1. Introduction to Microsoft Lync Adam Jacobs Lync MVP @adamjacobs http://imaucblog.com adam@imaucblog.com
2. Agenda What is Lync Server? Technical differentiators between Office Communications Server (OCS) Setup and deployment changes Introducing: The Central Management Store (CMS) Call Admission Control (CAC) Media Bypass Futures MicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 2 28/07/2011
4. What is Lync Server? Lync not LINQ The new name for OCS An IP-PBX or traditional PBX replacement A new breed of software-based telephony Fully immersed within your PC or *Mac desktop user experience – Office, SharePoint & Lync Client The heart of Microsoft’s UC stack – complimented by Exchange Server 2007/10 Unified Messaging *Unable to schedule conferences via Mac edition of Outlook MicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 4 28/07/2011
9. Collaboration (desktop/file sharing, group chat and *dial-in conferencing)*Office Communications 2007 R2 MicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 5 28/07/2011
14. Superior conferencing - voice announcements, lobby and an integrated client! (no Live Meeting client or Outlook Conferencing add-in)MicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 6 28/07/2011
19. Tool used for .tbxml import, topology setup, modification and validation prior to deploying first server and publishing within the Central Management Store (CMS)
21. Call forking is also depreciated, RCC still available for 3rd party PBX integrationMicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 8 28/07/2011
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23. Role-based access control (RBAC) for delegation of specific Lync tasks, incl. 11 out-of-the-box roles
24. Mediation role can now be collocated with front end role = minus 1 server Essentially one Standard Edition Server could support Enterprise Voice, IM, Presence and Conferencing for up to 5000 users! MicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 9 28/07/2011
30. Resilient architecture – Front End Server CMS (replica) will continue to function where connectivity is lost to the masterMicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 10 28/07/2011
33. Audio - max bandwidth (kbps) assigned for all/individual sessions
34. Video - max bandwidth (kbps) assigned for all/individual sessions
35. Policies are applied between sites, where multiple network subnets can be associated
36. Alternate routes can be utilised where over-subscription occurs, i.e. when local ISDN is at capacity then a route to PSTN over an Internet based SIP trunk could applyMicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 11 28/07/2011
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38. This is achieved by negating the need for transcoding between the Lync client or phone and the voice gateway
39. In this scenario the G.711 voice codec is used, instead of RTAudio
40. Recommended gateway vendors include AudioCodes, Dialogic, NET and FerrariMicrosoftUnified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 12 28/07/2011