Solution #7: Know that you can either share screen or video when using Chrome.Solution #6: Use a compatible web browser to make Skype for Web calls.Solution #5: Verify that Skype has been granted Screen Recording access on macOS.Solution #4: Understand whether your device supports Screen-sharing.Solution #3: Check if Screen Sharing Button is grayed out.
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Using Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Press the Windows Function key to access the Start page.The solution for this kind of issue is described here: Using Windows Server 2012 This results in the issue that is described in the Summary section of this KB article. When this amount of functionality loss occurs the Lync Server 2013 Pool may lose its quorum state. In a single point of failure scenario there is the possibility that under 85% of the Lync Server 2013 Pool's Front-End server services will remain functional. The failure of any physical grouping of a set of hardware components, for example, servers that share a single point of failure such as electrical power, overheating, a network switch or data storage, can cause a single point of failure for the Lync Server 2013 Front-End server pool. Topologies and Components for Front End Servers, Instant Messaging, and Presence Single point of failure For detailed information on how many Lync Server 2013 Front-End servers are required to remain running during maintenance operations review the following Microsoft TechNet documentation: Bring one server down, apply the upgrade, then bring that server back up before upgrading another server.įor a Front-End pool to be functional, a certain number of Front-End servers in the pool have to be up and running.
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Updating the Front-End servers in the Lync Server 2013 Enterprise Edition poolįor upgrades of Front-End servers, we recommend that you upgrade one server at a time. Listed here are some steps that can be taken in both scenarios that can prevent this kind of issue: ResolutionĪs mentioned in the Summary section this kind of issue can occur when you update the Front-End servers in the Lync Server 2013 EE pool or when a single point of failure occurs. If multiple Front-Ends were recently decommissioned, run Reset-CsPoolRegistrarState -ResetType QuorumLossRecovery to enable the Pool to recover from Quorum Loss and make progress.Ĭomplete quorum loss will occur if a Lync Server 2013 Front-End server pool loses 50% or more of its Lync Server 2013 Front-End server services that are used to manage the pool's quorum. If this repeats for a long time, make sure that all the Front-Ends configured for this Pool are up and running. If the Pool is running and the Front-End is just started, this is usual for some time. If you continue to see this message many times, it indicates that insufficient number of Front-Ends are available in the Pool.ĭuring a cold-start of a large Pool it can take up to an hour for the placement process to finish as it has to populate all the Front-End databases with data from the Backup Store. This is normal during cold-start of a Pool and during server startup. Number of groups potentially not yet placed: The Lync Server 2013 Front-End servers will log the following Warning event in the Lync Server Event Log in Windows Event Viewer during the Lync Server 2013 service startup: Log Name: Lync Serverĭescription: Server startup is being delayed because fabric pool manager has not finished initial placement of users.Ĭurrently waiting for routing group. Then shut down the Back-End server to make the mirroring failover work correctly. Lync Server 2013 Front-End server services will not start when you have two Front-End servers and one Back-End server with mirroring. The Windows Server that hosts the Lync Server 2013 Front-End servers has had updates applied recently that required a system restart.Ĭomponents that make up the required Lync Server 2013 infrastructure fail and caused the shut down or restarting of Lync Server Front-End services. The Lync Server 2013 Front-End servers have had updates applied recently that required the stopping of services. The Lync Server 2013 pool hosts three or more Lync Server 2013 Front-End servers. This issue may occur under the following circumstances: