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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

Chapter 3. Deploying Lync Mobility and External Users Access

Mobility is one of the aspects of Lync 2013 that is constantly changing at a fast pace. The release of Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) in February 2013 is a really important release, adding support to the Lync 2013 Mobile clients that released during March 2013 for Windows Phone, iPhone and iPad, and Android.

Note

For more information regarding the setup of CU1, please refer to How to Apply Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Updates at http://blogs.technet.com/b/dodeitte/archive/2013/02/27/how-to-apply-lync-server-2013-cumulative-updates.aspx.

The Lync 2013 versions of the client have support for voice and video over Wi-Fi and cellular data networks. Additional features, such as Voice Mail access, Contacts list, and Lync call, are also available.

The deployment of support for mobile devices implies the use of two additional servers (the Edge role and a reverse proxy) to the deployment of Lync we have seen in the Infrastructure...