Tom Talks Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 news and opinions

Microsoft On-Premise Diagnostics (OPD) tool for Skype for Business Server

Microsoft has announced a new On-Premise Diagnostics (OPD) tool for Skype for Business Server.

OPD is a PowerShell based collection of diagnostic scenarios, analyzers, rules and insights for diagnosing common issues in Skype for Business 2015 and 2019 on-premises and hybrid environments.

Once installed you run it in PowerShell and are prompted to pick a technical area.

image

Scenario

Types of tests

Contact List

User contact list is not available

Federation

Federation is not working (On-Premises deployment)

Federation is not working (Hybrid deployment)

Hybrid

IM and Presence problems between on-premise and online users

Services

Skype for Business Server Frontend service is not starting

Then you are presented with a list of diagnostic scenarios. E.g. this is for the Federation area

image

Then you run a scenario

image

This tool comes from a great team and I know they are keen for you to test it and provide your feedback, you can email them directly at sfbsupport@microsoft.com . The email address is still being setup at time of writing, you can also feedback by commenting on the original blog from Corbin Meek here

Documentation:

About the author

Tom Arbuthnot

A Microsoft MVP and Microsoft Certified Master, Tom Arbuthnot is Founder and Principal at Empowering.Cloud as well as a Solutions Director at Pure IP.

Tom stays up to date with industry developments and shares news and his opinions on his Tomtalks.blog, UC Today Microsoft Teams Podcast and email list. He is a regular speaker at events around the world.

1 comment

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Tom Talks Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 news and opinions