Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Preview Step by Step – Part II

Part I – Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Step by Step

Part III – Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Step by Step

Run Prepare first Standard Edition Server.

Click “Install Administrative Tools“.

Open Lync server topology builder.

Select New Topology and click OK. Save the topology.

Define the primary domain.

If you have any additional supported domains you can add from here. (Eg: local domain is doitfixit.local and you want to add doitfixit.com as sip domain)

Define Name and the Description.

Specify the site details

New Front End Wizard will begin.

Lync Frond End Pool FQDN (Lync server FQDN name)

Select Features

Select collocated server roles

SQL Server store

Now we’ll need to create a file share, create it locally and ensure the account you are currently using to run the topology builder has read/write access to this folder. “Share”

If you have public facing FQDN for this server, it goes here.

Click Finish

Click Edit Properties.

Add an administrative URL. “https://admin.doitfixit.local” and select Central Management Server.

All set to publish the topology; Now we can publish the topology.

Select Central Management Server.

Click Finish. The Central Management Store is created. When the wizard completes a text based to-do list can be presented with remaining tasks, you’ll need to create three DNS A records for the simple URLs specified ; these should be directed to the IP address of your Lync Server.

Part I – Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Step by Step

Part III – Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Step by Step