Lync Server Debugging tools require full server UI

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If you need to debug Lync Server 2013 on Windows Server 2012, you are best of running it on a full server UI (not Server Core or the minimal UI).

I have experienced that without it, the Snooper tool won’t be able to show you a parsed view of the log files, only the raw logs.

This view contains no entries:

The Trace view works:

I’m still trying to figure out why group IM doesn’t work in my Lync 2013 pilot pool, but making Snooper work is a step on the way.

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