Microsoft 70-336: Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server...

Explore the terminology and core concepts of Lync Server 2013 to prepare you for upcoming modules in this course.

Explore how Lync Server 2013 functions and its evolution from early communications servers, including its integration with Exchange for messaging, presence, and conferencing.

Explore the general features of Lync Server 2013, including instant messaging, presence, voice and video calls, desktop and PowerPoint sharing, notes, file attachments and Exchange/SharePoint integration.

Explore general features of Lync Server 2013, highlighting full integration with Office 2013 apps and Office 365 services such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online, plus unified messaging.

Explore Lync Server 2013 general features across Windows 8 devices, Windows 7 compatibility, Mac desktops, and browsers, with presence, VOIP, HD video, presenter control, bandwidth planning, and Lync Online.

Compare Lync server editions, from standard edition for up to 5000 users to enterprise edition for 5000–80000 users, with fault tolerance and cloud integration including Office 365 and online services.

Learn the major Lync Server roles for late 2013, including standard edition, front end, monitoring, archiving, persistent chat, mediation, backend, edge, and director servers, with notes on optional/co-located configurations.

Learn to administer Lync Server 2013 with the graphical control panel and PowerShell, and automate routine tasks; navigate the left pane to manage users, topology, presence, voice, and security.

Explore the Lync server 2013 client ecosystem, including desktop clients, Office 2013 integration, online meeting add-on, web scheduler, link web app, and mobile clients, plus migration considerations from Lync 2010.

Assess desktop and laptop compatibility for Lync Server 2013, with Windows 7 as minimum; upgrade XP/Vista, and support Windows 8/8.1, Windows Server 2008 or higher, plus a Mac client.

Identify supported browsers for the Lync Server 2013 client—Internet Explorer 7–11, Firefox 12, and Safari 5–7—and use the link web app for other browsers to save bandwidth with ssl.

Integrate Office and Exchange with Lync Server 2013 to streamline communication; prefer 2013, yet 2010/2007 compatibility remains, with the Lync client integrated into the Office suite and Exchange 2010–2013.

Watch a demonstration of the functioning Lync 2013 client connected to corporate infrastructure, showcasing enterprise voice and a range of features available in the latest client.

The lecture demonstrates the 2013 Lync client with enterprise voice, showing presence statuses, location, favorites, conversations, voicemail, dial-pad calling, and meetings integrated with Outlook, plus audio and video device settings.

Learn to use the Lync Server 2013 client to start conference calls, share desktop or PowerPoint, use whiteboard and polls, manage audio devices, and set call forwarding.

Use the free remote connectivity analyzer to test Exchange, Lync / Office 365 connectivity, and web and mobile services across subnets, diagnose DNS and authentication issues, and troubleshoot client access.

Navigate module 1 questions for Microsoft Lync Server 2013, analyzing Office 365 service exclusions, Lync 2013 features like instant messaging and presence, and browser support for Lync Web App 2013.

Explore what's new in Lync 2013 in module two, highlighting features added since 2010 and technologies likely to appear on the 2013 exam.

Explore the 2013 Lync client enhancements, including expanded presence options, an Office 365-style interface, and persistent chat integrated into apps for managing multiple conversations.

Lync server features cover IPv6 support added in 2013, IPv4 coexistence with older versions and third-party systems, plus easier VDI deployment using Hyper-V and SCVMM.

Access communications from iPhone, iPad, Windows devices, and tablets via Windows 8; Lync 2010 supports two videos, while Lync 2013 enables multi-party audio/video with up to five HD videos.

Explore 2013 Lync architecture changes, including consolidated monitoring and archiving. Review features like persistent chat, Office Web App Server, Skype interconnectivity, DFS absence, and federation.

Discover how Lync Server 2013 delivers instant messaging, presence, VoIP, and enterprise video communications, with unified contacts, third-party presence, persistent chat, and federation design considerations.

Explore Lync's new collaboration features, including archiving conference content, a virtual whiteboard, and Cisco TelePresence interoperability, plus PowerPoint animations via Office Web Apps Server and Office 365 cloud enhancements.

Discover Lync Server 2013 manageability and archiving enhancements, including pool pairing, multi-site redundancy, automatic failover, and improved PowerShell tooling for monitoring.

Demonstrates the prerequisites installation of Lync Server 2013 using step-by-step screenshots, explains each component, and provides a time-saving guide for completing the installation.

