Skip to content
The UC Architects Podcast podcast artwork

PODCAST · technology

The UC Architects Podcast

by The UC Architects

A biweekly podcast with popular hosts discussing Unified Communications solutions centered around Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Lync and Skype for Business Server, and Office 365. Look for our podcast in the iTunes and Zune stores.

Publisher-supplied feed metadata · PodParley refreshed Apr 12, 2026 · Source feed

Episodes

  1. Episode 64: And Now, The End Is Near...

    Hosts: Pat Richard, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, and Tom Arbuthnot. Topics in this episode include: In our final episode, we look back at 5 years of The UC Architects podcast episodes. What made it fun, the friendships, the guests, the topics, and how social media has changed how info gets…

    more
  2. Episode 63: Two Go Off On a Tangent

    Hosts: Steve Goodman and John Cook. Topics in this episode include: News Events None Exchange Exchange 2007 was end of life on April 11th Office 365 Microsoft Teams is GA Microsoft Teams Bandwidth Calculator Microsoft Advanced Threat Protection gets more new features Google Suite vs Office 365 -...

  3. Episode 62: Hue Have Got To Be Kidding

    Hosts: Pat Richard, John Cook, and Tom Arbuthnot. Topics in this episode include: News Events None Exchange Introducing Outlook's new and improved calendar on iOS and Android Microsoft isn't killing the Sunrise calendar app just yet Active Directory Forest Functional Levels for Exchange Server…

    more
  4. Episode 61: Making UC Great Again

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Ståle Hansen, and Tom Arbuthnot. Topics in this episode include: News Events Microsoft Teams released to preview Office 365 Office 365 and Azure now available from U.K. datacenters Lync/Skype for Business SfB Response Group and Exchange UM holidays - multi-add, multi-assign,...

  5. Episode 60: Open Sourced and Optimized

    Hosts: Pat Richard, John Cook, and Tom Arbuthnot. Guests: Ken Lasko Topics in this episode include: News Events PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux Exchange Outlook for iOS and Android Is Dumping AWS and Heading for an All-Microsoft Infrastructure in Q3 Microsoft Partnership -...

  6. Episode 59: Getting Experience

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, and Dave Stork Guests: Gareth Gudger Topics in this episode include: News Events Discussion with Gareth about the kind of issues he’s seeing in the field at the moment and get his perspective on some of the Exchange and O365 related news Exchange Help us test Exchange...

  7. Episode 58: Hold the MS Press!

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, John Cook, and Tom Arbuthnot. Topics in this episode include: News Events Microsoft Press Lets Editorial Staff Go Microsoft acquires LinkedIn Exchange Using the Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard (Six part series) Microsoft Launches New Office 365 Network...

  8. Episode 57: Loads of Money

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, and Tom Arbuthnot. Topics in this episode include: News Events Mitel Networks (MITL) to Acquire Polycom (PLCM) in ~$1.96B Deal Lync 2010 transitioning from mainstream to extended support Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition Released Cloud Connector Edition...

  9. Episode 56: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

    Hosts: Pat Richard, John Cook, and Tom Arbuthnot. Topics in this episode include: News Events Cloud PBX / E5 Dec Launch Exchange Exchange Unified Messaging Voicemails not being received in mailbox VMWare vSphere Exchange 2016 Best Practices Guide Office 365 None in this episode Lync/Skype for...

  10. Episode 55: Live from Modern Workplace Summit and Skype Days in Oslo

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Ståle Hansen, and Tom Arbuthnot. Topics in this episode include: News Events None Exchange Introducing the Microsoft Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard Office 365 None Lync/Skype for Business Set up Skype for Business Online for Skype Meeting Broadcast Questions and...

  11. Episode 54: Talking Exchange 2016, Skype Online Preview and More...

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Michel de Rooij. Topics in this episode include: News Events None Exchange Announcing Exchange Server 2016 Preview! Office 365 News from WPC - Invested in Partner Growth Announcing Preview of New Skype for Business Services in Office 365…

    more
  12. Episode 53: Live from Microsoft Ignite 2015

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Dave Stork, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, Tim Harrington, and Tom Arbuthnot. Guests: Jamie Stark (Microsoft) Topics in this episode include: News Events Skype for Business server bits released Microsoft Ignite 2015 Overview and Critique Questions from the audience Exchange My...

  13. Episode 52: Just Reboot It

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Dave Stork, and Tim Harrington. Topics in this episode include: News Topics Skype for Business client released Exchange: Exchange 2013 Performance Health Check Script Upgrade to Office Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT) version 2 Apple releases iOS 8.3 which fixes additional...

