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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

Configuring the Mediation server


Configuring a Mediation server takes place in the following two ways.

Configuring a collocated Mediation server

To configure a collocated Mediation server on an existing Lync Front End, we have to edit the properties of the aforementioned server and define the Mediation server parameters, as we can see in the following screenshot:

For a collocated Mediation server, we have to publish the new topology, and then run the Setup or Remove Lync Server Components from the Lync Deployment Wizard.

Note

TCP is used for gateways that do not support TLS. We might have to change either the gateway listening address or the Lync configuration because most gateways use TCP 5061.

Configuring a standalone Mediation server or a pool of Mediation servers

If we are creating a new pool or a single dedicated server, we have to operate in the Lync Topology Builder.

  1. We have to define the server or pool name as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. We are required to define the Front End that...