Installation

This section outlines the steps for installing the Lync Server Monitoring Server role. The Monitoring Server role enables administrators to collect, trend, and review quantitative data related to audio calls, video calls, and instant messaging (IM) messages. The Monitoring Server leverages Microsoft Message Queuing technology to collect information and deposit it in the monitoring database. Then it leverages SQL Server Reporting Services to display a number of canned and custom reports.

By now, the Lync Server Topology Builder should already be installed. For a thorough review of the installation steps for the Topology Builder tool, see Chapter 5, “Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Front End.” The first step in adding a Monitor Server to your Lync Server deployment is to add it in the Topology Builder tool.