  14. Episode 51: One Million Drag and Drops

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Dave Stork, and John Cook. Topics in this episode include: Exchange: Exchange 2013 CU8 Exchange 2010 SP3 CU9 Exchange ActiveSync onboarding to Office 365 Exchange 2013 Hybrid Config Wizard Office 365: Office 2013 modern auth public preview Staying informed of changes Office...

  15. Episode 50: Cluttered Superhero

    Hosts: Pat Richard, John Cook, and Ståle Hansen. Topics in this episode include: Exchange: Network ports for clients and mail flow in Exchange 2013 iOS 8.2 has been released Using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard in Exchange Server 2013 (Part 2) How and when to decommission Exchange Hybrid The...

  16. Episode 49: Twice as Good

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Dave Stork, John Cook, and Michel de Rooij. PIN lock and other updates to Outlook for iOS and Android, Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2010 Coexistence with Kerberos Authentication,Training Course: High Availability for Exchange Server 2013,Broken IMAP on Exchange…

    more
  17. Episode 48: Don't Squeeze So Hard!

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, Justin Morris, and Tom Arbuthnot. Exam 70-342 reference, Office 365 Groups, Updating Domain Functional Level,Single click mailbox conversion, Exchange 2013 public folders, multiple vdirs in Exchange, Azure features coming, What's new in Office 365,...

  18. Episode 47: A New Outlook on Life

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, John Cook and Ståle Hansen. Outlook for iOS and Android, Microsoft Ignite session catalog available, Get the inside scoop on Exchange at Microsoft Ignite, Blocking Outlook App for iOS and Android, Planning and Migrating a Small Organization from Exchange 2003 to Exchange…

    more
  19. Episode 46: Group all of your Clutter together

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Steve Goodman, Dave Stork, John Cook, Michel de Rooij, and Tom Arbuthnot. Exchange Cumulative Updates and Update Rollups, Outlook updates, Using DSC pull server to deploy, New ebook by our own Paul Cunningham, Michael Van Horenbeeck and Steve Goodman, Office Groups, Clutter,...

  20. Episode 45: Live from TechEd Europe

    Hosts: Steve Goodman and Ståle Hansen. In this episode, our hosts discuss Microsoft TechEd Europe 2014, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at TheUCArchitects.com. For additional show notes, visit the summary page for this episode. Running time: 00:19:15

  21. Episode 44: Norwegian Lync Day

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Steve Goodman, Ståle Hansen, and Tom Arbuthnot. Special Guests:Johan Delimon. Tommy Clarke, Lasse Nordvik Wedø, Adam Gent and Martin Lidholm Configuring QoS for Lync IP phones, New version of Lync SDN, Call Concurrency Calculator, Never be late for a meeting again, MS14-055…

    more
  22. Episode 43: Can you hear me now?

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, Andrew Price, and Serkan Varoglu. Mailbox moves and excluded from provisioning, Protecting against rogue administrators, combining O365 tenants, hybrid EAC, in-place hold issues, OWA and EAC in Chrome, unexpected failover in...

  23. Episode 42: We're Getting Probed

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, John Cook, and Tom Arbuthnot. PelNet 2.0, Managed availability probes, Skype PowerShell script, LPE firmware, Desktop sharing guide, Lync Common Area Phone script, Lync SDN for dummies, Lync anonymous Response Group limitations, Practical use of CQM, Event…

    more
  24. Episode 41: The Missing Van Hybrid

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Ståle Hansen, and Tom Arbuthnot. Microsoft court orders, Unified Technology Event, Exchange log level script, lingering entries for Exchange, Outlook 2013 and MAPI over HTTP, Exchange hybrid config wizard, Microsoft offering free migration services, signatures…

    more
  25. Episode 40: Too bad for Belgium

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Dave Stork, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, Andrew Price, and Michael van Horenbeeck. Special Guest:Tony Redmond Alternate ID, downtime, and roadmap for Office 365, Exchange antivirus, virtualizing Exchange, and Exchange on Azure, Windows and Mac updates for Lync,...

  26. Episode 39: Playing in the SAN box

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, Tom Arbuthnot, Dave Stork, and John Cook. Exchange 2013 CU5, 2010 CU6, Exchange storage, DLP with Exchange to OneDrive, LRS update, callback reminder, XenDesktop and Lync, Lync and SQL AlwaysOn, Azure AD sync, and more. Download or subscribe…

    more
  27. Episode 38: Don't go swimming in someone else's pool

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, Tom Arbuthnot, and John Cook. TechEd, Nexthop being retired, Connections, MEC, LyncConf, LPE updates, Lync Wireshark plugin, .local domains, Lync Insights, Lync mobile app updates, Lync IOS mobile app issues, LPE support extended, moving from...

