It's typical to have two or more Lync/Skype servers...an Edge server on the perimeter for external access and another internally for the backend. In fact for external access an Edge server is required.
It's not typical to have two versions for an extended period. You'd expect to see all the servers roles as Lync 2010 or 2013 or all Skype 2015. As Michael said they might have been doing a migration and got stuck, they need the older version around for a removed feature, or they finished migrating but haven't decommissioned the old server yet. On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 4:41 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > Thx for the feedback , im a bit confused though, in one response you said > its.typical (edge for external comms and one.for.internal) , on the other > hand.you said it could have been a stalled or broken config. > > And there is no one to ask because they just hired a new "director of > IT" > who quite frankly knows less than my 9 yr old nephew. > > This person does not even know how spin up a VM- > > I will ask why there are two and see what the respnse is > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Lync / Skype > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 16:06:05 +0000 > > There are number of configurations where this could be possible (Lync on > the Edge, SfB on the backend, for example), but none of them are ideal and > would generally indicate that a migration got stalled or broken in the > middle. > > > > I would ask that question. Doing a DR on a broken config is generally not > a simple thing to do. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Thursday, September 1, 2016 8:45 AM > *To:* Exchange List; NT > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Lync / Skype > > > > Hi all, > > > > First off excuse the cross-post , but I wasn't sure if it should be the > Exchange or NT list; > > > > To start forgive my ignorance here, but the last time I setup an MS > communication server it was just that , 2005 Live communication server, > which brings me to my question; > > > I'm doing a DR plan for a client, and their admin tells me they have a > Lync Server and a Skype for business server, I thought (and again forgive > my lack of exp) that Skype for business was the replacement for Lync, if > that is indeed the case why would they be running both? > > > > the only thing I can tell you is that they have about 50 phones > > > > > TIA > >
