1. Justin Morris Understanding how Lync Server 2013 leverages the complete Microsoft infrastructure ecosystem

2. Who am I? Lync MVP and Senior Consultant at Modality Systems 8 years experience with UC in Australia and the UK Deployed the largest Lync voice deployment in the UK Co-founder of MUCUGL / Blog @ justin-morris.net Contributor of The UC Architects Podcast Twitter - @justimorris 3. Why does this matter? Existing staff and infrastructure can be utilised Training costs are reduced Leveraging existing Microsoft skillsets PowerShell based configuration and management Windows Server IT Pros have a head start when deploying Lync 4. Session Objective Understand cost savings from leveraging already deployed Microsoft products Understand Lync Server 2013 technical integration points with each product 5. What Ill Cover SQL Server Windows Fabric PowerShell Exchange Server DHCP DNS Office SharePoint Office Web Apps Group Policy Reverse Proxy Products Active Directory DS/CS Key Takeaways 6. The backbone of Lync Server Provides back end and front end databases to store all static and dynamic data 7. Back End Databases Authoritative source of all data Stores CMS, Rgs, Cps, Lis, User and Conf data Persistent Chat, Archiving and Monitoring data SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2012 supported Database mirroring and failover clustering HA options 8. Back End Databases Less dependency on back end databases in Lync Server 2013 Sync Agent on FEs back up data from RtcLocal DB to RtcXds database in BE every 30 seconds (lazy write) If BE server fails, users will be uninterrupted for 30 min 9. Front End Databases Two SQL Express instances per Front End: LyncLocal - Storage Service (Lyss) data RtcLocal - Replicated copies of user data and CMS (xds, Rtc, Rtcdyn) User data is hydrated into Front End from Back End on service start 10. SQL Server Reporting Services Used for Monitoring Reports Usually collocated on backend server or dedicated SSRS server 11. Evolving the Front End server New replication technology in Lync Server 2013 Windows Fabric provides user data replication across Front End servers Users allocated to a routing group, which replicates data across three FEs 12. Understanding Windows Fabric Only one Front End active for the UserGroup at a time If all FEs in a routing group fail, WinFab will find a remaining FE and rehydrate user data from BE 13. PowerShell Common verbs across Microsoft server products and services Get-Cs* Set-Cs* New-Cs* Remove-Cs* Grant-Cs* Facilitates automation across Microsoft products 14. PowerShell Rapidly growing scripting skills amongst IT Pros Community developed complimentary tools/apps 15. Exchange Server Worlds No.1 Enterprise Email Server/Service Native integration Multiple complimentary integration points 16. Exchange Web Services Lync 2013 uses EWS for: Free/busy information Conversation history Voicemail retrieval/playback Integrated using Autodiscover/Outlook Anywhere 17. Unified Messaging Only supported voice mail platform for Lync Server 2013 Native integration with Lync Server 2013 for voice mail Deposit: SIP connection from Lync 2013 pool to UM servers Retrieval: Accessed via Lync 2013, Outlook, OWA and Outlook Voice Access (PSTN dial in) Administered using Exchange Server Management Shell 18. IM Integration in OWA Integrates Lync contact list and IM functionality in Outlook Web App Provides Communicator Web Access like features Great for when you only have OWA access and need to IM 19. Exchange Server 2013 Integration Archive IMs into Exchange Server 2013 mailbox Unified Contact Store HD photo storage 20. Deployment Options On-premises Integrate with Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2013 on premises Office 365 (Cloud) Integrate with Exchange Online via Lync Edge Server 21. DHCP Lync Phone Edition Provisioning Vendor classes - OCPhone and UCClient Option 42 and 120 Configured using DHCPUtil 22. DHCP Windows DHCP easiest to setup Other DHCP solutions supported (e.g. Infoblox) 23. DNS Fundamental requirement for Lync 2013 to function Discovery of web services and registrar FQDNs 24. Internal Host (A) Records Pool FQDNs (SIP and Web) lyncpool1.contoso.com lyncwebpool1.contoso.com Server FQDNs Automatically populated on domain join 25. External Host (A) Records Edge Server Records sip.domain.com webconf.domain.com av.domain.com Web Services URLs lyncrp.domain.com meet.domain.com dialin.domain.com webapps.domain.com lyncdiscover.domain.com 26. Autodiscover Service Lync 2013 clients (including Windows 8 Store app and mobile clients) will attempt to connect to: lyncdiscoverinternal.contoso.com lyncdiscover.contoso.com New clients use Autodiscover service to locate their registrar FQDNs and web URLs. SRV record de-emphasized 27. Service (SRV) Records Internal _sipinternaltls._tcp.domain.com:5061 External _sip._tls.domain.com:443 for Remote User Access _sipfederationtls._tcp.domain.com:5061 for Federation 28. Microsoft Office Presence integration in Outlook, Word, Excel, etc Allows IM, voice, video, etc wherever you see presence Outlook integration is most valuable 29. Microsoft Office 2013 Integration Lync 2013 part of Office 2013 Professional Plus Shared DLLs Lync and Office patch versions must match MSO, MSORES, IDCRL and Lyncloc update package 30. SharePoint Providing presence integration in SharePoint via the Lync contact card Native, Office provided, client-side integration. No configuration required 31. SharePoint Skill search Simple configuration using Lync client policy SharePoint on(PowerShell) SharePoint Online premises Presence in SharePoint Lync Server 2013 on- Skills search Only premises Presence in supported SharePoint on-premises Lync Online Presence in Presence in SharePoint SharePoint 32. Office Web Apps New in Lync Server 2013 Provides PowerPoint viewing in Lync 2013 Richer experience embedded video and better animations/transitions Single server or multiple server HLBd farm 33. Group Policies and Lync Previously heavily utilized for Office Communicator, less so in Lync 20xx Now commonly used for manually setting server FQDNs 34. Quality of Service Configuration Ensuring Lync media traffic is marked with DSCP tags on clients and servers 35. Bespoke Registry Settings GPOs can be used to enforce bespoke Lync registry settings Spell check Automatically start Lync on logon 36. Forefront TMG Discontinued, but still huge installed base Easy to setup 37. IIS Application Request Routing No-frills reverse proxy Small-medium deployments only 38. Windows Server 2012 R2 Web Application Proxy Future of web publishing? Requires ADFS 39. Active Directory Domain Services Who DOESNT have AD? Identity and authentication engine behind Lync Server 2013 Native LDAP integration AD management - a core IT Pro skill 40. Active Directory Preparation Extending AD to support Lync Server 2013 Schema Prep Creating schema classes and attributes to be used by Lync Server 2013 Prefixed with msRTCSIP Forest Prep Creating Global Settings and Universal Groups Domain Prep ACEs (access control entries) created on domain root 41. Role Based Access Control Providing granular Lync Server CSAdministrator CSArchivingAdministrator CSHelpDesk CSLocationAdministrator CSResponseGroup Administrator CSServerAdministrator 2013 administrative access CSUserAdministrator CSViewOnlyAdministrator CSVoiceAdministrator CsPersistentChat Administator CsResponseGroupManager 42. Active Directory Certificate Services TLS/MTLS encryption using internal certificates for all Lync 2013 servers Usually already deployed or easily deployed as part of a Lync 2013 project AD joined machines automatically trust an Enterprise CA 43. Key Takeaways Lync Server 2013 leverages more Microsoft products than any other TCO and deployment time is reduced by utilizing existing services and skilled staff User and administrator experience is enhanced via native integration 44. Thank you! Ask me questions on twitter @justimorrisPlease evaluate the session before you leave