Thomas.Poett@TEAMS (MVP Teams and Cross-Tenant M&A/D Migration Expert Lead)

Do not forget and update the Lync backend databases. ;) We need to patch all the databases, and the LIS / XDS from CMS. First we remember, the Standard Edition has its own local SQL Server containing all databases necessary for its related Frontend Services, therefore a single command similar as for the SQL Backends is required. If you have an Enterprise setup, you need to identify which features are installed, e.g. only native or incl. Archiving/ Monitoring, or even Persistent Chat. This separated databases require their own commands. For the entire process based on Enterprise Deployment, please enumerate your Topology and identify the configured components. Lync Standard Edition: Install-CsDatabase -ConfiguredDatabases -SqlServerFqdn SE.FQDN -Verbose Lync Server 2013 Enterprise Edition Install-CsDatabase -ConfiguredDatabases -SqlServerFqdn FEBE.FQDN -DatabasePaths "D:\LOGS","D:\DATA"  -SqlInstanceName   DBInstance -Verbose   Lync Server 20...

Now it's time for the for the fir Lync 2013 site. I'm following up with the Topology blog i released earlier. I prepare the first Enterprise Server Lync 2013. Just in the Test Lab, I don't have the Load Balance yet, so what I did was, I gave the only EE Server two IP addresses. The second one is for the POOLLEFT, this is a supported scenario if you only have single pool server in place. First we need all the Pre-Requisites for the new EE Server in place, which I have listed here: PowerShell 3.0 PowerShell 3.0 is not a standalone product, it's part of the Windows Framework 3.0 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595 .Net Framework 4.5 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653 Windows Identity Foundation http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17331 IIS Windows Desktop Experience SilverLight 4 Visual C++ 11 x64 Active Directory Management tools IIS: Static Content Def...

Hi all, just a customer asked me last week about how the actual CMS replication is working. Since thousand words and a lot of text will not make it easy understanding this process, I have drawn a simple Visio Sheet for you all. Author: Thomas Pött Managing Consultant Microsoft UC