  28. Episode 37: Don't MEC my Heartbleed

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, and Michael van Horenbeeck. MEC wrap up, Azure AD sync preview, IIS Log File cleanup, Heartbleed and HLBs, Exchange Online Protection enhancements, Digicert Heartbleed vulnerability scan and detection, Using Lync like a Lync pro,...

  29. Episode 36: Live at MEC 2014

    Hosts: Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Dave Stork, John Cook, Paul Cunningham, and Michael van Horenbeeck Special Guests: Greg Taylor and Brian Day of Microsoft, and MVP/MCM Jeff Guillet Favorite moments at MEC, Yammer, Exchange and Office social interaction features, OWA for Android, OneDrive…

    more
  30. Episode 35: Service Packed!

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Dave Stork, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, and Michael van Horenbeeck. MEC and UCA party, Exchange 2013 SP1, Public Folders, Windows 2012 R2 and DAGs, Cert Inspector, OWAS SP1, Azure, Exchange On-Premises to O365 routing, SAML 2.0, scripts, Lync...

  31. Episode 34: Live from Lync Conference 2014 with Jamie Stark and Lauren Husum

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Tom Arbuthnot, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, Justin Morris, and Tim Harrington. Special Guests: Jamie Stark and Lauren Husum of Microsoft. Lync Conference 2014 keynote, sessions, and announcements, expo floor, Microsoft picks a new CEO, virtualizing Lync, stress testing Lync, and...

  32. Episode 33: Managing, Migrating, and Moving

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Johan Veldhuis, Dave Stork, John Cook, and Michael van Horenbeeck. Lync Conference, MEC, RPC and MAPI, Exchange 2010 mailflow troubleshooting, iFilters, Exchange virtual directory cmdlets, cmdlet extension agents, migrating from Exchange 2007 to 2013, slow…

    more
  33. Episode 32: Special Guest Jamie Stark of Microsoft

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Serkan Varoglu, Tom Arbuthnot, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, Michael van Horenbeeck, Justin Morris, and Tim Harrington. Special Guest: Jamie Stark of Microsoft. Microsoft goes after those using the SharePoint name, UAG discontinued, Lync Conference (and how to get an invite to the...

  34. Episode 31: Steve to Aisle 3...

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, and Ståle Hansen. Exchange cumulative and update rollups, the future of Exchange, Profiles for Lync, Snom webinar, Network planning with Lync Server, E911 and Lync Windows Store App, OWAS fix for Win 8.1, Using Lync SDK and...

  35. Episode 30: What A Bunch of Tools!

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Dave Stork, John Cook, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Justin Morris. Microsoft CEO, lots of Lync and Exchange tools, PowerShell and HLBs/SBCs/SBAs, Ignite videos, client updates, Exchange 2013 CU3, Office 365 dirsync filtering, Azure dirsync, CAL requirements....

  36. Episode 29: Puppies Are Dying

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Serkan Varoglu, Tom Arbuthnot, Dave Stork, and John Cook, . Guests: Iain Smith Nokia, Lync 2013 Call Pickup Manager, Lync cert auth and passive auth support, "operator assistance" now avilable in Lync, Lync Deployment Checklist, System Center Advisor, new Lync Online reports,...

  37. Episode 28: DevConnections Live Episode

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Johan Veldhuis, and Michael van Horenbeeck. Guests: Tony Redmond, Greg Taylor (Microsoft) Jeff Mealiffe (Microsoft), and John Rodriguez (Microsoft) Recorded with a live audience at DevConnections 2013 in Las Vegas. Discussions include DevConnections vs. MEC, What Microsoft…

    more
  38. Episode 27: Special Edition - MCMCSMCAMCSEITPro - Alphabet Soup

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Tim Harrington. Guests: Andrew Higginbotham, Brian Reid, and Jeff Guillet. Microsoft kills off the MCM/MCSM and MCA programs. Download or subscribe to this show at...

  39. Episode 26: The Magic Mushroom Quadrant

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, Ståle Hansen, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Justin Morris. Exchange Deployment Assistant, NoReplyAll addin, DAGs and Azure, Exchange 2013 CU2 language packs, sefautil GUI, Lync conference IDs, Lync Phone Edition updates, Lync 2013...

  40. Episode 25: I CU2

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Johan Veldhuis, Tom Arbuthnot, Dave Stork, and John Cook New Exchange 2013 CU2 coming, IIS ARR for Exchange, OWA apps, Exchange Online namespace, IPv6, Jetstress 2013, DAG Dashboard, scripts, Lync 2010 CU9, Server 2012 support for Lync, H.264 video capability checker tool…

    more
  41. Episode 24: So many things...

