Topic Last Modified: 2013-03-25

Tests the ability of a pair of users to take part in an audio/video (A/V) conference. This cmdlet was introduced in Lync Server 2010.

Syntax

Test-CsAVConference -ReceiverCredential <PSCredential> -ReceiverSipAddress <String> -SenderCredential <PSCredential> -SenderSipAddress <String> [-Authentication <TrustedServer | Negotiate | ClientCertificate | LiveID>] [-RegistrarPort <Int32>] [-TargetFqdn <String>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>
Test-CsAVConference -TargetFqdn <String> [-Authentication <TrustedServer | Negotiate | ClientCertificate | LiveID>] [-ReceiverSipAddress <String>] [-RegistrarPort <Int32>] [-SenderSipAddress <String>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>
Test-CsAVConference [-Authentication <TrustedServer | Negotiate | ClientCertificate | LiveID>] <COMMON PARAMETERS>
COMMON PARAMETERS: [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-OutLoggerVariable <String>] [-OutVerboseVariable <String>] [-TestJoinLauncher <SwitchParameter>]

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Example 1 checks to see if a pair of preconfigured test users can log on to the pool atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com and then participate in an A/V conference. This command will work only if test users have been defined for the pool atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com. If they have, then the command will determine whether the two users can log on to the system. If so, the first test user will create an A/V conference and invite the second user to join; the cmdlet will then verify whether or not the two test users were able to make a successful connection.

If test users have not been defined, then the command will fail because it will not know which users to employ when doing the test. If you have not defined test users for a pool then you must include the SenderSipAddress and ReceiverSipAddress parameters as well as the corresponding credentials for the users involved in the instant messaging exchange. The Test-CsAVConference cmdlet will then conduct its checks using the two specified users.

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Test-CsAVConference -TargetFqdn atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com

EXAMPLE 2

The commands shown in Example 2 test the ability of a pair of users (litwareinc\pilar and litwareinc\kenmyer) to log on to Lync Server and then participate in an A/V conference. To do this, the first command in the example uses the Get-Credential cmdlet to create a Windows PowerShell credential object containing the name and password of the user Pilar Ackerman. (Because the logon name, litwareinc\pilar, has been included as a parameter, the Windows PowerShell Credential Request dialog box only requires the administrator to enter the password for the Pilar Ackerman account.) The resulting credential object is then stored in a variable named $cred1. The second command does the same thing, this time returning a credential object for the Ken Myer account.

With the two credential objects in hand, the third command in the example determines whether or not the two users can log on to Lync Server and then participate in an A/V conference. To carry out this task, the Test-CsAVConference cmdlet is called, along with the following parameters: TargetFqdn (the FQDN of the Registrar pool); SenderSipAddress (the SIP address for the first test user); SenderCredential (the Windows PowerShell object containing the credentials for this same user); ReceiverSipAddress (the SIP address for the other test user); and ReceiverCredential (the Windows PowerShell object containing the credentials for the other user).

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$cred1 = Get-Credential "litwareinc\pilar"
$cred2 = Get-Credential "litwareinc\kenmyer"

Test-CsAVConference -TargetFqdn atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com -SenderSipAddress "sip:pilar@litwareinc.com" -SenderCredential $cred1 -ReceiverSipAddress "sip:kenmyer@litwareinc.com" -ReceiverCredential $cred2

Detailed Description

The Test-CsAVConference cmdlet is an example of a "synthetic transaction." Synthetic transactions are used in Lync Server to verify that users are able to successfully complete common tasks such as logging on to the system, exchanging instant messages, or making calls to a phone located on the public switched telephone network (PSTN). These tests can be conducted manually by an administrator, or they can be automatically run by an application such as Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (formerly Microsoft Operations Manager).

Synthetic transactions are typically conducted in two different ways. Many administrators will use the CsHealthMonitoringConfiguration cmdlets to set up test users for each of their Registrar pools. These test users are a pair of users who have been preconfigured for use with synthetic transactions. (Typically these are test accounts and not accounts that belong to actual users.) With test users configured for a pool, administrators can run a synthetic transaction against that pool without having to specify the identities of (and supply the credentials for) the user accounts involved in the test.

