Now that Lync has gone RTM and Virtual Launch is done we need to get down to business and deploy Lync to the general masses. During the time of Beta, RC and early RTM a lot of great blog articles were published about features and how to configure them. I wanted to collect the posts I find interesting here so I have them all in one place when I deploy Lync Server to my customers. I will update this article with new posts as I find them or when they get published.
Last updated: 16.10.2011
- Lync Server 2010 Deployment
- Installing Prerequisites on Server 2008 R2: http://msunified.net/2010/11/23/installing-lync-server-2010-prerequisites-on-windows-server-2008-r2/
- Part 1: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync2010rc-deployment-part1/
- Part 2: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync2010rc-deployment-part2/
- Part 3: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/10/lync2010rc-deployment-part3/
- Deploying Lync Server EDGE: http://ocsguy.com/2010/11/21/deploying-an-edge-server-with-lync/
- Deploying XMPP for Lync: http://ocsguy.com/2010/11/29/deploying-lync-for-xmpp/
- Publishing Lync Server Web Components and Simple URLs: http://ucmadeeasy.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/publishing-lync-server-2010-rc-simple-urls-and-web-components-with-forefront-tmg-2010/
- What is Central Management Store (CMS): http://blogs.technet.com/b/jenstr/archive/2010/10/13/what-is-central-management-store-cms.aspx
- Remote Administration: http://blog.powershell.no/2010/12/05/lync-server-2010-remote-administration/
- Another Reason to Include a Director in Your Lync Server 2010 Deployment: http://blogs.technet.com/b/dodeitte/archive/2010/12/26/another-reason-to-include-a-director-in-your-lync-server-2010-deployment.aspx
- Protecting the Edge Server Against DoS and Password Brute-Force Attacks in Lync Server 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/drrez/archive/2011/04/11/protecting-the-edge-server-against-dos-and-password-brute-force-attacks-in-lync-server-2010.aspx
- Exchange 2010 integration
- UM: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-and-exchange-um-integration/
- Lync calls to Exchange Auto Attendant Fail: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-calls-to-exchange-auto-attendant-fail/
- OWA: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/lync-and-exchange-im-integration/
- Lync 2010 Client
- Custom Presence State: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/11/adding-custom-presence-to-lync/
- Client Policies: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/
- Lync to Windows Live A/V Federation: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/lync-to-windows-live-av-federation/
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Photo Experience: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2010/11/22/microsoft-lync-2010-photo-experience.aspx
- How to Customize the Meeting Entry Page for Lync: http://ocsguy.com/2010/12/04/how-to-customize-the-meeting-entry-page-for-lync/
- Reordering Lync 2010 Dial-In Conferencing Numbers: http://www.shudnow.net/2011/09/28/reordering-lync-2010-dial-in-conferencing-numbers/
- Hide the Lync Conferencing Add-In for Outlook: http://aspoc.net/archives/2011/09/23/hide-the-lync-conferencing-add-in-for-outlook/
- Lync for Mac – GPO equivalents: http://mac2.microsoft.com/help/office/14/en-us/lyncdeploy/item/81755f45-3c1b-4d09-bef1-2cf48b9fc29a?category=fb7c71bb-c9bd-4f45-873f-851be7af1489
- Understanding and Enforcing Licensing for the Lync Standard User CAL: http://howdouc.blogspot.com/2011/09/understanding-and-enforcing-licensing.html
- Configuring Lync Client Access Capabilities to Meet Client Access License Requirements: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/10/13/configuring-lync-client-access-capabilities-to-meet-client-access-license-requirements.aspx
- Lync Phone Edition
- Configuring Lync Server for Phone Edition Devices: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/12/configuring-lync-server-for-phone-edition-devices/
- Externally Provisioning Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/12/configuring-lync-server-for-phone-edition-devices/
- Updating Lync Phone Edition Devices: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/01/updating-lync-phone-edition-devices/
- Manual VLAN Configuration for Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/01/manual-vlan-configuration-for-lync-phone-edition/
- Common Area Phone Configuration in Lync: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/04/common-area-phone-configuration-in-lync/
- Analog Phone support with Lync 2010 using MP-114: http://www.lynclog.com/2011/04/analog-phone-support-with-lync-2010.html
- Localization and Language Support in Lync Phone Edition: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/05/localization-and-language-support-in-lync-phone-edition/
- The Addressbook in Lync Server 2010
- Updating the Lync 2010 Address Book: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/updating-the-lync-2010-address-book/
