We will see a quick overview of the Lync Monitoring configuration with some hints. A step-by-step guide is available both on Microsoft's TechNet (Deploying monitoring in Lync Server 2013 at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398199.aspx and on Matt Landis' site for co-located database: Step by Step Installing Lync Server 2013 Monitoring Role Collocated on Standard Edition Front End - Part 2 at http://windowspbx.blogspot.it/2012/07/aaa-donotpost-install-lync-standard.html).
Note
SQL Reporting Services are not mandatory to collect Lync Monitoring data. However, they are required to make the monitoring information usable.
The first step is to install SQL Server with Reporting Services. We will install both of them on a server named
marchhare.wonderland.lab.Note
It is possible to install the SQL database and the Reporting Services on two different servers, but quoting TechNet (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj204989.aspx...