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Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013

By : Fabrizio Volpe
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Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013

By: Fabrizio Volpe

Overview of this book

Lync 2013 is a product that enables users to IM, and have audio and video conferences, including multi-party video. The mobile client permits the use of all the features in every device with an access-from-everywhere logic. The company’s Active Directory users, SharePoint documents, and Exchange objects integrate with Lync to deliver most of the advanced features. Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 will give you all the relevant information you need to enable voice features, select the best Lync client in different scenarios, make your Lync services available to the external users, empower the collaborative environment of Persistent Chat Server rooms, and to build an affordable unified communication system. Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 will explore all the concepts you need to administer and plan a Lync 2013 environment in a short time, explaining the background mechanisms of the system.It begins with the deployment of a Lync frontend and SQL mirroring solution, including all the requirements and tips clearly laid out. It proceeds with the Front End pairing, mobility, and mediation server deployment with media bypass. It covers a core chapter about Enterprise Voice with a closing part on Persistent Chat and on clients with their characteristics. Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 will give you all the relevant information you need to enable voice features, and will help to select the best Lync client in different scenarios.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Acknowledgments

This work is dedicated to my son Federico and to my wife Antonella. You have made me stronger, better, and more fulfilled than I could have ever imagined.

I want to thank all the people at Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to write this book, and for all their great work on the long road from drafting to publishing.

I would like to express my gratitude to Susan S. Bradley (Senior Project Manager at Microsoft), to Johan Veldhuis (Exchange MVP), and to Wang wei (Lync MVP) for their help and support.

I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the people at Gruppo Need (http://www.grupponeed.it/) for their incredible assistance, allowing me to use the hardware, infrastructure, and tech support from the labs I used during the preparation of the book, for free.