This article series is to guide you through the entire Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat deployment process from scratch. In Part 1, we took a look at preparing the environment for the Persistent Chat Pool. In Part 2, we’ll take a look at the installation process in the Lync 2013 Persistent Chat Pool. We’ll then […]
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Lync Server 2013 Release Preview Persistent Chat with Enterprise Pool – Part 1
Now that Lync Server 2013 Release Preview is here, I thought it would be nice to create an article on how to deploy a Persistent Chat (formerly Group Chat) Server while connected to a SQL 2012 Backend Server. This article series is to guide you through the entire Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat deployment process […]
Lync 2010 Central Site Resilience w/ Backup Registrars, Failovers, and Failbacks – Part 3
Introduction Welcome to Part 3 of this article series. In Part 1, we started off by discussing the goal of this lab. That goal is to wrap all the information out there on how to utilize Central Site Resilience in regards to failovers, fallbacks, how redirects function, how SRV records fit in, etc… We first […]
Lync 2010 Central Site Resilience w/ Backup Registrars, Failovers, and Failbacks – Part 2
Introduction Welcome to Part 2 of this article series. In Part 1, we started off by discussing the goal of this lab. That goal is to wrap all the information out there on how to utilize Central Site Resilience in regards to failovers, fallbacks, how redirects function, how SRV records fit in, etc… We first […]
Lync 2010 Central Site Resilience w/ Backup Registrars, Failovers, and Failbacks – Part 1
Introduction I’ve seen quite a bit of discussion on Lync 2010 Backup Registars. There’s been some PowerPoints which show how a Backup Registrar works, there’s been some blogs that discuss how clients are handed back a primary registrar and backup registrar, etc… What I have not seen, is one article that wraps everything together and […]
Lync 2010 Edge Servers and IP Requirements – NAT vs Public IP
To this date, I still see a lot of confusion as to the IP requirements of Lync 2010 Edge Servers. I have seen the following questions: Why do we require Public IP addresses on all 3 Lync Edge Roles when using Hardware Load Balancing? Why does the Audio/Video Edge Role need a Public IP when […]
Using Lync 2010 Mobility on your Corporate WIFI Networks
Lync 2010 Mobility has been out for a few months now. Jeff Schertz has a great writeup on Lync Mobility on his blog here. What I wanted to go into is some more detail on deploying Lync Mobility on your corporate wifi networks which I haven’t seen documented in very good detail on Technet or […]
Enabling QoS for Lync Server 2010 – Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 on how to Enable QoS for Lync Server 2010. The purpose of this multi-part article (first part for QoS on Lync Client and second part for QoS on Lync Server) is to lay everything out in a concise manner to help you, the reader, understand how to enable QoS. Keep in […]
Enabling QoS for Lync Server 2010 – Part 1
There’s a doc available by Microsoft on how to enable Quality of Services (QoS) in Lync which you can find here. The purpose of this multi-part article (first part for QoS on Lync Client and second part for QoS on Lync Server) is to lay everything out in a concise manner to help you, the […]
Reordering Lync 2010 Dial-In Conferencing Numbers
In Lync Server 2010 we can utilize Dial-In Conferencing Phone Numbers so both users utilizing the Lync Client End-Points can join these meetings using an IP Network and Telephony Users can join the same meeting via a Telephone utilizing the Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN). As you can see, we can define multiple Dial-In Conferencing […]