New Features Lync 2013

Peter Imhof

Integrated System

Persistent ChatAccess through unified Lync client

Integrated in Lync Server Architecture

Highly available

Compliant

Unified client Connects anywhere to persistent chat roomsLarge rooms supportUnified Lync administrationDisaster recovery supportCompliance database option available

Registration, presence (SIP)persistent chat (XCCOS)

Registration, presence (SIP)persistent chat (XCCOS)

Lync persistent chat pool

Lync edge

Reverse proxy

Lync FE pool

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Mirrored SQL

Persistent chat (XCCOS)

SQL

SQL SQL

Video ConferencingPrime time video conferencingBuilt-in Front-End componentSoftware based reducing the cost of conferencingInteroperable for investment protection

High-definition qualityMultiple video streamsSwitched or pinned contactsSmart croppingActive speaker detection and indicationSupport of H.264 and VC-1 for third party videoconferencing and telepresence interoperability

How is SVC Different?Lync 2010/Office Communications

ServerLync

A/V MCUActiveSpeaker

PreviousSpeaker

Other Attendees

Traditional Video Conferencing

VC MCU

How is SVC Different?1

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3

4

5

6User 2 puts User 1 in full screen

User 1’s Lync client sends low + high res streamsMCU sends full stream to

User 2

MCU continues to send low resolution streams to all other users

Initially, all users are sending a single stream of video and receiving streams of up to 5 other participants

Web ConferencingImmersive virtual meetingInnovation through softwareReduce cost of the networkImprove scale and reach

Lync 2013 Web App for web based meeting.

Application sharing, audio/video through browser plug-in

Microsoft Office Web Application Companion Server

One-click Lync meeting scheduling from Exchange OWA

Reverse proxy

Edge server

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WAC

EE pool

SQL

*New in Lync Server 2013 and Office 2013

SIP and Media traffic traffichttp

Lync Edge server required to enable inbound/outbound SIP traffic – the same edge server enables remote work for employees and Lync Meetings with external parties

Domain activated via Microsoft

All media and signaling encrypted over public internet

Can also be enabled for Lync Online

SQL

ADLyncEdge Server

Audio Gateway

MSNPGateway(IM/P, Contacts)

SIP - TLS

G.722 RTP

MSNP

LyncFederationServiceEdge

On-Premises Lync Server Deployment

Microsoft Cloud

Skype Federation

Step 1:

PROVISION

Step 3:

CONFIGURE CONNECTIVITY AND POLICIES

Step 2:

EDGE SET UP

Provision for Skype ConnectivityGo to https://pic.lync.com and provision your domainThis tells our service where to send inbound messages and informs Skype & Messenger that your Lync domain is available for connectivity

Skype connectivity capabilities by edition

1. Skype end users must have a Microsoft account associated with their Skype ID2. Update of cloud service to enable audio calling may not release concurrently with

Skype 6.x 3. Carryover from Windows Live Messenger (WLM). Functional but not supported. As

part of the migration from WLM to Skype, Skype 6.0 allows signing in with a Microsoft Account (i.e., the same credentials as WLM). After simply signing in to Skype with a Microsoft Account, associated WLM buddy lists automatically populate into Skype. This includes any WLM users’ federated Lync contacts. Lync customers do not need to do anything to enable this continuity of service.

Lync 2013Lync (Windows Store App)Lync 2013 for Windows Phone 8Lync 2013 for iOSLync 2013 for AndroidLync 2010

Skype for Windows 6.3+ Skype for Mac 6.3+

Supported clients

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12124/what-happens-when-i-sign-in-to-skype-with-my-microsoft-account

Demo

Skype Federation

Skype – Lync Authentication and Contacts• LiveID account types and SIP addresses

• Microsoft Accounts: msn.com, hotmail.com, live.com, outlook.com, etc…

• EASI ID (The Acronym “EASI” stands for “email as sign in” as per KB2566829)For example, a user having a mailbox in your organization can have an EASI ID joe@fonstone.com

• The EADI ID is NOT a SIP or SMTP address… It is used only for authentication.

• If it has to be used for IM and presence, its corresponding SIP address is joe(fonstone.com)@msn.com

• Remember the Skype – Lync Federation only works if the Skype account is signed in with the Microsoft account (LiveID)

MobileExtend Lync mobile reach with UC Web Access

Mobile Enterprise grade unified communication

Single client and user identity

Built-in Front-End web services based on REST APIsSingle client for Online and On-premise, reducing the complexity of deploymentActive Directory based authenticationOptimized for battery and bandwidth usageVOIP, Video over IP or PSTN callbacks.

Media for callbackSIPhttps (XML)Push notification for Windows Phone

Voice/Video over IP

VOIP App notifications for iOS

Media gateway

Media server

Lync server

Reverse proxy

DMZ

GSM

WiFi

Internet

Lync push notification

services

Edgeserver

Enterprise Voice• Enterprise grade

telephony.• Built-in

component, no other server required.

• Scale with voice like other workloads

• Centralized management, distributed.

New in Lync 2013

Inter-Trunk Routing

M:N Trunk Routing

Caller ID TranslationUnassigned Number Range handling

E.911 Improvements

New Conference PSTN Dial-Out policies

Response Group Managers Roles

New Call Forwarding and Simultaneous Ringing options

Voicemail escape

Delegates Simul-Ring

Voice Services resiliency through HA/DR

Introduction to Lync Topologies

Single Server SystemStandard Edition server runs all workloads

No other server required to additional functionalities

All in one box deployment

Ideal for proof of concept, pilot, small and medium businesses

Functionality: IM, Presence, Voice, Video, Conferencing, Mobility

PSTN access with Gateway, Direct SIP or SIP Trunk

HA/DR if paired with another SE server

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Standard edition

Optional backup Standard editionPairing

Scalable Server Pools

Enterprise Edition Front End pool

Back End Server with SQL Server

Ideal for large and medium size businesses, regional deployment.

