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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

SIP trunk deployment


SIP trunking is a smart way for your Lync deployment to obtain telephone services from an external provider.

The trunk enables internal users to call the PSTN network, and allows external users to call Lync clients with a direct number.

The deployment of a SIP trunk does not require specific hardware (such as a PBX or a gateway) because it is based on a straight connection to a service provider.

It is also a great solution if you think to deploy Lync combined with an existing VoIP or telephonic solution and you do not want to use the existing voice services and numbers. This solution implies that your Mediation server has two network interfaces, one will be talking with the Front End Servers, and the other one will be connected to Edge of the service provider. You can set up a trunk from the Lync Management Shell or from the Lync Control Panel. The parameters will be dictated by the standard that is used from your provider.