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1.
2.
3. Integrated System
Enterprise voice
Audio, video & web
conferencing
Mobile
Persistent chat
Simple to manage
Reduced maintenance
Single system
Scalable
Flexible
Small footprint
Mission critical
High scale
Secured by design
Easy site recovery
Virtualization
Efficient
Modern operations
Monitoring & reporting
Compliant
Contact store
Connected
Skype
Federation
Remote access
Hybrid
11. GSM
DMZ
Media gateway
Reverse
proxy
Media server
Lync server
Internet
Lync push
notification
services
WiFi
Edge
server
Media for callback
SIP
https (XML)
Push notification for
Windows Phone
VOIP App
notifications for iOS
Voice/Video over IP
12. Mirrored SQL
SQL
SQL
Lync persistent chat pool
AD
Persistent chat
(XCCOS)
SQL
Registration,
presence (SIP)
persistent chat
(XCCOS)
Lync edge
Lync FE pool
Reverse proxy
Registration, presence (SIP)
persistent chat (XCCOS)
17. Web access and mobile
Lync endpoints
AD
Active
directory
FPO
SQL
Monitoring
SIP registrar
XMPP Gw
DMZ
Central Mgt
Exchange UM
and archiving
Voice routing
Remote
users
Mobile
SQL
Conferencing
Public
clouds
Lync Web App
Edge
server
Front end
servers
Back end
SQL server
System
Center
Federated
businesses
PSTN
Optional persistent
chat pool
WAC
18.
19. Lync 2010 pool
8 Front-Ends, tightly
coupled back end
Lync 2013 pool
20 Front-Ends, loosely
coupled store
SQL
SQL
SQL DB
business logic
DB used for presence
updates, subscriptions
1..8 FE
Storage
Dynamic data: presence
updates handled on FEs
1..20 FE
20. Session security: HTTPS
Audio/Video: SRTP
Caller always authenticated
IM content filter
Client version check
Lync server pool
Remote
users
SQL
Public
clouds
Authentication &
isolation through
Edge
DMZ
Anti virus.
Windows Server built in protections.
IM filter
Federated
businesses
PSTN
SQL
Secure anywhere
access
Edge
servers
PSTN GW
Message throttling
Mandatory session validation
Session security: TLS
Audio/Video: SRTP
Caller always authenticated
IM content filter
Client version check
FPO
27. Legacy and
latest remote
access.
Legacy and
latest
federation.
Production
Pilot
Legacy edge
Merge-CsLegacy Topology
Import-CsLegacy Configuration
Import-CsLegacy Conference Directory
Move-CsLegacy User
Legacy director
SQL
SQL
Legacy pool
AD
Latest pool
28. Legacy and
latest remote
access.
Legacy and
latest
federation.
Latest remote
access.
Production
Pilot
Legacy edge
Latest edge
Legacy director
Latest director
SQL
SQL
Legacy pool
AD
Latest pool
32. Unified e-discovery,
preservation, records
management experience
SQL
Contacts
favorites
buddy list
Buddy list
Read favorites
and buddy list
R/W favorites
and buddy list
Outlook 2013, Lync 2013
rich client, OWA
Lync
Mobile
Lync
2010
End-user
Lync IM and
online meeting
experience
FE
EWS
Lync server
Lync
Presence
server
End-user access
to IM archive
in mailbox
conversation
history folder
Exchange
Archiving
CDR
QoE
Web Conf
Lync Storage Service
Queue
DB
Queue + task manager
Unified contacts
Archival processing
(IM, WebConf)
Exchange 15
Monitoring processing
(CDR/QoE)
SQL DB
Replication
for HA
Instant Messaging and PresenceEnterprise voice. Audio, Video & web conferencing.Mobile.Persistent chat.
Lync 2 Phone.
Off-load some users to Office 365, reducing on-premise costs.Combine Lync Server and Lync Online using federation and “Split Domain.” Authentication using Microsoft Active Directory.Allows Lync Online users to get a DID from Lync on-premises.Lync on-Premises offers interoperability for PBX, Video Conferencing and Contact Center.Move users based on their profile needs.
