Webinar: Keep Microsoft Lync Under Control With Smart Performance Monitoring

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Play this video and understand what are the most commun issues when using Lync and why nowadays, Lync performance is considered critical to every organization and represents a challenge from a management point of view.

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WEBINARKeep Microsoft Lync Under Control

With Smart Performance Monitoring

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Speakers

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Adam Chadderdon - Channel Manager-Americas @GSX Solutions

Olivier Raynaut - Microsoft Specialist & Pre-Sale Manager @GSX Solutions

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Agenda

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Microsoft Lync - The most common issues

Why Microsoft Lync performance monitoring is critical

GSX Solutions’ business value

Demo of GSX Monitor & Analyzer for Mircorosoft Lync

Questions & Answers session

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Evolution of Microsoft Lync

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Microsoft Lync 2013 is starting to rapidly grow in the Unified Communications market

Huge impact as almost 75% of US companies have or will trial Microsoft Lync

Projected Penetration of Lync EV Licenses

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/itanalyst/docs/06-17-14iucmslync2014finalreport.pdf

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Why Microsoft Lync is Critical for Companies?

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Video conferencing helps to increase communication between offices or remote employees

Ability to easily present content through PowerPoint, whiteboards, screen sharing, file sharing, etc.

Likelihood of Enterprises Implementing Enhancements to Microsoft Lync

Reliable Instant Messaging solution Reduce the cost of communication through VOIP Most features available for mobility Reduces travel budgets and mobile phone budgets for remote workers

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Top 5 Common Microsoft Lync Issues

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QoS ConfigurationNot implemented correctly. Work with Network team.

VM Host following whitepaperNIC with queuing enabled, no dynamic memory

SQL PerformanceNot any DB application: Real-time app! SPROC in a few milliseconds at most.

Edge ServerOnly one NAT

Lync 2013 Front End PerformanceFront-End disk performance very important in 2013. Relies a lot on the local SQL Express.

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Webinar Poll

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Have you deployed the Lync Monitoring role (or will you)?

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Microsoft Lync Monitoring

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Provide visibility on the Microsoft Lync infrastructure in terms of

Evolution of performance Usage of the platform, user adoption Anticipate required changes before users are impacted

Microsoft Lync monitoring Role Call DiagnosticsUsagePast failures

Good for troubleshooting. Reactive, not proactive. Limited Retention. No Alerting.

Use GSX Monitor & Analyzer for Microsoft Lync!

Click here to watch a short video about GSX!

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About GSX Solutions

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Founded 1996, Headquartered in SwitzerlandOffices in USA, UK, France, Switzerland, China6 million mailboxes/devices monitored worldwide600 customers

in 40 countries

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Customer & Partner References

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Unified Support for Collaboration Platforms

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IBM Collaboration Suite

Microsoft Exchange

Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft Lync BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Full integration with enterprise management tools

Automatic reporting and SLA tracking

Collects service availability and server statistics

End-to-end tests

Agentless

Alert by profile if thresholds are exceeded

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GSX Ensures End-User Satisfaction!

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End User Simulati

ons

GSX Constantly Performs Synthetic TransactionsAt the system levelAt the server levelAt the service level

Detect any performance issues from the location you select

Ensure that End-Users are satisfied with the performance of the application

Acquire real, independent metrics that prove the availability of the critical Microsoft Lync features and identify potential bottlenecks

Justify costs of new Lync servers with automatic forecasting reports

Be aware of potential problems before any user complaints!

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Unified Reporting Across Microsoft Lync End-User Tests & Performance Statistics

Manage your SLA automatically

Create your Service Quality reports in seconds

Forecast your availability and performance in one click!

Create complete reports on performance counters to troubleshoot any situation

Stop working blindly, track the reports & metrics!

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GSX Monitor & Analyzer - Demo

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GSX For Microsoft Lync 2013 Benefits

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Manage Microsoft Lync, Exchange, Exchange Online & SharePoint from one Agentless Real-Time monitoring dashboard!

Test all of the critical features of Microsoft Lync from an end-user perspective!

Easy to install, no hidden costs to maintainCollect the performance counters that help you troubleshoot

quality of service (QoS)Ensure end-user satisfaction and drive user adoption by

constantly simulating users, alerting on performance & latency issues

Monitor & Report at the Server and the Service levelsReceive alerts before any user impacts on potential lack of

availability & performance!GSX Solutions© 2014

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GSX Monitor & Analyzer - Trial

FREE TRIAL AVAILABLE

30-days

Full functionality

Unlimited users

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Contact Us

@GSX_Solutions Friends of GSXGSX Solutions www.gsx.com/blogGSX Solutions

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GSX Solutions USA

Boston, MA877-894-0961

[email protected]

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Q&A Session

Questions?