What You'll Learn

IT professionals and telecommunications professionals who want to learn how to design and plan a Lync Server 2010 solution

Who Needs to Attend

IT professionals and telecommunications professionals who want to learn how to design and plan a Lync Server 2010 solution

Pre-requisites

• Experience in core Lync Server 2010 technology with specialist skills in:
  • Features and architecture
  • Dial plans
  • External user access and federation
  • Security
  • High Availability
  • Load balancing
  • Resiliency
  • Capacity
  • Bandwidth management
  • Central and branch office sites
  • Enterprise Voice
    • Call management
    • Audio/web/dial-in conferencing
    • Topology options including services, server roles, collocation, and geographical placement
• Knowledge of Windows Server Active Directory deployment
• 6272: Configuring and Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (M10533) or equivalent experience or skills

• Deploying, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (M10533)

Course Outline

1. Overview of the Lync Server 2010 Design Process

• Lync Server 2010 Architecture
• Lync Server 2010 Core Capabilities
• Introduction to the Lync Server 2010 Design Process
• Assessing Infrastructure Requirements and Updating Design
• Planning for all Microsoft Solutions Framework Phases

2. Designing a Lync Server 2010 Topology

• Planning Infrastructure Requirements for Lync Server 2010
• Using the Lync Server 2010 Planning Tool
• Using Topology Builder
• Planning for Site Topology
• Designing the Site Topology
• Planning the Server Infrastructure
• Design Documentation Using Microsoft Office

3. Designing for Conferencing and External Scenarios

• Conferencing and External Capabilities of Lync Server 2010
• Designing for Dial-In Conferencing
• Designing for Audio/Video and Web Conferencing
• Planning for IM and Presence Federation
• Designing Edge Services
• Planning for DNS Implementation
• Planning for PKI Implementation

4. Planning and Designing Load Balancing

• Planning for Load Balancing
• Designing Load Balancing

5. Designing a Mediation Server Topology

• Designing Mediation Server
• Designing Media Bypass

6. Designing Voice Infrastructure

• Introduction to Lync Server 2010 Voice Architecture
• Lync Server 2010 Telephony Interoperability Options
• Defining Number Manipulation
• Defining Voice Policies
• Designing a Voice Routing Solution
• Address Book Service in Lync Server 2010

7. Creating a Network Design for Lync Server 2010

• Planning for Media Requirements
• Planning for Bandwidth Based on Usage
• Planning for Call Admission Control
• Designing Call Admission Control

8. Designing Response Group Services

• Overview of the Response Group Services
• Planning for Response Group Services
• Designing Response Group Services

9. Designing Location Services in Lync Server 2010

• Planning for Location Services
• Designing Location Services

10. Designing Exchange Server Unified Messaging Integration with Lync Server 2010

• Overview of Exchange Server 2010 Unified Messaging
• Planning a Voice Mail Solution for Lync Server 2010
• Designing a Voice Mail Solution for Lync Server 2010

11. Designing Resiliency

• Planning Site Resiliency
• Designing Site Resiliency
• Designing System Monitoring

12. Designing Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Designing a Backup and Restore Strategy
• Lync Server 2010 Backup and Recovery Considerations

13. Designing Monitoring and Archiving

• Designing Monitoring Server Topology
• Designing Archiving Server Topology

14. Planning a Migration to Lync Server 2010

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