Scale up by adding up to 12 FE servers in a pool

Collocate Archiving DB, Monitoring DB, PChat DBs on Back End Servers

High Availability by FE failover and Mirrored Back End Servers

Enterprise edition front end servers

SQL

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Lync 2010 pool8 Front-Ends, tightly coupled back end

Lync 2013 pool12 Front-Ends, loosely coupled store

Higher Scale Architecture

New loosely coupled architecture and SQL Mirroring

Data, Presence stored and synchronized across Front-end

Distributed users and services across the Front-Ends

Built-in pool high-availability

SQL DBbusiness logic

SQL

DB used for presence updates,

subscriptions

Dynamic data: presence updates handled on FEs

SQL

Storage

1..8 FE

1..12FE

Lync 2013 HA Model10 FE + tightly coupled back end

Capacity: 10 servers/pool 80,000 concurrent users/pool

Capacity: TBD – Will be published at product release

Evaluating 12-20 servers per pool

Lync 2013 Preview (FE s+ loosely coupled Back-end store)

SQL® Server database (DB) bottleneck –

business logic

Blob StorageDB used for

storing “Blobs” – persisted store

DB used for presence updates and subscriptions

Dynamic data: Presence updates handles on FEs

Lync 2010 Pool Lync 2013 Preview Brick Pool

1-10 Front End Servers 1-N Front End Servers

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High Availability

User Group

1

User Group

2

Group 1Group 3

Fabric node

Group 2

Fabric node

Group 1

Fabric node

Group 3

Fabric node

Group 3

Fabric node

Group 1

Fabric node

Group 2

Group 2

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Front End

Windows Fabric is installed on each Front End

Users are provisioned to a pool in Routing Groups

Via fabric, three replicas of routing group data are kept updated

High Availability - Architecture• Lync Users are automatically mapped to “Groups”• Each “Group” is dynamically assigned to 3 Front-end servers within a

Pool (a Primary, a Secondary and a Tertiary).• When a user logs in, the Primary server will start servicing all of the

user’s requests. • Changes to the user’s data (such as Contact list changes) will be

synchronously replicated to secondary/tertiary as well (3 replicas).• If a primary server dies, then this group would fail over to the

secondary. (No data loss)• Writes to the back-end database occur periodically (not synchronous).• When a server dies, all the “Groups” assigned to that server as will

failover to different servers (load balancing).

High Availability – How does it work?

• Bob is homed on FE1 (primary) • There are 3 copies of this user’s

data: 1 primary (FE1), 2 backups (replicas in FE2, FE3)

• User is signed in to primary• User’s activities, data are

replicated

Pool Back-end

FE1FE2 FE3

• Primary goes down• User re-signs to one of the backups• Replicated data is available on FE2.

UserBob

Site FailurePool Failure

Disaster Recovery

Two pools can be “paired”

Backup agent on a Front End writes deltas to a DFS share

DFS replicates share content between Lync pools

Same as “pool failure”, but applied to geographically distinct pools

Disaster Recovery – Data Replication

Pool 1 Pool 2

Disaster Recovery – Pool FailoverPool pairing in Lync 2013:Enables Active-Active mode for two properly sized pools within the same datacenter

Provides real-time persistent data replication between paired pools via Backup Service

Failover and Failback are not automated

Disaster Recovery“Pool pairing” enables Active-Active mode for two properly sized pools within the same datacenter

Backup Service provides real-time persistent data replication between paired pools

Pool Failure

Same support as for pool failure as above for Lync 2013 pools but with pools in geographically distributed data centers

Supported for Lync 2013 pools only

Site Failure

Edge signaling independent of media

Contoso

US EU

User homed in

EU

User will always use this pool for AV Edge

Also for meetings

created by user

Edge Federation flows

Contoso

US EU EU

Litwareinc

Edge Pool used for

Federation

User homed in

EU

User will always use this pool for AV Edge

Edge Pool used for

Federation

Migration

Legacy pool

SQL

Legacy director

Legacy edge

Production Pilot

Legacy and latest remote access.

Legacy and latest federation.

ADLatest pool

SQL

Latest director

Latest edge

Latest remote access.Install new server or new client first,

your choice.

Multiple version of Lync server in the same infrastructure.

Move users across pool with no users loss of data.

Allows seamless migration for users.

Redeploy Survivable Branch Appliances• Move branch users to another pool• Remove Lync Server 2010 SBA from

topology• Add Lync Server 2013 SBA to topology and

configure FE pool as Backup Registrar• Move users back to the new SBA

Mobility Coexistence

Lync Server 2010 with Mobility

Service

Lync Server 2013 (prior to CU1 update)

Lync Server 2013, CU1 –

Mobility Enabled

Lync Server 2013, CU1 –

Mobility Disabled

Lync 2010 mobile clients

Notification to upgrade to the latest version of

the mobility client.

Error: “Can’t sign in because you are not setup to use

Lync 2013. Please contact your

support team.””

Lync 2013 mobile clients

Error: “You can't sign in with this version of Lync.

Please install Lync 2010.”

Error: “You can't sign in with this version of Lync. Please install Lync 2010.”

Error: “Can’t sign in because you are not setup to use

Lync 2013. Please contact your

support team.””

Deployment Choices

Lync Server

Lync Online

Hybrid

Lync On-PremiseBenefits from all Lync Server functionalities

Maximum flexibility

Interoperate with other on-premise investments

Works with Exchange and SharePoint Online

Lync Server

Lync Online

Hybrid

Hybrid Deployment

The cloud on your terms

No radical changes

Less complexity

Leveraging on-premise investments