Install prerequisites for Lync Server 2013, including selecting the 64-bit file, accepting the license terms, and preparing Active Directory and schema via the deployment wizard and PowerShell.

Learn schema preparation and forest readiness for Lync server prerequisites, verify replication, and create universal groups such as RTC and CS prefixes, with admin permissions and log verification.

Discover a time-saving screen-capture trick in Windows 7 to generate as-built documentation for Lync Server prerequisites. Then verify Active Directory health, replication, and permissions before using the deployment wizard.

Prepare Active Directory for Lync Server 2013 deployment, assess replication and domain health, and choose standard or enterprise edition options with proper installation accounts.

Set up a standard edition server to host the central management service, enable redundancy with SQL mirroring, configure installation files and firewall exceptions, and verify via the deployment logs.

Verify domain admin access and RTC groups, then create a shared topology folder on the local drive. Install BPA, debugging tools, and the resource kit for Lync Server prerequisites.

Create and publish a topology with topology builder before installing the server, save typology files securely, and configure a primary sip domain and central site with a front-end pool.

Select features for a single-server standard edition setup, including archiving and monitoring, with optional conferencing and PSTN dial-in. Plan mediation co-location, file stores, and SQL express integration for scalable design.

Learn to configure a Lync topology using topology builder, including creating archiving, monitoring, and pools, defining DNS records and certificates, and publishing the topology for deployment.

Explore module 2 review on late 2013 updates to Microsoft Lync Server 2013, including Office Web Apps for PowerPoint, link roles, presence, persistent and group chat, and paired pools recovery.

Plan and design a Lync Server 2013 topology by exploring sites topology and server roles; tailor designs to organization size and understand hardware requirements for each role.

Plan and design a Lync server 2013 topology, focusing on site topology, server roles, and deployment models (on premises, hybrid, lync online) using the topology builder and capacity planning calculator.

Discover how Lync server sites use central and branch sites to optimize low-latency networks, with survivable branch appliances and PSTN gateway support.

Explore survivable branch server options for branch sites, including survivable branch appliance and server-based survivable branch option, with sip and mediation server, plus pstn gateways and links for enterprise voice.

Design the site topology with at least one central link site and optional branch sites, guided by business requirements, bandwidth, and disaster recovery planning using the topology builder.

Explore design and deployment of Lync server roles, including standard edition, front end, archiving, back end, persistent chat, and director. Understand pilot setup, conferencing, and Active Directory requirements.

Design resilient Lync server deployments with front end pools, CMOS and SQL backups, and integrated monitoring and archiving; plan for persistent chat and large meetings.

Discover how the mediation service translates media and protocols for enterprise voice, using PSTN gateway, IP-PBX, or SIP trunk options, with backend SQL Server redundancy and deployment choices.

Enable external communications through edge servers for mobile and remote clients, with push notifications, an XMPP gateway, and optional director authentication to connect users to the Lync server.

Explore a Lync Server 2013 design diagram with external networks, Office 365 integration, PSTN connectivity, a DMZ perimeter with double firewalls, reverse proxy, TMG 2010, and front-end server redundancy.

Explore reverse proxy options, such as web server or TMG 2010, that route devices into the DMZ to reach link servers, with two servers for edge and back end pools.

Design a Lync server topology integrating identity management, Active Directory, Exchange archiving, and database access (Oracle, SQL, PeopleSoft) with DAG monitoring, DFS storage, and CDR reporting.

Explore the recommended 64-bit hardware for Microsoft Lync Server roles, including front end, back end, and edge servers, with hex core CPUs, 32 gb memory, and 10k rpm disks.

Assess client hardware to the 2013 requirements: Pentium 4, 2 GB RAM, 1024x768 display; use Windows 7 or newer and a DirectX 9 GPU with 256 MB.

Explore pooling in Lync Server 2013, including front-end and mediation server pools, for redundancy, high availability, and disaster recovery across data centers with synchronous SQL mirroring.

Assess business requirements through discovery to determine Lync server roles and pooling, then deploy a single Lync server 2013 standard edition for small sites and plan proof-of-concept labs.

Begin with a proof-of-concept lab using a subset of Lync features, validate the design, then stage pilots from basic presence to full voice with AD, DNS, DHCP, and testing.

Configure essential DNS records for internal and external DNS, including SIP and web conferencing A records, and set DHCP options 42, 43, 120 for Lync server discovery.

