Lync Server Cookbook

Over 90 recipes to empower you to configure, integrate, and manage your very own Lync Server deployment

About This Book

• Customize and manage Lync security and authentication on cloud and mobile
• Discover the best ways to integrate Lync with Exchange and explore resource forests
• The book is designed to teach you how to select the best tools, debugging methods, and monitoring options to help you in your day-to-day work

Who This Book Is For

If you work with Lync on a daily basis or if you have to use a specific feature of Lync for a project, this is the book for you. For solutions architects, technical consultants, and administrators, if you have a Lync deployment and you want to upgrade, integrate, secure, or extend it to the cloud, you can get valuable information from the recipes in this book.

In Detail

This book begins with the fundamental security-related tasks you should be aware of when working with Lync, before moving on to walk you through the authentication mechanisms. You will get hands-on experience with the steps required to integrate Lync with Office 365, Exchange, or trusted forests. You will explore how to use various tools such as the Bandwidth calculator, Lync resource kit tools, stress and performance tools, and planning tools that will help you to manage complex Lync features such as enterprise voice. This book will take you through designing a Lync solution right from assessing the existing infrastructure and capturing the requirements through to planning for user-training. Finally, the book concludes by showing you how to control and manage your networks and introduces you to various debugging tools such as Wireshark, CLSController, and more. The book aims at empowering you to successfully manage your Lync deployments with ease.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Lync 2013 Security
Chapter 2: Lync 2013 Authentication
Chapter 3: Lync Dial Plans and Voice Routing
Chapter 4: Lync 2013 Integration with Exchange
Chapter 5: Scripts and Tools for Lync
Chapter 6: Designing a Lync Solution – The Overlooked Aspects
Chapter 7: Lync 2013 in a Resource Forest
Chapter 8: Managing Lync 2013 Hybrid and Lync Online
Chapter 9: Lync 2013 Monitoring and Reporting
Chapter 10: Managing Lync 2013 Backup and Restore
Chapter 11: Controlling Your Network – A Quick Drill into QoS and CAC
Chapter 12: Lync 2013 Debugging