Alternatively, administrators can run a synthetic transaction by using actual user accounts. For example, if two users are unable to exchange instant messages, an administrator could run a synthetic transaction using those two user accounts (as opposed to a pair of test accounts), and then try to diagnose and resolve the problem. If you decide to conduct a synthetic transaction using actual user accounts, you will need to supply the logon names and passwords for each user.

The Test-CsAVConference cmdlet checks to see if two test users are able to conduct an A/V conference. When the cmdlet runs, the two users are logged on to the system. After they are successfully logged on, the first user creates an A/V conference, and then waits for the second user to join that conference. After a brief exchange of data, the conference is deleted and the two tests users are logged off.

The Test-CsAVConference cmdlet does not actually conduct an A/V conference between the two test users. Instead, the cmdlet verifies that the two users can make the connections necessary to carry out an A/V conference.

Who can run this cmdlet: To return a list of all the role-based access control (RBAC) roles this cmdlet has been assigned to (including any custom RBAC roles you have created yourself), run the following command from the Windows PowerShell prompt:

Get-CsAdminRole | Where-Object {$_.Cmdlets –match "Test-CsAVConference"}

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

ReceiverCredential

Required

PSCredential

User credential object for the first of the two user accounts to be tested. The value passed to ReceiverCredential should be an object reference obtained by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. For example, this code returns a credentials object for the user litwareinc\pilar and stores that object in a variable named $y:

$y = Get-Credential "litwareinc\pilar"

You need to supply the user password when running this command.

The receiver credential is not required if you are running the test under the health monitoring configuration settings for the pool.

SenderCredential

Required

PSCredential

User credential object for the second of the two user accounts to be tested. The value passed to SenderCredential should be an object reference obtained by using the Get-Credential cmdlet. For example, this code returns a credentials object for the user litwareinc\kenmyer and stores that object in a variable named $x:

$x = Get-Credential "litwareinc\kenmyer"

You need to supply the user password when running this command.

The sender credential is not required if you are running the test under the health monitoring configuration settings for the pool.

TargetFqdn

Required

String

Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the pool to be tested.

Authentication

Optional

SipSyntheticTransaction AuthenticationMechanism

Type of authentication used in the test. Allowed values are:

* TrustedServer

* Negotiate

* ClientCertificate

* LiveID

Force

Optional

SwitchParameter

Suppresses the display of any non-fatal error message that might occur when running the command.

OutLoggerVariable

Optional

String

When present, detailed output from running the cmdlet will be stored in the specified variable. This variable includes a pair of methods – ToHTML and ToXML – that can then be used to save that output to either an HTML or an XML file.

To store output in a logger variable named $TestOutput use the following syntax:

-OutLoggerVariable TestOutput

Note: Do not use prepend a $ character when specifying the variable name.To save the information stored in the logger variable to an HTML file, use a command similar to this:

$TestOutput.ToHTML() > C:\Logs\TestOutput.html

To save the information stored in the logger variable to an XML file, use a command similar to this:

$TestOutput.ToXML() > C:\Logs\TestOutput.xml

OutVerboseVariable

Optional

String

When present, detailed output from running the cmdlet will be stored in the specified variable. For example, to store output in a variable named $TestOutput use the following syntax:

-OutVerboseVariable TestOutput

Do not prepend a $ character when specifying the variable name.

ReceiverSipAddress

Optional

String

SIP address for the first of the two user accounts to be tested. For example: -ReceiverSipAddress "sip:pilar@litwareinc.com". The ReceiverSipAddress parameter must reference the same user account as ReceiverCredential.

The SIP address is not required if you are running the test under the health monitoring configuration settings for the pool.

RegistrarPort

Optional

Int32

SIP port used by the Registrar service. This parameter is not required if the Registrar uses the default port 5061.

SenderSipAddress

Optional

String

SIP address for the second of the two user accounts to be tested. For example: -SenderSipAddress "sip:kenmyer@litwareinc.com". The SenderSipAddress parameter must reference the same user account as SenderCredential.

The SIP address is not required if you are running the test under the health monitoring configuration settings for the pool.

TestJoinLauncher

Optional

SwitchParameter

When present, tests the ability of the Join Launcher to participate in an AV conference. The Join Launcher is used to help users of mobile devices (and, as a result, users of the Mobility Service) take part in conferences.

Input Types

None.

Return Types

The Test-CsAVConference cmdlet returns an instance of the Microsoft.Rtc.SyntheticTransactions.TaskOutput object.

See Also