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How the Load Balancer Fits into Skype for Business

Our fourth entry in the “How It Fits” series is…the Load Balancer! Load balancers show up in every level of a Skype for Business deployment. They’re an integral component of effective Skype for Business Online tenants as well. If a

chris.williams April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 2 Comments Read more

How the Reverse Proxy Fits into Skype for Business

You asked for more “How It Fits” posts last year, and I’m happy to oblige. Today we’re discussing…the Reverse Proxy server! Reverse Proxy is also part of the Skype for Business perimeter network, like Edge Server. The two act in

chris.williams January 25, 2018 Conferencing, Reference, Skype for Business, Skype for Business Mobile, Unified Communications 6 Comments Read more

How the Edge Server Fits into Skype for Business

“What’s the Edge Server do?” One of our team members fielded this question while on-site the other day. He’d just finished describing the Skype for Business topology we proposed for the customer’s business (hybrid deployment, across 3 offices). One of

chris.williams July 27, 2017 Exchange, Lync Server 2013, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications 6 Comments Read more

How to Add DNS Suffixes to Edge Server – and Why Lync Needs Them

I had a post scheduled talking about eDiscovery. But I got an email from Larry, our senior Lync team member, describing a Lync troubleshooting project he’d just finished for a client. Well, we just have to document that one for

chris.williams April 8, 2015 Lync Server 2013 No Comments Read more

Follow Along With the Lync January 2014 Update Process

Before I get into today’s post, I want to point out – we now have an email subscription option for the Lync Insider! The latest posts delivered to your inbox, every Friday. Enter your name and email in the boxes

chris.williams February 19, 2014 Lync Server 2013, Reference No Comments Read more

How Many SQL Servers Do You Need to Run Lync?

Front End, Mediation, Monitoring, Archiving, Edge, Chat…with all these servers running, Lync Server 2013 must need a lot of database storage. But how much is required? How many SQL Servers should a Lync administrator deploy? Some of Lync requires a

chris.williams October 2, 2013 Lync Server 2013, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012 No Comments Read more

External Lync 2013 Users Need a 2013 Edge Server to Use Mobility Services

A Lync Insider reader emailed me the other day, asking about Mobility Services. His external users couldn’t log in using Lync Mobile, and he wasn’t sure why. After reviewing what he said, I thought it sounded similar to a problem

chris.williams April 24, 2013 Lync Mobile, Lync Server 2013 3 Comments Read more

Moving to Lync Server 2013: Error on the Front End (Part 7)

For this week, I have a short post documenting a serious error we encountered while installing Lync Server 2013. A fix is available (thankfully). But it took us hours of back-and-forth research to locate it. I hope this post will

chris.williams February 27, 2013 Lync Server 2013 No Comments Read more

Moving to Lync Server 2013: Build Out Mediation, Monitoring, Archiving and Edge (Part 6)

First off, hello to everyone at the Lync Conference! I really wanted to make it down, but it just didn’t happen. Makes me sad…lots of Lync announcements (and goodies) I’m missing out on! If you want to follow the action

chris.williams February 21, 2013 Lync Server 2013 1 Comment Read more

Moving to Lync Server 2013: Creating a Lync Server Topology (Part 3)

Last time I took you through our initial steps on preparing servers and Active Directory for Lync Server 2013. We stopped at the Topology Builder. Anyone who’s worked with Lync Server 2010 knows Topology Builder. In 2013 not much is

chris.williams February 9, 2013 Lync Server 2013 No Comments Read more
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The Skype4B Insider is a blog about the technology we use to communicate in business today. Here we talk about Microsoft's Skype for Business Server 2015, Lync Server 2013, Unified Communications, Voice over IP and related technologies like Exchange Server. Written by Chris W., MCSE in Communication and PlanetMagpie IT Consulting's Digital Marketing & Communications Manager.

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