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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

How to Install Microsoft Lync 2013 On Windows Server 2008 R2 (Part-3)

(Previous Posts)
How to Install Microsoft Lync 2013 On Windows Server 2008 R2 (Part-2)
How to Install Microsoft Lync 2013 On Windows Server 2008 R2 (Part-1)

As we have done 2 Steps in (Part-2) till Setup or Remove Lync Server Components



  • Step 3 Request Certs
Click Run for Request, Install or Assign Certificate
Select Default Certificate and Click Request


Click Next


Select Send a request immediately to and online certification authority and click Next


It will detect Automatically the CA in our environment. Click Next


Click Next


Click Next


Assign a friendly name and Select Bit length as 2048 and Check the box “mark the certificate’s private key as exportable“. Click Next.




Organization Information: fill in Org and Org Unit
Geographical Information: fill in

Under Configured SIP domains, select MYDOMAIN.LOCAL. Click Next.



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If you have any additional SAN names, you can add it here. Click Next



Click Next




Click Next and Click View Certificate Details. Click Finish



Click Next to Assign Certificate



Review the Certificate assignment Summary and Click Next.
Click finish to assign the certificate. 
Now repeat the Certificate Wizard steps for the OAuthTokenIsuer

Click Run to start the services and click Next



Now we have to verify lync services are running or not. Open Services.msc and verify that all lync Services are running. 



Check for Windows and Lync Updates, Download and Update all.
On The Front End Server Open Lync Control Panel to view and enable lync access to users.



This will ask you for Administrator Credentials. 



Now we have to add and enable Active Directory users for Lync Server. In Lync Server Control Panel Click on users and Then Click on Enable Users. 




Now we will add AD users to Lync. Click Add. 



Now download lync 2013 client which is part of Office 365 ProPlus Preview, you can download it from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh973391 and install on Client Machines. Try to login. 

User is Logged In to Lync.





That's it for now.  
Cheers :) 

NEXT -->> How to Install Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Monitoring Role on Standard Edition Front End


How to Install Microsoft Lync 2013 On Windows Server 2008 R2 (Part-2)

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Before we continue to install Lync-Server we need to create Topology, Define topology and publish the topology. For this click start and open Lync server Topology builder.


Click New Topology and click OK


We will create a new Blank Topology and save it with a name "LyncTop.tbxml" and Click Save.


Provide the primary SIP domain,


Provide additional SIP domains if exist otherwise click next.


Provide the name of First Site. "First Lync Site" and Click Next


Specify the Site details and Click Next


The New Topology has been defined successfully. Click finish to open the Front End Server


Click Next


Select Standard Edition Server and Specify the FQDN of your Lync Server. and Click Next.


Check These Features

  • Conferencing
  • Enterprise Voice
  • CAC
We will not define Archive and Monitoring Servers till we are actually ready to install then. We can add them later. Click Next


Click Next


We are not setting up any edge server so leave this unchecked and click next.


SQL Server Express Edition is installed with instance name rtc. Click Next


Select Define a new file store. Lets Create and Share a folder on Lync Server manually give permission to following groups.
  • RTCHS Universal Services
  • RTC Component Universal Services
  • RTC Universal Server Admins
  • RTC Universal Config Replicator
Give Read Permissions to Everyone Group


specify the shared folder name in the file share and click Next.


Specify the Web Services URL. For Example: lync.mydomain.local


We will not associate the Office WebApp Server Uncheck the Option and Click Finish



Now We are Finished with the Wizard. 




Right click on “Lync Server 2013 and then “Edit Properties”



We will add the admin URL as https://admin.mydomain.local under Administrative Access URL and For Front End Server to install CMS on, Select Front End Server (FE.mydomain.LOCAL). Click OK.

Now We will Publish the Topology. Right Click the Lync Server and Clik Publish Topology.


Click Next



Select The Front End Server and Click Next.


The Topology has been published. Click Finish




Open Lynch Deployment Wizard and Click Install Or upgrade Lync Server System
Now we will install some Lync Server System components, put Certs in place and Start Services:
  1. Step1 Install RtcLocal database
  2. Step2 Install Speechfiles, etc.
  3. Setup Certs
  4. Start Lync Services


  • Step1 Install Local Configuration Store (will install RtcLocal)
    • Run
    • Retrieve Directly from the CMS

The Local Configuration Store has been installed. Click Finish.
  • Step2 Setup Lync Server components (will install Speechfiles, etc)
    • Run |
    • Next (15 minutes on new lab systems)
    • (NOTE: if you designated the archive/monitoring server, this will fail because SQL for those stores is not there yet.)
Click Next