Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Planning and Designing a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Solution

Course Overview

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.

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Related Courses

• Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Deploying, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Lync Server 2010
• MCITP: Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Administrator Certification
• LYNC Server 2010 Voice Ignite

Audience

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.

Skills Gained

• 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.

Examinations

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• MCITP Microsoft Certified IT Professional >>

• Microsoft Lync Server >>

• Exam 70-665 0 >>

Prerequisites

The students should have 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

Apart from this, students should have knowledge on Windows Server Active Directory deployment and should have attended the TS level Course 10533A: Configuring and Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2010 or possess equivalent experience or skills.

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of the Lync Server 2010

Design ProcessThis module explains all components of Lync Server 2010 architecture. It also describes the design process for a Lync Server 2010 design.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Module 11: Designing Resiliency

This module explains how to plan and design resiliency for Lync Server 2010 deployment with IM, Presence, Conferencing, and Voice.

Module 12: Designing Backup and Disaster Recovery

This module explains how to design backup and disaster recovery for Lync Server 2010.