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Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013

By : Fabrizio Volpe
Book Image

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

Managing server failures


I have prepared an environment to test the pool pairing failover and failback based on two different sites (Site 1 and Site 2) and a Standard Edition server in each site, as shown in the following diagram:

  1. The first step is to modify the topology using the Topology Builder. We have to select one of the Standard Edition servers and select Edit Properties.

  2. The modifications we have to perform in the Front End properties (as shown in the following screenshot) are as follows:

    1. Modify the Resiliency parameter.

    2. Check Associated backup pool.

    3. Select the other server from the drop-down menu.

    4. Check Automatic failover and failback for Voice (if we want to use such a feature).

  3. When we publish the topology, we will receive a to-do list to complete the configuration.

  4. To activate the changes, we have to run the setup file or remove the Lync server components (in the Lync deployment) on both Lync Front Ends.

  5. One of the things that will happen now is the installation of the Lync Backup Service...