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Updated Resource Kit Chapters release
Updated resource kit chapters have been released by Microsoft. They are available at the download centre
Lync resource Kit Chapters
Microsoft are releasing chapters of the forthcoming Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book for review. The documents can be found on the Download site. All the available chapters can be downloaded as a zip file or individual chapters can be downloaded.
Address Book Service | |
Client Administration | |
Conferencing and Collaboration | |
Direct SIP | |
Enterprise Voice | |
Exchange UM Integration | |
Interoperability with Third party Systems | |
New Features Overview | |
Response Group Application | |
Server Administration | |
SharePoint Integration | |
Technical Overview | |
Troubleshooting Basics |
The Resource Kit Tools are available for Download also.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resources–Part I
Aviraj Ajgekar of Microsoft has pulled together in one place a number of Lync 2010 resources, the original article is published here.
Resources
Lync 2010 Attendee
Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendee is a conferencing client that allows users without Microsoft Lync 2010 installed, to participate in online meetings. A user with an administrator account on the computer can install Lync 2010 Attendee so that users of the computer can join Microsoft Lync Server 2010-hosted meetings.
Lync Web Scheduler
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Web Scheduler provides a Web-based online Lync meeting scheduling and management experience for Lync Server 2010.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 New Features Overview
This download contains the New Features Overview chapter of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book. This book is currently being developed. Chapters will be available for download while this book is being completed.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit
The Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit is the technical reference for the product. This book extends the product planning, deploying, and managing documentation in the Lync Technical Library. This book serves as a companion to the product documentation to learn how the product works under the hood.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Technical Overview
This download contains the Technical Overview chapter of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book. This book is currently being developed. Chapters will be available for download while this book is being completed.
Lync Server 2010 Administration Guide
This document contains procedures and guidance for administering a Lync Server 2010 deployment.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Active Directory Guide
This document guides you through the process of preparing Active Directory for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and includes the Active Directory schema reference.
Lync Server 2010 Capacity Calculator
A spreadsheet for calculating a user’s hardware requirements based on information about users and traffic.
Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool
The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool provides prescriptive guidance to get you started with planning your topology.
Lync 2010 Bandwidth Calculator
A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that calculates WAN bandwidth requirements for a Lync Server deployment based on administrator-specified user profiles and network information.
Lync Server 2010 Visio Stencil
This stencil provides over 125 shapes to help you create a visual presentation of your Lync Server architecture.
Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer
The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Lync Server environment.
Lync 2010 SDK
The Lync 2010 SDK is the client-side API set that enables the integration and extension of Lync experiences.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Security Guide
The Security Guide provides guidelines for assessing and managing security risks to your Lync Server 2010 deployment.
Resources
Lync 2010 Attendee
Microsoft Lync 2010 Attendee is a conferencing client that allows users without Microsoft Lync 2010 installed, to participate in online meetings. A user with an administrator account on the computer can install Lync 2010 Attendee so that users of the computer can join Microsoft Lync Server 2010-hosted meetings.
Lync Web Scheduler
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Web Scheduler provides a Web-based online Lync meeting scheduling and management experience for Lync Server 2010.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 New Features Overview
This download contains the New Features Overview chapter of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book. This book is currently being developed. Chapters will be available for download while this book is being completed.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit
The Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit is the technical reference for the product. This book extends the product planning, deploying, and managing documentation in the Lync Technical Library. This book serves as a companion to the product documentation to learn how the product works under the hood.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Technical Overview
This download contains the Technical Overview chapter of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book. This book is currently being developed. Chapters will be available for download while this book is being completed.
Lync Server 2010 Administration Guide
This document contains procedures and guidance for administering a Lync Server 2010 deployment.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Active Directory Guide
This document guides you through the process of preparing Active Directory for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and includes the Active Directory schema reference.
Lync Server 2010 Capacity Calculator
A spreadsheet for calculating a user’s hardware requirements based on information about users and traffic.
Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool
The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool provides prescriptive guidance to get you started with planning your topology.
Lync 2010 Bandwidth Calculator
A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that calculates WAN bandwidth requirements for a Lync Server deployment based on administrator-specified user profiles and network information.
Lync Server 2010 Visio Stencil
This stencil provides over 125 shapes to help you create a visual presentation of your Lync Server architecture.
Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer
The Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their Lync Server environment.