Centralized & scale: Enterprise telephony system and management, distributed resources.Same configuration and policies across clients.Single user directory for all communications.One dial plan, CAC and location information across the enterprise.One Administration for all voice scenario, gateway, devices and phones.Feature rich: Built-in telephony features required by today’s organizations.Response Group Service Manager built-in, including IVR.SIP Trunk and Inter-trunk routing. Hosted Voice: DID on-premise, user online using hybrid cloud.IP phone support for Office 365.Lync-to-phone for O365 only deployments.
Improved AVMCUMultiview video for natural interactionsHigh-definition video in meetingsHD in panorama videoThird-party telepresence systems interoperabilityMultiple incoming video streams – switched or pinnedMultiple outgoing video streams and layersSquare video with Smart Cropping Active speaker indication in videoSupport for both H.264 and VC-11080p for P2P and conferencesH.264 providesIncreased resiliency to packet loss (protects base layers better)HW SoC (ARM) support (slates/mobile)No more lowest common denominatorThird-party room system interoperability
Software based web conference MCU.New Microsoft Office Web Application Companion Server*.Web based PowerPoint® rendering including animations and video playback.Excel and Word rendering for Exchange Outlook Web Access and SharePoint document viewer.Lync 2013 Web App for web based meeting.Full meeting web client capabilities, built-in on Front-ends.Application sharing, audio/video through browser plug-in.One-click Lync meeting scheduling from Exchange OWA.All accessible from anywhere using a reverse proxy.
Built-in Front-End web services.Unique client for Online and On-premise, reducing the complexity of deployment.Active Directory Authentication.Optimized for battery and bandwidth usage.VOIP, Video over IP or PSTN callbacks.
Unified client: persistentchat functionalities are now integrated into Lync 2013. Feature parity with Lync 2010 group chat clientIntegrated topology in the Lync server topologyCompliance support: Multiple persistent chat server pools to help comply with data privacy regulationsSimplified administration: Topology Builder, Lync Server Control Panel, Microsoft Windows PowerShell®, migration health and monitoringLarge rooms: Up to 15K concurrent endpoints/roomDisaster-recovery improvements and stretched pools. Disaster recovery support deploying Persistent chat pool across datacenter.
12 servers per pool80,000 users per pool (6,660 per server)Server specs: 32Gb RAM, “8 or more 10,000-RPM hard disk drives with at least 72 GB free disk space”, dual Gig NICs(teamed)Max single conference=250 usersLarge conferences supported(250-1000) by separate 2 server A/V poolRemote users… 12,000 users per Edge server
Why?Scale-out:Lync 2010: ~80K users/pool, ~8-10 Front-Ends/poolBack-end SQL bottleneck: Presence subscriptions & notificationsDeploying & managing SQL instances is expensiveImprove high availability SLAServer maintenance scenariosAutomatic Pool Health managementLync 2013 Architecture for High Availability and scalabilityFEs manage user stateFEs loosely coupled with BE; “lazy writes” for rehydration and disaster recoveryUsers are partitioned into “UserGroups” automaticallyEach UserGroup is assigned to 3 Front Ends (primary, secondary, tertiary).3 copies of each user’s data are stored on FEs through replication When one FE “dies,” user groups are automatically transitioned to a secondaryScale-out ~20 Front Ends per poolCollocation on the Front-end New architecture allows AVMCU collocation and traffic spread across FECollocation on FE and Edge of the XMPP Gateway service
While we delivered High Availability and Disaster Recovery options in Lync 2010 and previous releases, we continuing feedback from customer has been that these capabilities are critical, but that we could do some work to help make this capability easier to deploy, and that we could reduce the capital and operational expenditures needed to enable these critical functions.Some specific feedback was that the stretched pool approach to delivering metro site resiliency was difficult to deploy, and that there was a need to have an idea what SLAs could be supported with the various HA/DR approaches.To this end we have made several investments in HA and DR:Decreasing the cost of HA/DRWe made investments in removing our dependency on SQL clustering and SAN-based storage and removing dependencies on metro site resiliency for DR using SQL Mirroring and specific real-time SQL replicationEnhancing service resiliencySupport for auto failover / fallback for pool backend failuresFull UC enterprise grade support including presence, voice and conferencing resiliency as part of our pool pairing approach to DRFaster recoveryThe paired pool approach allows us to target failover recovery times between 5 and 30 minutes for recovery from catastrophic outages. Automatic failover can be scriptedThis is achieved by peering identical pools where 50% of the users are split across the 2 poolsDeployment of HA/DR-ready infrastructure will be easier for customers and partners due to integration across our deployment and manageability tools, for HA/DR support from end-to-endPlanning toolTopology builderLync Server Control PanelSystem center for alarmingPowerShell