- How to add Photos in Lync 2010: http://www.codesalot.com/2010/photos-in-lync-2010/
- Lync 2010 Address Book Normalization: http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/lync-2010-address-book-normalization/
Lync 2010 People & Skill Search with SharePoint 2010 and TMG: http://techblurt.com/2011/02/22/lync-2010-people-search-with-sharepoint-2010-and-tmg/ - Hotfix for generating the Invalid_AD_Phone_Numbers List for Lync: http://aspoc.net/archives/2011/10/28/hotfix-for-generating-the-invalid_ad_phone_numbers-list-for-lync/
- Lync 2010 Networking
- DHCP for Network Communications and PIN/Certificate Authentication: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/11/18/lync-2010-dhcp-for-network-communications-and-pincertificate-authentication/
- Using DHCPUtil for Lync Phone Edition DHCP Server Configuration: http://www.confusedamused.com/notebook/using-dhcputil-for-lync-phone-edition-dhcp-server-configuration/
- Port Ranges and Audio/Media Negotiation: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/12/06/lync-server-2010-port-ranges-and-audiomedia-negotiation/
- Configuring DirectAccess for Lync/OCS voice/video in a split DNS scenario: http://donnystyle.wordpress.com/2011/04/17/configuring-directaccess-for-lync-ocs-voicevideo-in-a-split-dns-scenario/
- SQL Configuration
- Using Lync Server 2010 with a Custom SQL Server Network Configuration: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/04/12/using-lync-server-2010-with-a-custom-sql-server-network-configuration.aspx
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Pool Local SQL Express (RTCLOCAL) Database Permissions: http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2011/04/microsoft-lync-server-2010-enterprise.html
- The Lync Server Databases: http://blog.insidelync.com/2011/04/the-lync-server-databases/
- Mediation server
- Collocated Mediation Server vs. Dedicated Mediation Server: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/10/lync-2010-collocated-mediation-server-vs-dedicated-mediation-server/
- Media Bypass with and without Voice Resilience: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/09/27/lync-2010-media-bypass-with-and-without-voice-resilience/
- When to use the EnableReferSupport flag in LYNC CS 2010? http://blogs.technet.com/b/kamehta/archive/2011/01/06/when-to-use-the-enablerefersupport-flag-in-lync-cs-2010.aspx
- DNS Loadbalancing
- DNS Load Balancing and Server Draining: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2010/10/12/lync-dns-load-balancing-and-server-draining.aspx
- Response Groups
- Creating a Response Group in Lync: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ilvancri/archive/2010/11/23/creating-a-response-group-in-lync.aspx
- Maintenance
- SCOM / OpsMgr: Lync 2010 Management Pack – Deploying Synthetic transactions (STs): http://www.vnext.be/2011/03/06/scom-opsmgr-lync-2010-management-pack-deploying-synthetic-transactions-sts/
- Lync Backup Instructions: http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc_mess/archive/2011/03/17/lync_2d00_server_2d00_2010_2d00_backup_2d00_instructions.aspx
- Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Standard Edition Disaster Recovery Plan: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/09/29/microsoft-lync-server-2010-standard-edition-disaster-recovery-plan-part-1.aspx
- Move Lync SQL Databases with a SQL Statement: http://aspoc.net/archives/2011/09/28/move-lync-sql-databases-with-a-sql-statement/
- Third Party integrations
- IM an Expert Lync bot available for download and other Lync customization examples: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2011/03/24/im-an-lync-expert-bot-available-for-download-and-other-lync-customization-examples.aspx
- Streaming Video Content or Using Two Web Cams during a Lync Meeting using ManyCam: http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2011/03/streaming-video-content-or-using-two.html
- MP-114 pre-configured BOARD.INI for Lync 2010: http://www.lynclog.com/2011/04/mp-114-pre-configured-boardini-for-lync.html
- User Provisioning App for AD, Lync and Exchange: http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Z-Hire-Employee-Provisionin-e4854d6b
- Various Lync addons/customizations/extensions: http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?query=lync&ac=8
- Third-Party Video Conferencing with Lync: http://blog.schertz.name/2011/10/lync-3rd-party-video-interop/
- Office 365 and UC
- How to enable Lync On-Premise to Federate with Office365 Lync Online: http://techietom.co.uk/blog/2011/04/how-to-enable-office365-lync-online-to-federate-with-lync-on-prem/
- Federation 101 in Lync Online: http://www.ultimate-communications.com/2011/07/federation-101-in-lync-online-office365-lync/
- Configuring On-Premises Lync Server 2010 Integration with Exchange Online: http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2011/06/28/configuring-on-premises-lync-server-2010-integration-with-exchange-online.aspx