Administering Microsoft Lync Server

Architecture and design approach for Microsoft Lync Server 2013

• Overview of Lync Server 2013 Architecture
• Overview of Lync Server 2013 Core Capabilities
• Introduction to the Lync Server 2013 Design Process
• Assessing Infrastructure Requirements and Updating the Design
• Planning for all Microsoft Solutions Framework Phases

Designing a Lync Server 2013 Topology

• Planning Infrastructure Requirements for Lync Server 2013
• Using the Lync Server 2013 Planning Tool
• Using Topology Builder
• Planning the Server Infrastructure
• Designing Documentation Using Microsoft Office

Configuring Users and Rights in Microsoft Lync Server 2013

• Managing Lync Server 2013
• Introduction to Role Based Access Control

Client and Device Deployment and Management

• Preparing for Client Deployment
• Deploying and Managing Lync 2013 Clients
• Preparing for Device Deployment
• Deploying and Managing IP Phones

Conferencing in Lync Server 2013

• Introduction to Conferencing in Lync Server 2013
• Designing for Audio\Video and Web Conferencing
• Dial-In Conferencing in Lync Server 2013
• Managing and Administering Conferencing

Designing and Deploying External Access

• Conferencing and External Capabilities of Lync Server 2013
• Planning for IM and Presence Federation
• Designing Edge Services

Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat

• Overview Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat architecture
• Design Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat
• Deploy and Configure Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat

Configuring Basic Enterprise Voice Functionality

• Features of Lync Server 2013 Enterprise Voice
• Preparing for Enterprise Voice
• Deploying Enterprise Voice

Extending Enterprise Voice Functionality

• Configuring Enterprise Voice
• Introducing Call Park
• Introducing the Announcement Service

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Unified Messaging (UM) Integration

• Prerequisites for Integrating Exchange Server 2013 UM with Lync Server 2013
• Integrating Exchange Server 2013 UM with Lync Server 2013

Monitoring and Archiving

• Describing the Archiving Service
• Describing the Monitoring Service
• Configuring Archiving and Monitoring

Administrating and Maintenance of Lync Server 2013

• Introduction to Lync Server 2013 troubleshooting tools
• Understanding Lync Server 2013 Operational tasks
• Develop Lync Server 2013 troubleshooting techniques
• Introduction to analyzing Lync Server 2013 logs and traces

High Availability in Lync Server 2013

• High Availability in Lync Server 2013
• Configuring High Availability in Lync Server 2013
• Planning for Load Balancing
• Designing Load Balancing

Disaster Recovery in Lync Server 2013

• Disaster Recovery in Lync Server 2013
• Tools for Backing up and Restoring Lync Server 2013
• Critical Lync Server 2013 Data to Back Up and Restore
• Critical Lync Server 2013 Data to Export and Import
• Designing Branch Site Resiliency

Planning a Migration to Lync Server 2013

• Overview of Coexistence and Migration
• Migration steps
• Planning for Clients and Devices
• Designing a Client Migration and Device Migration Strategy