Enables IT departments to reduce costs and improve operational efficiencyLync supports virtualized servers, using the hypervisor of your choice, across a fully distributed topology Enables administrators to minimize the server footprint and reduce the time for deployment and maintenanceAll workloads are supported including: Enterprise Voice, Conferencing and IM/PresenceImproved Windows Server hyper-V capabilitiesWindows Server 2012 supportIncrease virtual memory and dynamic memory supportIncreased resource mapping between physical and virtual deployment (core, RAM, etc…)Removal of CPU count limit from 4 to 8 coresHyper-V over SMB3 with RDMASingle Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) Network SupportQoS Minimum Bandwidth (Fair Share)Diskless Network Boot with iSCSI TargetNIC Teaming (LBFO) SupportIPSec OffloadHypervisor of your choice that are validated through the SVVP program
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI, is one of the areas in which we have invested significantly in order to enable the client virtualization scenarios our customers are looking to deploy with Lync. Our virtual client support is targeted to deliver enterprise-grade Audio/video communications in remote desktop environments, be easy to deploy and manage, and continue to deliver a robust Lync user experience and feature set.The overall approach that we are taking is to used media redirection to separate the audio and video streams from the other signaling, allowing the “thin” client to do encoding / decoding of audio and video locally rather than round-tripping this process to and from a remote desktop server. This results in low bandwidth consumption, higher server scalability, and an optimal user experience (compared to other options such as device remoting or codec compression). The approach is platform independent, and is targeted to work across Vmware, Citrix, and Microsoft based VDI deployments (and we are working with each of these platform partners to enable support). On the hardware side we are working with partners to enable support of thin clients.Deployment of the Lync VDI Plugin for thin clients is via an enterprise administrator packaged image, and for thick clients from the customer’s download center.Supported features includeInstant Messaging (IM)/Presence AudioVideoData collaboration Office/line-of-business (LOB) application integrationDevice integrationAutomatic device selectionHuman Interface Devices (HID) (including multiple HID)Click to join online meetingsMode and participant escalationsCall Admission Control (CAC), Call Park, Media Bypass, E911, Location…Some features that will not be supported in Lync 2013 include Multi-view video, recording, and call continuity in the case of network outages.
Powerful and streamlined management tools.Design and deploy architectures using simple tools lowering down the cost of your deployments, including Planning tool, Topology builder and error free Automated setup .Reduce impact on your Active Directory and increase your SLA.Administer easily efficiently from anywhere using Lync Server Control Panel web based tools or PowerShell 3* powerful command-line interface.Increase your enterprise security with customizable Role-Based Access Control* and Active Directory.Track your license usage.*IPv6.**New or improved in Lync Server 2013
Lync is completely integrated with Active directory to support user authentication, security and policiesDirectory service for all components in the enterprise providing user access, security and policiesProvides automatically certificate services across the enterprise and to Lync Servers, users and devicesLync is completely integrated and supports all forest and domain deployments models including resources forest model and read-only DCLync store AD information in its CMS database avoiding potential impact on your Active Directory, while removing it’s dependency to Active Directory outages.One identity across on-premises and O365 using corporate Active Directory via Active Directory federation servicesOne identity across on-premises and Office 365. Authentication using Kerberos and high encryption.Standards based LDAP.
