Chapter 6. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Edge

The Lync Server Edge Server enables remote access to the internal Lync Server infrastructure. In addition to providing feature parity for external or remote users, the Edge Server can also enhance a deployment by federating with partner organizations or public IM providers. These federation features help organizations use rich communication methods securely with each other across the Internet.

This chapter focuses on the Edge Server role installation and configuration. It covers how to deploy each of the Edge roles both in a standalone scenario and in a high-availability deployment where multiple Edge Servers are used.

This chapter also discusses why a reverse proxy server is required and shows how to use Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 to publish external Lync Server services.

→ For a more detailed discussion of planning for Edge Server sizing, networking, and firewall scenarios, see Chapter 27, “Planning for Deploying External Services.”