Core Solutions of Microsoft ® Lync ® Server 2013

Course details

The course teaches IT professionals how to plan, design, deploy, configure, and administer a Microsoft Lync Server 2013 solution.

Course Outline

1 - 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

2 - 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
• Lab : Preparing the Environment and Deploying a Lync Server 2013 Pool

3 - Configuring Users and Rights in Microsoft Lync Server 2013

• Managing Lync Server 2013
• Introduction to Role Based Access Control
• Lab : Configuring Users and Rights in Lync Server 2013

4 - 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
• Lab : Client and Device Management

5 - 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
• Lab : Conferencing in Microsoft Lync Server 2013

6 - Designing and Deploying External Access

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

7 - 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
• Lab : Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Persistent Chat Server

8 - Monitoring and Archiving

• Describing the Archiving Service
• Describing the Monitoring Service
• Configuring Archiving and Monitoring
• Lab : Configuring and Using Archiving and Monitoring in Lync Server 2013

9 - 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
• Lab : Administrating and Maintenance of Lync Server 2013

10 - 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
• Lab : Configuring High Availability in Lync Server 2013

11 - 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
• Lab : Configuring Disaster Recovery in Lync Server 2013

12 - 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
• Lab : Planning a Migration to Lync Server 2013 (Paper-based)

Related Certifications:

• MCSE: Communication

Related Exams:

• Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013