Debugging Office Communicator 2007 automatic sign-in issues can be frustrating because of the different DNS records and their associated formats that are used to locate the home server or pool to attempt the sign-in. To simplify the debugging process, I wrote a small Windows tool that can be downloaded and run on the client.
The OCS Automatic Sign-In Troubleshooter programmatically performs DNS lookup’s for all the DNS records that the Office Communicator 2007 client uses to locate an OCS 2007 server, and displays the results. The tool performs the DNS queries as the client would (e.g. using the client DNS settings and cache), so that the results will reflect what Office Communicator will use. If people find the tool useful, I will add more functionality.
Additional Details & Download: http://www.insideocs.com/tools/MOCLogin.htm
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For more information about the Office Communicator Automatic Sign-in process and how to troubleshoot it, see:
- DNS Records and Office Communicator Automatic Client Sign-In
- Automatic Office Communicator Sign-In (Part 1 – The Correct DNS Service Location (SRV) Record)
- Automatic Office Communicator Sign-In (Part 2 – ensuring the correct Subject Name on the Certificate)
- Automatic Office Communicator Sign-In (Part 3 – ensuring the client trusts the issuing Certificate Authority)
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thank you i have spend too much time to solve problem with srv record.
Your tool very helpfull!!
thank you!
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Its a nice tool, i have been using this frequently Thanks you.
Thanks for the encouragement – I am finding the tool really useful in lab environments – saves a lot of error prone typing.
I am looking at adding some functionality to this tool in the near future – feedback and suggestions are welcome!
Thanks for creating this! Will definitely be using this as it’s less subjective to typing errors.
This is a great debugging tool. Thanks for creating this and sharing it with everyone. I’ve added it to my collection of OCS goodies that I use for troubleshooting.
Thanks for the help in sorting why my automatic sign in did not work!
Great tool – thanks for making it available. I like the fact that it queries all possible records and shows which ones match. My issue was a DNS A record that was being picked up that I didn’t no existed.
Nice. This should be a heck of a lot easier to point clients at rather than trying to walk them though doing the NSLookup and being subjected to typos.
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