Designing for certificates explains securing server-to-server and client communications with mutual TLS using an enterprise external certificate authority, SAN certificates, and avoiding wildcard certs.

Calculate network bandwidth requirements by estimating per-user bit rates for audio and video, factoring audio payload, IP headers, and conferencing or peer to peer usage.

Analyze video bandwidth requirements for conferencing, focusing on H.264 codecs, real-time transport control protocols (RTC), and resolutions with varied aspect ratios to plan for higher video traffic than audio.

Explore bandwidth requirements for legacy and modern Lync deployments, compare one-to-one and group streams, and apply capacity planning with panoramic video and codecs.

Explore planning tools for Lync Server 2013, including the linked server planning tool, topology builder, and capacity planning calculator, to design, simulate load, and publish a deployment topology.

Explore the linked server planning tool, a free download that captures customer data from assessment and business requirements to analyze and determine the link typology for Lync 2013 deployments.

Explore the Microsoft Lync Server 2013 planning tool, downloadable from Microsoft, to model your environment on a laptop and plan features such as audio video conferencing, enterprise voice, and archiving.

Demonstrates using the Lync Server planning tool to configure central sites, home users, and Exchange mailbox integration, with disaster recovery and three-to-five year capacity planning.

Use the Lync server planning tool to build topology, enter server details and domains, and view enterprise edition servers, databases, reverse proxies, directors, and web servers for planning.

Demonstrate using the capacity calculator tool for Lync Server 2013, with a Microsoft Word guide and a spreadsheet of formulas and default values to plan capacity.

Explore the capacity planning calculator in the Word and Excel documents, using orange input cells and defaults to estimate front-end servers and memory for instant messaging, presence, and mobility.

Explore the 2013 capacity calculator spreadsheet for Microsoft Lync Server, featuring color-coded input cells and formulas that model messaging, presence, enterprise voice, and conferencing workloads.

Learn three deployment modes for Lync: on premises, online (cloud), and hybrid, using directory synchronization with Active Directory to connect to the Microsoft cloud and manage passwords.

Explore when to keep an on-premises enterprise voice system or adopt hybrid and Lync Online modes, balancing Mission Control, media quality assurance, access controls, and regulatory considerations.

Compare on premises, link on line, and hybrid modes for Lync Server, noting Microsoft manages cloud components, provides per-user pricing, and supports Active Directory synchronization for hybrid deployments.

Explore module 3 review questions on Microsoft Lync Server 2013, including identifying non-server roles, persistent chat server components, and using topology tools for planning hybrid deployments.

Plan and design Microsoft Lync Server 2013 features, focusing on conferencing, remote access, external access, and user experience; cover migrations from 2007 R2 and Lync 2010.

Explore planning and designing Lync Server 2013 features, including conferencing, remote and external access, client experience, and migration strategies from earlier versions, with a focus on end-user training.

Configure Lync Server conferencing by deploying the web app server, applying SSL certificates, and setting DNS; enable dial-in access, web admin, and phone conferencing with conference IDs.

Assess remote and external access requirements, plan bandwidth and mobility considerations, and configure firewall ports for secure internal network access, with testing and redundancy planning.

Design the user experience by testing across multiple systems and networks, validating instant messaging, presence, and feature options, then pilot, deploy Office 365 integration, and train users.

Assess current hardware and voice over IP devices for kit compatibility with Lync 2013, plan upgrades, and map phased deployments from assessment through design to successful deployment.

Plan Lync telephony clients and devices by implementing normalization rules that translate legacy extensions and local numbers into the Lync format, preserving dialing patterns across global, user, and pool plans.

Explore core regular expressions in the NET Framework, including digits, anchors, character classes, and quantifiers, and learn how to translate four digit and five digit phone extensions into full numbers.

Apply regex-based normalization to translate US long-distance and international prefixes into standardized numbers, including plus one and nine-prefix dialing rules, while preserving extensions.

Plan migrations from legacy Lync and Office Communications Server to 2013 using side-by-side deployments, coexistence considerations, and topology builder guidance.

Plan migrations from lync server 2010 to 2013 using the central management store, topology builder, and PowerShell commands such as Move-CsLegacyUser to move users.

Plan migrations Part3 outlines upgrading from legacy lync and live meeting, addressing enterprise voice systems, mediation servers, gateways, and client readiness, including Office 2013 and essential training and communications.

Discover how to use the 2013 chm help file, a free downloadable compilation with technical diagrams, to support planning, deploying, migrating, and managing your Microsoft Lync Server 2013 systems.

