Alerts were returning multiple entries and were causing scripts to be run multiple times, resulting in timeouts. Eugene proposed to investigate and a hotfix was applied, solving the issue.
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Unified Communications Related Training & Support Archives
Unified Communications training and support-related archives from inside the ControlUp Community on Slack.
Implementing Multi-Tenancy for Managed Service Providers in ControlUp
A user asked who had successfully implemented multi-tenancy as a managed service provider in order to replace LogicMonitor. It was suggested to open bidirectional port 40706 between each tenant and the user's data center, and to set up certificate-based authentication. The user was advised to use 'MSP mode' and use the cert to see the parent organisation. Links to documentation were provided.
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Sivan’s “Did You Know”: The ControlUp Audit Log
This week is about the Audit Log, which can be enabled to go to a SysLog Server or Centralized Auditing. For more information, take a look at the ControlUp support articles at https://support.controlup.com/docs/audit-log and https://support.controlup.com/docs/centralized-audit-log.
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Restricting Access to Organization Creation in ControlUp DEX Instance
A user asked about preventing unauthorized creation of organizations in their DEX instance. They suggested a configuration option to only let full admins create new orgs. It was noted that creating a new organization requires a license and currently there is no way to block it. The user's request was added to the backlog to block organization creation to admins only.
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Sivan’s “Did You Know”: ControlUp Offers UC&C Integration and More
This week's feature is found in Physical End Points & Apps and requires a specific license. ControlUp also offers UC&C Integration to monitor Teams and Zoom calls. For more information, the article https://support.controlup.com/docs/ucc-getting-started can be used to get started.
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Why You Should Care About DEX (Digital Employee Experience)
In the post-COVID digital era, prioritizing the Digital Employee Experience (DEX) is essential. A robust DEX boosts remote collaboration, engagement, and innovation. As technology evolves, a seamless digital experience is key to business success.
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Tips for Setting Up Outlook Search with FSLogix in ControlUp
After an interesting webinar about ControlUp/FSLogix, an user asked if Office Containers in combination with Citrix UPM would be ok for setting up Outlook search with FSLogix. They were told to disable FSLogix RoamSearch for both Profile Container and Office Containers and make sure that Search Indexing are properly configured, as some EUC solutions modify these settings on installation. Additional advice was given to check Citrix policies. The user is setting up 3 tests environments to test the different solutions.
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Stress Testing Tool Recommendations for Generating High Usage in ControlUp
A user asked for recommendations on stress testing tools and generating high CPU/RAM/network usage. Suggestions offered included Notepad for increasing memory, CPUStress, LoadGen, SimLoads from eucscore, a PowerShell script for maxing out all but one of the CPU cores, and a Linux command to generate a single thread of stress. The G0-EUC team use LoadGen for their research and the post also provided a link to their testing methodology.
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Creating an Alert for Applications Crashing in ControlUp
@member asked for advice on creating an alert for applications crashing, but they weren't sure if they needed a certain event configured first or not. It was confirmed that they needed to configure the event before the agent can pick it up and the process was explained. https://cuacademy.controlup.com/ has more information on ControlUp alerts.
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No data for a device/user on UC&C Dashboard for Teams
The user had a question about not being able to view data for a device/user on the UC&C Dashboards for Teams. The dashboard takes data from 2 sources - the Teams API and an agent for real-time insights. Microsoft Graph API is the data for the Teams management dashboards and agent data is linked by participant/session ID. If the data is missing, delayed, or timestamped incorrectly, it's a Microsoft issue. Screenshots were provided for clarification.
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