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This article aims at providing step by step approach to install a Lync Server 2010 Standard
Edition.
Let's first ensure that the environment is ready to welcome the Lync Server.
All server roles of Lync Server 2010 require one of the following operating systems:
The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 SP2 (Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter).
Above command will install all the features required and reboot the machine.
Now go to the setup folder of Lync Server 2010, and double click setup.exe.
It'll check the availability of Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributable on the system. If its not
installed, it'll give you option to install the application. Click "Yes" to install it.
Next step would be to choose the installation location.
By default, it'll select above location. After selecting the right installation location, click on "Install".
Topology Builder (TB): It is must to install Topology Builder (TB) before you can deploy a Lync
Server. Topology Builder helps you to define sites and servers in the setup.
Publishing it puts it into the Communications Server central management store (which is
created if it does not already exist).
Click "Install Topology Builder" to install the TB. After installation of TB, it'll look like following
in the deployment wizard.
To prepare Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) for your Microsoft Lync Server 2010
deployment, you must perform three steps in a specific sequence:
Prep Schema
Forest Prep
Domain Prep
On deploy wizard main screen, click "Prepare Active Directory" and "Run" the schema prep.
On the Schema Prep wizard, click "Next" and "Finish". This will extend the Active Directory
schema for the use of Microsoft Lync Server 2010. You need to be an enterprise admin to
perform this operation.
Location: C:\Users\administrator.LYNCDOM\AppData\Local\Temp\2\Install-
CSAdServerSchema-[2010_10_06][13_15_13].html
If you already have an OCS setup then verify the process has completed successfully by
checking the rangeUpper (1100) and rangeLower (14) values of the ms-RTC-SIP-SchemaVersion
Schema object with adsiedit.msc.
It's time for forest prep after you are done with schema prep.
From Active Directory Preparation wizard, "Run" the prepare forest operation (Above picture). Click
"Finish" when the forest prep is done (below picture).
To check the status of forest prep, run the following command in powershell.
PS C:\> Get-CsAdForest
LC_FORESTSETTINGS_STATE_READY
After forest prep is successful, run domain prep for all the concerned domains in Active
Directory.
1) Checks following components for availability. If anyone them missing, it also installs that
component.
2) Creates firewall exception for SQL instance.
3) Creates firewall exception for SQL browser.
After this wizard completes, you should see following components installed on the server.
Before moving further the domain Administrator account used throughout this process should be added
as a member to the domain security groups CsAdministrator and RTCUniversalServerAdmins.
This user account should then logoff and back on to the Windows Server where Lync is being installed to
update the associated security token.
Back at the main Topology Builder window select Edit Properties on the Lync Server 2010 (RC) root-level
object. Highlight the Simple URLs section and enter the desired Administrative Access URL. (Note the
additional for Phone Access URLs and Meeting URLs are already configured.)
Also highlight the Central Management Server section and select the new Front-End server from the
drop-down menu if it is not already selected.
By now local SQL instance will have two databases Lis and XDS. Also, the shared folder is configured
properly.
DNS Records:
Dialin.Lyncdom.com
Meet.Lyncdom.com
Admin.Lyncdom.com
All three hostnames should point to the IP Address of the standard edition server (enterprise edition
pool IP if its enterprise edition deployment).
After rebooting the server, run “setup or remove Lync Server components” again. This will install the
rest of the compnents on the machine.
You can either user certificates from the internal Certification Authority (CA), or you can get the
certificates from the public CA. Since this certificate will be used only for the internal purpose, it
makes sense to get the certificate from internal CA.
Install the Root CA cert chain on the server and run the wizard again to resolve the problem.
After you have successfully configured certificates on the Lync Server, now it’s time to start the
services.
Reboot the server. And, that’s all as far as installation of Lync Server 2010 is concerned.
And yes, last but not the least... don't forget to create the corresponding SRV record to enable
auto configuration at the clients end.
In case you have any question regarding any of the above step. Do leave a comment (you need
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