Microsoft released updates to Lync Phone Edition devices yesterday, including updates for devices like the popular Polycom CX600 and CX3000 that we use around the office.

An item worth mentioning is an update that enables non-EV or non-UC users to sign-in to Lync Phone Edition devices, and still use them for PC-to-PC calls, detailed here.

Here’s the download (for CX series devices): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2988181. If you have other devices like Aastra or HP, there are other downloads out there.

Useful little utility if you’re probing network ports to find out where you’re plugged in. This reads Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) or Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets coming in the interface you pick, and displays it all. Sure beats filtering Wireshark packets!

http://chall32.blogspot.com/2013/03/ldwin-link-discovery-for-windows.html