Lync 2010 SDK
The Lync 2010 SDK is the client-side API set that enables the integration and extension of Lync experiences.
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Security Guide
The Security Guide provides guidelines for assessing and managing security risks to your Lync Server 2010 deployment.
Lync Resource Kit - Sample Chapters
Sample chapters of the forthcoming Lync Resource Kit are available for download.
The sample chapters are:
The sample chapters are:
- Technical Overview
- New Features Overview
- Response Group Application
- SharePoint Integration
- Enterprise Voice
Server Virtualization in Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Microsoft have published a whitepaper on Virtualisation for Lync Server 2010. It is available for download from Microsoft here.
Recommended networking:
Windows Server 2008 R2 is the required guest operating system. Windows Server 2008 SP2 is not supported.VMWare ESX 4.0 is also supported.
Small VM Host Configuration
A single VM host with direct attached storage configuration.
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| Small VM host configuration diagram |
Recommended networking:
· Dual network adapter/host: 1 network adapter reserved for host access, 1+ network adapter for shared VM guest application workload.
· network adapter speed: 1 GbE or 10 GbE (VMQ)
Recommended storage:
· Dedicated spindle for VM host, as well as a dedicated spindle for each VM guest virtual drive
Not recommended:
· 100 Mbps network adapters
· Single network adapter (for VM host and VM guest application workload)
· Shared spindles between host and guests, or between guests
Virtual Standard Edition Deployment
The most interesting deployment is a single virtual host with all roles required for a full implementation for 2000 users.
All virtual Standard Edition deployment, single Standard Edition server, with Archiving and Monitoring, SQL Server (Archiving and Monitoring), Edge Server (VLAN configuration to perimeter network)
Scale: 2K users, default usage profile, all modalities
Lync Server Role | Features | Physical | Virtual | ||||
CPU | Memory | User | CPU | Memory | User | ||
Enterprise Edition Front End Server | IM&P | 8 core | 12 GB | 20K | 4 core | 10 GB | 12.5K |
Enterprise Edition Front End Server | IM&P, AS, AV, EV | 8 core | 16 GB | 5K | 4 core | 16 GB | 2.5K |
Enterprise Edition Front End Server | IM&P, AS, EV (8 Front End pool) | 8 core | 12 GB | 10K | 4 core | 11 GB | 5K |
Enterprise Edition Front End Server | IM&P, AS, EV (single Front End Server in pool) | 8 core | 12 GB | 7K | 4 core | 11 GB | 4K |
Standard Edition Front End Server | IM&P | 8 core | 16 GB | 25K | 4 core | 12 GB | 12.5K |
Standard Edition Front End Server | IM&P, AS, AV, EV | 8 core | 16 GB | 5K | 4 core | 16 GB | 2.5K |
Director | Reg | 4 core | 4 GB | 20K | 4 core | 4 GB | 10K |
Monitor/Archiving Server | 8 core | 16 GB | 230K | 4 core | 8 GB | 110K | |
A/V Conferencing Server | AV | 8 core | 16 GB | 20K | 4 core | 11 GB | 10K |
Mediation Server* | MS | 8 core | 16 GB | 800 concurrent calls | 4 core | 10 GB | 400 concurrent calls |
Edge Server | AP, DP MR | 8 core | 16 GB | 15K | 4 core | 8 GB | 7.5K |
Survivable Branch Server | Reg, MS | 2 core | 2 GB | 1K | 2 core | 2 GB | 1K |
SQL Server Back End Server (FE) | 8 core | 32 GB | 80K | 4 core | 16 GB | 40K | |
SQL Backend (M/A) | 8 core | 16 GB | 230K | 4 core | 12 GB | 115K | |
File Server | 4 core | 4 GB | 80K | 2 core | 3 GB | 40K | |
Lync Server 2010 Edge Server Reference Architecture Diagrams
Microsoft have released a series of reference architecture diagrams for the various supported Edge Topologies. The zip file can be downloaded here. The diagrams are in Visio format.
Lync Server Capacity Calculator
Microsoft have released a capacity calculator to assist in sizing Lync deployments.
Lync Documentation
The Lync Server 2010 documentation is available online or as a series of Word docs and best of all the whole documentation set has been compiled into a downloadable Windows help file, which has the great advantage of being searchable and always available.
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