The next stage of the process is to complete the Lync AD prep, install the prerequisites on the first front end server, deploy management tools and design the initial topology. Install Prerequisites First login to the first server in your new Lync 2013 Front End pool. We will use this as the initial point of …
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During your deployment of Lync you will need to provision the file store, and my Lync 2013 Lab series covers deploying the whole environment in a full High Availability configuration. We will apply the same logic to the Lync File Store and use Distributed File System (DFS) to help us achieve it. This will be …
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Lync SQL requirements for HA Lync uses SQL everywhere, there are local databases on each FE & edge server, in addition to the backend Lync SQL databases, monitoring databases, archiving database and persistent chat. This article covers the deployment of the FE pool’s backend database servers, in a single pool deployment of Lync 2013 this …
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Introducing Office Web Apps Microsoft Office Web Apps 2013 allows you to “access and share Office documents with browser-based versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote” (Ref: microsoft.com). It enhances the Lync collaboration experience for all parties when sharing documents during conferences. You can deploy an Office Web Apps Server or farm (group of servers) …
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In this series of posts, we will cover building a Lync 2013 lab environment, that demonstrates how you can achieve high availability with the use of an enterprise pool and also achieve reasonable system capacity. This lab will be based on publicly available evaluation software, which you can download and use to prove the value …
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