Description:
This five-day instructor-led
course teaches how to plan and design a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 solution to
IT professionals. The course emphasizes Voice features in Lync 2010 from a
deployment perspective. In this course, students learn how to plan and design a
Lync Server 2010 system. The labs in this course utilize the Lync Server
2010 Planning Workbook and Planning Tool. This course helps the student prepare
for Exam 70-665.
Audience Profile
The audience for this
course is information technology (IT) professionals who are experienced on Lync
Server 2010 technologies and who have a Technical Specialist certification on
the course, Configuring and Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2010, or equivalent
knowledge. Students taking this course are expected to have experience in
hands-on deployment and day-to-day management of Unified Communications
technologies for enterprise organizations.
At Course
Completion
After completing this course, students will be able
to:
• Describe the Lync Server 2010 design process.
• Design a
Lync Server 2010 topology.
• Design for conferencing and external
scenarios.
• Design for load balancing.
• Design voice
infrastructure.
• Design a Mediation Server topology.
• Create
a network design for Lync Server 2010.
• Design Response Group
Services.
• Design for Location Services.
• Design Exchange
Unified Messaging Integration with Lync Server 2010.
• Design for
resiliency.
• Design for backup and disaster recovery.
• Design for monitoring and archiving.
• Plan a migration to
Lync Server 2010.
Syllabus:
This five-day instructor-led
course teaches how to plan and design a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 solution to
IT professionals. The course emphasizes Voice features in Lync 2010 from a
deployment perspective. In this course, students learn how to plan and design a
Lync Server 2010 system. The labs in this course utilize the Lync Server
2010 Planning Workbook and Planning Tool. This course helps the student prepare
for Exam 70-665.
Audience Profile
The audience for this
course is information technology (IT) professionals who are experienced on Lync
Server 2010 technologies and who have a Technical Specialist certification on
the course, Configuring and Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2010, or equivalent
knowledge. Students taking this course are expected to have experience in
hands-on deployment and day-to-day management of Unified Communications
technologies for enterprise organizations.
At Course
Completion
After completing this course, students will be able
to:
• Describe the Lync Server 2010 design process.
• Design a
Lync Server 2010 topology.
• Design for conferencing and external
scenarios.
• Design for load balancing.
• Design voice
infrastructure.
• Design a Mediation Server topology.
• Create
a network design for Lync Server 2010.
• Design Response Group
Services.
• Design for Location Services.
• Design Exchange
Unified Messaging Integration with Lync Server 2010.
• Design for
resiliency.
• Design for backup and disaster recovery.
• Design for monitoring and archiving.
• Plan a migration to
Lync Server 2010.
Course Outline
Module 1: Overview of the Lync
Server 2010 Design Process
This module explains all components of
Lync Server 2010 architecture. It also describes the design process for a Lync
Server 2010 design.
After completing this module, students will be able
to:
• Describe the Lync Server 2010 architecture.
• Describe
the Lync Server 2010 core capabilities.
• Explain the Lync Server 2010
design process.
• Assess the infrastructure requirements and update the
Lync Server 2010 design.
• Plan for all Microsoft solutions framework
phases.
Module 2: Designing a Lync Server 2010
Topology
This module describes how to design a complete Lync Server
2010 topology including defining network sites and regions, sizing and placing
server roles, and adhering to organization compliance requirements.
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
• Plan infrastructure
requirements for Lync Server 2010.
• Use the Lync Server 2010 Planning
Tool.
• Use Topology Builder.
• Plan for site topology.
• Design for site topology.
• Plan the server infrastructure.
• Create a design documentation using Microsoft
office.
Module 3: Designing for Conferencing and External
Scenarios
This module describes how to plan and design for all the
external scenarios including Edge Server design and the different conferencing
modalities that are provided for internal and external users.
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
• Describe
conferencing and external capabilities of Lync Server 2010.
• Design
for dial-in conferencing.
• Design for audio/video and web
conferencing.
• Plan for IM and presence federation.
• Design
Edge services.
• Plan for DNS implementation
• Plan for PKI
implementation.
Module 4: Planning and Designing Load
Balancing
This module explains how to create a Load Balancing Design
based on the topology design that can deliver both the capacity and the failover
requirements for an organization.
After completing this module, students will
be able to:
• Plan for load balancing.
• Design load
balancing.
Module 5: Designing a Mediation Server
Topology
This module explains how to configure Server Virtualization
by using Hyper-V. It explains the features of Hyper-V. It also describes how to
configure Live Migration in Hyper-V and how to effectively use System Center
Virtual Machine Manager R2.
After completing this module, students will be
able to:
• Design Mediation Server.
• Design Media
ByPass.
Module 6: Designing Voice Infrastructure
This
module explains how to design a Voice infrastructure that meets the needs of the
organization and integrates with or replaces an existing Voice
Platform.
After completing this module, students will be able
to:
• Describe the Lync Server 2010 architecture.
• Explain
Lync Server 2010 Telephony Interoperability options
• Define number
manipulations.
• Define voice policies
• Design a Voice
Routing solution
• Explain Address Book Service in Lync Server
2010
Module 7: Creating a Network Design for Lync Server
2010
This module explains how to calculate the expected bandwidth
usage, and design and implement a Call Admission Control solution.
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
• Plan for media
requirements.
• Plan for bandwidth based on usage.
• Plan for
Call Admission Control.
• Design Call Admission
Control.
Module 8: Designing Response Group Services
This
module explains how to assess the requirements for and design Response Group
Services for advanced scenarios. This module includes a review of the Response
Group Services features and functionality.
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
• Describe Response Group Services.
• Plan for Response Group Services.
• Design Response Group
Services.
Module 9: Designing Location Services in Lync Server
2010
This module explains how to assess the requirements for
Emergency Services and how to plan for, and design Emergency Services in Lync
Server 2010. This module discusses location information from an international
perspective.
After completing this module, students will be able
to:
• Plan for Location Services.
• Design Location
Services.
Module 10: Designing Exchange Server Unified Messaging
Integration with Lync Server 2010
This module explains how to
evaluate the business requirements for an Exchange 2010 voice mail solution.
This module describes how to design an integrated solution that includes both
Exchange Server Unified Messaging and Lync Server 2010.
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
• Describe Exchange Server 2010
Unified Messaging.
• Plan a Voice Mail solution for Lync Server 2010.
• Design a Voice Mail solution for Lync Server 2010.
Module
11: Designing Resiliency
This module explains how to plan and design
resiliency for Lync Server 2010 deployment with IM, Presence, Conferencing, and
Voice.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Plan
site resiliency.
• Design site resiliency.
• Design system
monitoring.
Module 12: Designing Backup and Disaster
Recovery
This module explains how to design backup and disaster
recovery for Lync Server 2010.
After completing this module, students will be
able to:
• Design a backup and restore strategy
• Explain Lync
Server 2010 backup and recovery considerations.
Module 13: Designing
Monitoring and Archiving
This module explains how to design
monitoring and archiving server topologies for Lync Server 2010.
After
completing this module, students will be able to:
• Design Monitoring
Server topology.
• Design Archiving Server topology.
Module
14: Planning a Migration to Lync Server 2010
This module explains
how to analyze the current infrastructure and plan a Lync Server 2010 design and
based on that design a coexistence and migration strategy for existing voice
infrastructure and Office Communications Server 2007 R2. This module describes a
migration strategy for clients and devices.
After completing this module,
students will be able to:
• Describe coexistence and migration.
• Plan a migration strategy.
• Plan for clients and devices.
• Design a client migration and device migration
strategy