Lync Server 2013 Hosting Pack
Presence
1 to 1 and multi-party IM/Presence Yes
Contacts list Yes
Address Book Service Web Query service Yes
Distribution List Expansion protocol (DLX) Yes
Instant Messaging (IM)
Point-to-point IM Yes
Multiparty/Group IM Yes
Persistent Chat No
PC to PC audio/video dial out calling Yes
File transfer Yes
Mobile VoIP to PC audio Yes
Click to communicate from Office apps Yes
Interactive contact card in Office 2010 and Office 2013 Yes
Lync skill search in SharePoint Server (on-premises) Yes
Lync skill search in SharePoint Online No
Privacy mode No
Client Support
Lync Client 2010 and Lync Client 2013 Yes
Web app for joining scheduled meetings Yes
Rich attendee client (joining meetings) Yes
Mac attendee client Yes
CWA (2007 R2) No
OC 2007 R2 No
Lync phone edition (Lync-based IP phones) No
Support expected in a future release
Lync Attendant client (receptionist rich client) Yes
Lync Server 2010 version
Communicator Mobile (Windows Phone 6.x) No
Lync Mobile Yes
Lync desktop client Yes
Mac Messenger Yes
Attendee (meeting only) Yes
Lync Mobile clients Yes
(for Android, Windows Phone, iPhone) (If provisioned)
Conferencing and Online Meetings
Meeting attendee capacity 250
Point-to-point audio/video Yes
Video conferencing over IP Yes
Audio conferencing over IP only Yes
Meeting recording Yes
Registration No
Public Events page No
Customer branding No
Customer invitations No
Managed Q&A No
Virtual breakout rooms No
Easy Assist No
Desktop sharing Yes
Application sharing Yes
White boarding and annotation Yes
Office document upload No
PowerPoint upload Yes
Polling Yes
Unauthenticated in Web App (reach) Yes
Unauthenticated attendee (rich client) Yes
Scheduled conferences using Outlook plugin Yes
Round table support Yes
Lobby Yes
Integration with select partners for PSTN audio conferencing (ACP) Yes
Provisioning for approved ACP partners for Office 365 customers No
Scheduling an online meeting in OWA Yes
Client side recording and playback Yes
Cloud side recording and playback No
Authenticated experience in Web app (reach) No
Generate a link to a scheduled meeting via web page Yes
PSTN audio conferencing in MCUs Yes
via audio conferencing provider
1:1 Chat Yes
Backstage/Content Preview for Presenters Yes
Mute / Unmute all attendees Yes
Mute / Unmute individual attendees Yes
In-meeting Attendee Permission Controls Yes
Interoperability with on-premises video conferencing systems Yes
via 3rd party
Multimedia, JPEG, Text Page, Web Page, Yes
Screen snapshot (Desktop Annotation)
PSTN dial-out from scheduled meetings Yes
via audio conferencing provider
Ad-hoc audio dial-out conferencing Yes
VoIP via SIP Trunk
“Meet now” audio dial-out conferencing Yes
via audio conferencing provider
Scheduled audio dial-out conferencing Yes
via audio conferencing provider
Sharing
Point-to-point/multiparty data conference (white boarding) Yes
Point-to-point/multiparty file share Yes
Point-to-point/multiparty desktop and application sharing Yes
Point-to-point/multiparty Microsoft PowerPoint® slide sharing Yes
Polling Yes
Integration
Microsoft Outlook integration for IM, presence, calendar Yes
(with users on the same hosting partner)
Microsoft SharePoint® integration for IM, presence Yes
(with users on the same hosting partner)
Public IM Connectivity and Federation
Inter-tenant federation Yes
Federation with Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) No
IM/P/A/V Federation with Office Communications Server, Yes
Lync Server, Lync Online
IM/P/A/V with Windows Live Messenger / Skype Yes
IM/P and voice with Skype Yes
Public IM connectivity and presence No
AOL®, Yahoo!®, Windows Live
IBM Sametime federation No
Calling features
Public switched telephone network (PSTN) calling via Lync Yes
incoming and outgoing
Ad-hoc PSTN dial-out for meetings No
Call controls Yes
hold, transfer, forward, simultaneous ring
Voice policies Yes
Access to Exchange Online voice mail No
Team call Yes
Delegation (boss-admin) for Voice No
Call park No
Outgoing DID manipulation No
E-911 No
Dial plans & Policies No
IP desk phone support Yes
Resilient Branch Office Appliance No
Call Admissions Control (CAC) No
Support for Analog devices (e.g. FAX) No
Response groups Yes
via 3rd party
Private Line (secondary DID for execs) No
Direct connectivity with PBX via gateways Yes
Direct SIP for audio with on-premises IP-PBXs Yes
Direct SIP for signaling (presence updates) with on-premises IP-PBX Yes
RCC (click-to-call) with on-premises PBX No
Malicious call trace No
Unassigned Number No
Network QoS – DSCP No
Media path optimization No
Phone number management No
CDR & billing reporting Yes
Integration with call center solutions (Aspect) Yes
Team call YES
Delegation Yes
Private line (secondary Direct Inward Dialing (DID)) No
Call park No
Outgoing DID manipulation No
Voice features
Private dial plans No
Hosted Exchange Unified Messaging (UM) for voice mail Yes
ACP Integration with select carriers Yes
'Voice integration with select carriers Yes
Security and Archiving
IM & media encryption Yes
IM filtering Yes
Anti-malware scanning for meeting content and file transfers Yes
IM archiving (server side) Yes
SharePoint and Exchange Co-existence
Presence Integration with Exchange/SP on-premises Yes
Presence integration with Exchange/SP online Yes
On-premise UM integration with Exchange Online No
UM integration with Exchange on-premises Yes
Hybrid with Lync Online
Server/cloud co-existence (split domain) on user basis (some users on-premises, some users online) No
Splitting workloads (eg. Voice on-premises, IM&P in the cloud) No
Administration and Manageability
Windows PowerShell support Yes
Lync Server Control Panel UI No
Feature Configurability Per User Yes
Attendee/User Reporting No
Reporting (CDR, QoE) Yes
Support for 3rd party applications
Client automation APIs (client side) Yes
Server side APIs Yes
Support
Tenant User support No
IT Support Yes



 Take care,


Oliver Moazzezi - MVP Exchange Server