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Justin Morris. EExchange migration gotchas, CU2, NDRs, Lync Hosting Pack, features chart, updates, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at TheUCArchitects.com. For additional show...

  42. Episode 23: The Sad Saps Who Didn't Make it To TechEd

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, and Tim Harrington. Special Guest Chris Cook TechEd, Exchange 2010 SP3 UR1, Mailbox calculator, Lync Network Guide, Lync certificate changes, Blackberry IM with Lync, Chris Cook's scripts, Updating LPE, John's MaxEndPoint issue, Lync database...

  43. Episode 22: A Game of Clouds

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis, Dave Stork, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, and Andrew Price. Exchange 2013 calculator, Exchange Virtual Conference, UCA mobile app, ADFS and Azure, Sizing Exchange 2013, Paul's Test-ExchangeServerHealth script, Removing messages by...

  44. Episode 21: Snow Before Sunshine

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis, Mahmoud Magdy, and Dave Stork. Exchange storage design, Exchange 2013 implementation, the mysterious Exchange App, Script converting mail-user to mailbox-user, Evoko Room Manager, Lync and Yahoo federation, Lync Mac 2011 update, Lync Conference...

  45. Episode 20: Two In A Row

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, Paul Cunningham, Andrew Price, Michael van Horenbeeck, and Justin Morris. UC news, Exchange 2013 CU1, Lync Updates, Outlook Web App, Problems in UC, Scripts, Pat's Set-CsLync2013Prerequisites script, events, and more. Download or...

  46. Episode 19: The Elusive One

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Johan Veldhuis, Tom Arbuthnot, Paul Cunningham, Ståle Hansen, and Michael van Horenbeeck. UC news, Enterprise Connect, WebRTC, Exchange 2013 CU1, Lync 2013 RASK, Ståle's script calling numbers, Lync Android client, Skype 6.3 and Lync Federation, Dr. Rez blog site being…

    more
  47. Episode 18: Get Us Drunk, and We're Yours!

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, John Cook, Ståle Hansen, Justin Morris, and Tim Harrington. UC news, Lync Conference, WindowsITPro article, Lync releases, scripts, Office 365 GA, Ignite training, MEC, JetStress 2013, Exchange Deployment Assistant, PST Capture Tool, and…

    more
  48. Episode 17: The Cursed iOS DAG

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Johan Veldhuis, Tom Arbuthnot, John Cook, and Ståle Hansen. UC news, Lync supportability on Win 8 and 2012, Lync Mac update and hotfixes, WiFi whitepaper, device updates, Lync Conference, Lync Analyzer, Prereq scripts, Surface Pro, MCSM beta rotation, Exchange...

  49. Episode 16: Dave the Ghost

    Hosts: Steve Goodman, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Tom Arbuthnot, and Mahmoud Magdy. UC news, Exchange 2013 - is it ready, Lync Conference sold out!, Exchange 2013 exams, Mobile devices, EWS, Exchange scripts, Exchange backup alerts, Lync voicemail escape, Lync webinars, and more. Download or...

  50. Episode 15: What Day Is It?

    Hosts: Pat Richard, Michel de Rooij, Serkan Varoglu, Johan Veldhuis, John Cook, and Michael van Horenbeeck. UC news, Office 365 recipient limit, Remote Connectivity Analyzer, Lync Phone Edition updates, Exchange 2013 gotcha's, ActiveSync and Gmail, Fast user switching and Lync voice calls, MCM...

Type above to search every episode's transcript for a word or phrase. Matches are scoped to this podcast.

Searching…

We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.

No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.

Showing of matches

No topics indexed yet for this podcast.

Loading reviews...

ABOUT THIS SHOW

A biweekly podcast with popular hosts discussing Unified Communications solutions centered around Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Lync and Skype for Business Server, and Office 365. Look for our podcast in the iTunes and Zune stores.

HOSTED BY

The UC Architects

Produced by Pat Richard

CATEGORIES

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does The UC Architects Podcast have?

The UC Architects Podcast currently has 65 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is The UC Architects Podcast about?

A biweekly podcast with popular hosts discussing Unified Communications solutions centered around Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Lync and Skype for Business Server, and Office 365. Look for our podcast in the iTunes and Zune stores.

How often does The UC Architects Podcast release new episodes?

The UC Architects Podcast has 65 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

Where can I listen to The UC Architects Podcast?

You can listen to The UC Architects Podcast on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.

Who hosts The UC Architects Podcast?

The UC Architects Podcast is created and hosted by The UC Architects.
URL copied to clipboard!