This section is, strictly speaking, not a how to section but rather a huge checklist of all the other components one should consider in a complete backup/restore scenario for an organization's Universal Communications solution.

Lync does not stand alone in the infrastructure; it relies on many other components, and it would be fatal to neglect this. Restoring only Lync will not get you anywhere near a functional system.

In the final paragraphs, we'll try to summarize some of the other components we must pay attention to when considering the disaster recovery plan.

Let's talk about some of the dependencies in the infrastructure that are not covered by the procedures described so far. Just to make things clear, these are as important as the Lync infrastructure itself. In order to have a full and healthy backup, consider including the following elements described hereafter in your disaster recovery plan.

This section will not describe...