New MSPL function in Lync 2013: RetargetRequest
Posted: November 23rd, 2012 | Author: Michael | Filed under: MSPL | Tags: Lync Server SDK, MSPL, routing | 2 Comments »Microsoft SIP Processing Language (or MSPL), a part of the Lync Server SDK, is a fantastic and currently underused tool for overriding or extending Lync routing behaviour to meet business needs. I’ve written about some of its capabilities and how to use it in previous blog posts. It’s handy for things like intercepting and blocking calls with certain characteristics, filtering messages, logging or monitoring communications, or rerouting calls to different destinations. It’s also probably the Lync API that has remained the most unchanged from version to version. In Lync 2013, it’s managed to hang on to this distinction, with only a couple of additions, but one of them is really quite interesting and potentially useful, and I wanted to bring it to everyone’s attention here. The new RetargetRequest method allows you to have an MSPL script change the destination a message is going to, but without bypassing the rest of the scripts that are installed on the Lync server. Continue reading “New MSPL function in Lync 2013: RetargetRequest” »