Navigate a 2013 chm help file for Microsoft Lync Server on premises, with left pane navigation and diagrams. Explore enterprise voice, scalability, protocol workflows, and voice routes via a command.

Configure Active Directory and DNS for a Lync server, add DNS and SRV records in DNS Manager, and highlight how a typographical error can cause common setup issues.

Configure active directory and DNS for a Lync server by creating a reverse lookup zone, forward DNS records for dialin and meet and admin, and a SIP service record.

Configure DNS and Active Directory for Lync Server by creating correct service records, verifying FQDN, and avoiding missing underscores in protocol fields to ensure registration and replication.

Review module 4 focuses on Microsoft Lync Server 2013 design questions, clarifying persistent chat server, group chat server, and server pool concepts, plus exam strategies and essential PowerShell commands.

Learn to manage and operate Lync Server 2013, troubleshoot the infrastructure, and mitigate data loss using System Center Operations Manager with Lync-specific management packs.

Deploy System Center Operations Manager with Lync 2013 management packs to baseline metrics and thresholds and alert via email or paging. Mitigate data loss with SQL mirroring across two servers.

Master Lync Server 2013 troubleshooting with logs, CLX, BPA, and RCA; diagnose DNS, port 443 SSL, event logs, and network tools to secure and manage road-based access control and devices.

Manage the link infrastructure by configuring the address book and users; export and import link server configurations with PowerShell or deployment wizard; monitor with link management pack and Q metrics.

Analyze media quality by reviewing audio and video codecs, network bandwidth, latency, jitter, and packet loss to ensure optimal end-user experience in voice and video calls.

Explain the late 2013 new communications protocol used by office servers to authenticate and interoperate Lync, Exchange, and SharePoint Server through certificates and ssl.

Troubleshoot the Lync infrastructure by identifying DNS, NAT, firewall, and load balancing issues, and apply proper design, phased deployment, and testing to prevent failures.

Troubleshoot the Lync infrastructure by mapping all server connections, isolating issues across devices and subnets, and validating certificates, VPNs, and reverse proxy configurations.

Learn how secure communications in Lync Server rely on encrypted packets, SSL certificates, and SANs across all servers, with a new protocol called secure real time transfer protocol over UDP.

Use Microsoft wizards for certificate requests, avoid wildcard and single subject alternative name certificates for all servers, and consider internal CAs if needed to prevent mass expirations.

Explore key Lync protocols like RTP for audio and media, SIP for communications between linked and federated systems, ICE for NAT traversal, and HTTPS for secure connections on port 443.

Explore protocol troubleshooting using a port query tool, network monitors (Microsoft Network Monitor, Wireshark), and ping/tracert to verify port openness, ICMP reachability, and DNS issues; isolate problems across the network.

Configure two NICs on separate networks—one for interop and one for external—using static routing to support reliable connectivity. Implement split DNS with internal Active Directory DNS for the internal network and external DNS for the public network, and test firewall port ranges over 50000 and SSL port 443.

Enhance high availability and disaster recovery by deploying at least three edge servers, keeping these two concepts separate, and using pools across sites and data centers with sequel mirroring.

Use the Best Practices Analyzer tool for Microsoft Lync Server 2013 to troubleshoot your Lync Server infrastructure, assess Active Directory health, and gather information from a free download.

Learn to use the linked server 2013 Best Practices Analyzer to perform health checks on Active Directory, connect to AD servers and global catalogs, and produce actionable reports.

Demonstrate the Lync Server Management Shell and PowerShell usage, showing how to run basic and .NET commands, including Visual Basic, within the Lync Server environment.

Shows the Lync Server Management Shell on a 2013 server using PowerShell to retrieve Active Directory user details by identity and export CS configuration to backup.

Experience a guided tour of an actual Office 365 E-3 subscription, exploring Exchange Online and SharePoint Online interfaces and the available options.

Explore the Office 365 admin center and interface, including Exchange Online, Link Online, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive, with navigation, service health, and configuration of users, domains, and licensing.

Review five questions on managing a Lync Server 2013. Identify troubleshooting tools — Event Viewer, Connectivity Analyzer, Best Practices Analyzer — and exporting cs configuration, plus 2.4 gigahertz wifi concerns.

Review concepts, terminology, features, design recommendations, migrations, and troubleshooting for Link server 2013 to prepare for the exam.