Pilot 2013 pool topology.Pilot 2013 pool touting.Move trial Users.Pilot Edge.Pilot Edge and Director routing.
Pilot 2013 pool topology.Pilot 2013 pool touting.Move trial Users.Pilot Edge.Pilot Edge and Director routing.
Server monitoring for the entire deployment including overall health model.Lync monitoring pack and alerts for System Center.Real time alerts based on Monitoring Server QoE data* provide notification of calls, media quality, network and server problems.Automatic Lync Architecture Discovery for fast deployment and update.Automatic testing and troubleshooting of end to end communication using Active Monitoring* and other Synthetic transitions.*New or improved in Lync Server 2013
Administrators can easily understand, act on, and communicate SLA, trend, summary, usage, quality, and other information.Single database and web UI for all reporting.Includes metrics for Voice, video, IM, Application Sharing*, Conferencing, PSTN, and Network performance.*Activity summary, Media Quality, device, performance, users reports.Immediate access to CDR and QoE data.Usage reporting/ROI analysis.Export into billing and other systems.*New in Lync Server 2013
Lync content stored in Exchange user mailboxes.*Single management between Exchange and Lync.*Simple end-user access to archives through Outlook.*Discovery and content preservation using SharePoint & Exchange e-Discovery.*Single repository for all contact information using Exchange Unified contact store.Monitoring service collocated on Front-End connected to a SQL Database.
Lync storage service is a new architecture for storage and exchange data across services. It helps to improve IT efficiency in several areas:Exchange Archiving- Requires Exchange 2013 but can still use w14 archiving model based on SQL Server archiving storage- Archiving Policy: Lync honors mailbox hold policy from Exchange- IM Archiving: Lync archives IM data to ExchangeEnd-user accesses IM conversations in Exchange conversation history folderCompliance admin discovers and preserves IM content using Exchange compliance toolsMeeting archiving: Lync archives Meeting content to ExchangeCompliance Admin discovers and preserves meeting content using Exchange compliance toolsExchange 2013 contact storeThis feature solve the problem of disjoint contact list, broken search or mobile platform inconsistency. It also solve the UX issues and framework challenges. For example: some contacts in Phone contact store, some duplicated in apps (Lync), some not in contact store but in an app (MyOffice, MySite followers).Now Lync providesSame People card across Lync and Office and allows to update themSame favorites and buddy List across Lync, Outlook, OWADe-duped and aggregated people searchHigh-resolution photos Exchange is the unified contact store across Office in Lync 2013Enabled by policy when Exchange 2013 is deployedLync 2013 clients work with Exchange 14All Lync 2013 clients will go to Exchange 2013 for storing, retrieving, and updating of contacts Legacy clients (Lync clients, Exchange 14 devices, web and mobile clients) will remain in sync (read access only)Monitoring service is now collocated on the front end and connecting to a single database, removing the need to manage another server role.
Between enterprises using Lync Server, Lync Online, Office communication or server. With consumers using Windows Live Messenger, AOL and Yahoo! or Google Talk.Enable rich unified communications to customers, suppliers, and partners through Internet.Allow anywhere access to your employees using secured anywhere remote access for peer-to-peer, audio, video and web conference without VPN.Allows rerouting of encrypted voice and video traffic when WAN is over subscripted or out of service.Ensure IT policies using Lync management toolStandard protocols (SIP and XMPP).
Lync to phone. Hybrid support. Archiving and content scanning.Voice, Exchange UM configuration, carrier assignment to organization or user.Click-to-run client deployment.Tenant licensing reporting or users.
Uses PowerShell to perform configurations.Professionals businesses use a simplified portal for tenant management.Enterprises have access to top Lync tasks or all Lync tasks.
Users provisioning user through O365.Lync automatically provisioned for users inline to selected plan.New Lync RBAC and Tenant Remote PowerShell capabilities.Configure policies to groups or users.