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

Office Web Apps Server 2013 is the central component presenting and editing Microsoft Office document with Web services. The Web Apps Server is shared with Lync, Exchange and SharePoint. Version 1.5: 17.12.2014 Web Apps can be installed as standalone system or in a web cluster (Load Balanced). Prerequisites: Microsoft Office Web Apps Server was downloadable from the Download Portal. But since 24.Nov.2014 it is from now on only downloadable via the Volume Licensing  Portal and MSDN Subscription. For easy deployment, make sure you download it including Service Pack 1. (Reference: http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/archive/2014/10/22/web-apps-server-removal-from-download-center.aspx ) While it downloads, we can configure the other prerequisites. Windows Server 2008 R2 If you’re using Windows Server 2008R2, please download  Microsoft’s .Net Framework 4.5, download  Windows Management Framework 3.0, and download  KB2592525 , wh...

We in larger environments or under special circumstances, we need to identity or redefine Lync Server Services. Either we need a list of running service and their configuration about assigned servers, or we might need a special configuration. For example, in some Video Conferencing environments, the VC system can only communicate over TCP Port 5060 with the SIP Registrar, rather than over TLS Port 5061. If this is the case, you need to reconfigure the Lync Server 2013 defined Default Settings. In Lync 2013, the following Ports are defined by default: SipPort : 5061 WebPort : 444 LyssWcfMtlsPort: 5077 XmppGatewaySipPort : 5058 WinFabClientConnectionPort : 5092 WinFabLeaseAgentPort : 5091 WinFabFederationPort : 5090 WinFacIPCPort : 5093 WinFabReplicationPort : 5094 Other Ports are not defined: SipHealthPort, SipServerTcpPort, SipClientTlsPort We can figure-out the configuration with the following command only: Get-CsService -Registrar If you have a look into T...

Lync 2013 Server documentation is available online. Soon the download version will be released. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398616(OCS.15).aspx Getting Started View online: Getting Started Planning View online: Planning View online: Planning Primer: Planning for Your Organization View online: Determining Your Infrastructure Requirements View online: Planning for High Availability and Disaster Recovery View online: Planning for Front End Servers, Instant Messaging, and Presence View online: Planning for Conferencing View online: Configuring Video View online: Planning for External User Access View online: Planning for Enterprise Voice View online: Planning for Archiving View online: Planning for Persistent Chat Server View online: Planning for Clients and Devices in Lync Server 2013 View online: Planning for Remote Call Control View online: Planning for Mobility Supportability View online: Supportability ...