Planning for Hardware and Software
by Tom Pacyk, Andrew Abbate, Alex Lewis
Microsoft® Lync Server 2010 Unleashed
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- Part I. Overview
- Chapter 1. What Is Microsoft Lync Server?
- Chapter 2. What Is New in Microsoft Lync Server?
- Introducing New Management Tools
- Topology Changes
- New Enterprise Voice Features
- New Call Management Features
- Integrated Mediation Server
- New Presence Features
- New Conferencing Features
- DNS Load Balancing
- Survivable Branch Appliances
- Operating System Support
- New Lync Client Features
- Client Appearance
- The “Me” Area
- Enhanced Contacts
- Privacy Relationships
- Integration with Office and Windows 7
- Whiteboarding and Application Sharing
- Improved Meeting Join Experience
- Conferencing Attendant and Scheduling
- PSTN Dial-In Conferencing Improvements
- Video Improvements
- Manager/Admin Improvements
- Improved Phone Experience
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Feature Overview of Microsoft Lync Server
- Chapter 4. Benefits of Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Part II. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Server Roles
- Chapter 5. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Front End
- Chapter 6. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Edge
- Chapter 7. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Monitoring
- Overview
- Installation
- Configuration
- Administration
- Troubleshooting
- Best Practices
- Summary
- Chapter 9. Director
- Part III. External Dependencies
- Chapter 10. Dependent Services
- Chapter 11. SQL
- Chapter 12. Firewall and Security Requirements
- Part IV. Administration and Management
- Chapter 13. Monitoring Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Overview
- OpsMgr Lync Server 2010 Monitoring
- What Is New in OpsMgr R2?
- How OpsMgr Works
- OpsMgr Architecture
- How to Use OpsMgr
- OpsMgr Component Requirements
- Advanced OpsMgr Concepts
- Understanding OpsMgr Deployment Scenarios
- Multiple Configuration Groups
- Deploying Geographic-Based Configuration Groups
- Deploying Political or Security-Based Configuration Groups
- Sizing the OpsMgr Database
- Defining Capacity Limits
- Defining System Redundancy
- Monitoring Nondomain Member Considerations
- Securing OpsMgr
- Installing Operations Manager 2007 R2
- Installing Edge Component Monitoring Certificates
- Installing the Lync Server 2010 Management Pack
- Best Practices
- Summary
- Chapter 14. Backup and Restore of Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Chapter 15. Administration of Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Chapter 13. Monitoring Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Part V. Migrating from Older Versions
- Part VI. Voice
- Chapter 17. PBX Integration
- Chapter 18. Enterprise Voice
- Chapter 19. Audio Conferencing
- Part VII. Integration with Other Applications
- Chapter 20. Exchange 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Integration
- Overview
- Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging
- Call Answering Rules
- Exchange 2010 Unified Messaging Architecture
- Unified Messaging Users
- UM Web Services
- Supported IP/VoIP Hardware
- Unified Messaging Protocols
- Unified Messaging Installation
- Postinstall Configuration
- Data Storage in Unified Messaging
- Exchange 2010 Outlook Web Application
- SharePoint 2010 Integration
- Best Practices
- Chapter 21. UCMA
- Chapter 20. Exchange 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Integration
- Part VIII. Clients
- Chapter 22. Microsoft Communicator Client for Macintosh
- Chapter 23. Windows, Browser, and Silverlight Clients
- Chapter 24. UC Endpoints
- Part IX. Planning for Deployment
- Chapter 25. Virtualization
- Chapter 26. Planning for Internal Non-Voice Deployment
- Chapter 27. Planning for Deploying External Services
- Chapter 28. Planning for Voice Deployment
- Index
Planning for Hardware and Software
,Although many implementations of Lync Server 2010 for non-voice deployments will be virtualized, both physical and virtual servers used for Lync Server 2010 must meet a few standards. Keep these in mind when planning a Lync Server 2010 deployment:
• Lync Server 2010 only runs as a 64-bit application and must have 64-bit hardware.
• Lync Server 2010 does not support Intel Itanium processors.
From an operating perspective, plan to use one of the following operating systems to support Lync Server 2010:
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard operating system
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise operating system
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter operating system
• Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard operating system with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise operating system with SP2
• Windows Server 2008 x64 Datacenter operating system with SP2
Warning
Installation of any Lync Server 2010 role on a computer running Windows Server 2008 x64 Datacenter or Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter that has multiple processor groups configured is not supported. This is due to an incompatibility with SQL Server 2008 Express and multiple processor groups.
Although the Lync Server 2010 roles are limited to the previous operating systems, the Planning Tool can be run on any of the following operating systems:
• The 32-bit version of Windows 7 operating system
• The 64-bit version of Windows 7 operating system using the WOW64 x86 emulator
• The 32-bit edition of Windows Vista with SP2 operating system
• The 64-bit edition of Windows Vista with SP2 operating system using the WOW64 x86 emulator
• The 32-bit edition of Windows XP with SP3 operating system
• The 64-bit edition of Windows XP with SP3 operating system using WOW64 x86
• The 32-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 operating system
• The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 operating system using WOW64 x86
• The 32-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system
• The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system using WOW64 x86
Also, plan for a somewhat standardized build for the operating system for Lync Server 2010 systems. By planning what software and features will and won’t be present on the system, it is easier to understand the security implication of the systems and they become easier to support as their configuration is well known to the group supporting them.
→ The individual role chapters in this book, which are Chapters 5 through 9, go into detail on which roles need which features and services, and these should be accounted for in the planning of the deployment.
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