Ok, first real post….

And yes this probably has a been covered by someone smarter and sexier than I but you have to start somewhere…..

Installed a Lync 2013 Standard Edition server on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server (my first, in the hope chest you go :)) and though I had a couple of odd issues while bootstrapping (SQL Express), it generally went well. Until-I-Started-The-Services. Everything started ok but I noticed a couple of odd event log messages:

LS MCU Infrastructure 61029

The process RtcHost(7612) received an invalid client certificate.

Certificate SN: CN=LYNC2013-STD02.fu.mydomainissecret.com, OU=IT, O=bla, L=town, S=IL, C=US

Certificate issuer name: CN=BLA, DC=BLA, DC=BLA, DC=BLA, DC=BLA.

Certificate error: 2148204816.

Followed by Incessant LS MCU Infrastructure  61035 errors

Log Name: Lync Server Source: LS MCU Infrastructure Date: 12/3/2013 2:59:21 AM Event ID: 61035 Task Category: (1022) Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: LYNC2013-STD02.fu.mydomainissecret.com Description: This process was not able to update its health status The Web Conferencing Server failed to send health notifications to the MCU factory at https://LYNC2013-STD02.fu.mydomainissecret.com:444/liveserver/mcufactory/. Failure occurrences: 2044, since 12/2/2013 6:28:17 PM. Cause: Either the Front End service is not running, or poor network connectivity. Resolution: Verify that the Front End Service is available, and its machine is visible over the network. Event Xml: <Event xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event”&gt; <System> <Provider Name=”LS MCU Infrastructure” /> <EventID Qualifiers=”50174″>61035</EventID> <Level>2</Level> <Task>1022</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime=”2013-12-03T08:59:21.000000000Z” /> <EventRecordID>828</EventRecordID> <Channel>Lync Server</Channel> <Computer>LYNC2013-STD02.fu.mydomainissecret.com</Computer> <Security /> </System> <EventData> <Data>https://lync2013-std02.fu.mysecretdomain.com:444/liveserver/mcufactory/</Data&gt; <Data>2044</Data> <Data>12/2/2013 6:28:17 PM</Data> </EventData> </Event>

Flabbergasted and out of ideas I turned to BING, yes thats right, BING. Google is the devil. Anyways I came across a couple posts but ultimately this resolved my issue…

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2901554/en-us

  1. Click Start, type regedit in the Start search box, and then click regedit.exe in the results list.
  2. Locate the following registry subkey: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\Schannel
  3. Right-click Schannel, and then click New DWORD (32-bit) value.
  4. Type EnableSessionTicket, then press Enter.
  5. Right-click EnableSessionTicket, and then click Modify.
  6. Change the existing value to 2, and then press Enter.
  7. Exit Registry editor.
  8. Open the Lync Server Management Shell.
  9. Run the following Lync Server PowerShell commands in the given order:
  10. Stop-CsWindowsService
  11. Start-CsWindowsService

Poof, BOOM! On the arm, the error went away and all is well. Hope this is useful in some way. If it is, send a SASE with 1 billion dollars to:

I kid, I kid.