I played around with Lync for a bit, and one of the things I seem to remember is that having the archiving role on the same server as everything else is an unsupported config for production. I could be remembering incorrectly, however.
My shop has fewer than 50 users, so I wasn't particularly worried about it at the time, but we didn't pursue Lync past the initial kick the tires phase. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:47 PM, James Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Advice.**** > > ** ** > > I’d recommend installing the Archiving role as well. It doesn’t take long > before management wants to be able to review Lync communications. As long > as you have the relevant policies in place etc.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 January 2012 8:23 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Lync**** > > ** ** > > On your 'I doubt most of my users will use it" thought, wanna bet that > will change? Fast. At its heart, it is a communications product and so > many people want to communicate. People will grow very rapidly into using > it. Years ago, our initial deployment of LCS2005sp1 as 'just a test' of 50 > users was 100 before I had even deployed it.**** > > **** > > Some random notes and memories on user experience follows...**** > > - some managers use it to eye ball employee presence, remind them during > deployment it's a 'communications tool', not a job tracking tool. These > types of manager were never my favorite to work with.**** > > - some want it to do 'broadcast announcements', but the way it works > anything more then one to one is a 'conference' and users most 'opt in' or > the invite fails**** > > - Some users think it's a threat / interuption and refuse to launch it > unless mandated**** > > - Some users always set their status as away.**** > > **** > > When you are rolling it out the first time spend some time thinking about > your companies culture and how you would like to see it used/evolve. You > can't control it but you can give it initial direction and it will tend to > stay near that path. Microsoft has/had some very useful 'IM Courtesy > templates' available. Get them and customize them to your needs. Deploy > them with the client to your customers. One/two pages. Have softcopies on > any intranet site you have for the new hires.**** > > **** > > One of our Support Centers fears were that people would try and bypass the > phone queue with direct IMs to staff. We sat with their managers and > suggested they look at their existing rules on call processing and then > just extend their training to have template responces to people who do this > so that everyone ahs the same standardize response to their customer base. > **** > > Steven Peck**** > > http://www.blkmtn.org**** > > > **** > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote:*** > * > > THanks for the info Michael! Lots of research yet to do.**** > > ** ** > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Exchange Online uses ADFS. I would presume that Lync Online does the same. > I’ve never set up a hybrid deployment of Lync though, to be certain.**** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > **** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > **** > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:10 PM > **** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Lync**** > > **** > > Yeah, I've done some reading this afternoon and it looks pretty involved. > I see that there is a hosted version as well (pay per month). Any idea of > how that integrates with ones' domain?**** > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > You probably should spend a couple of weeks in planning and another week > or so in the lab before you do anything in the “real world”. Namespace and > IP address and port and firewall planning are all a PITA.**** > > **** > > I’ve done Lync deployments several times, but it’s a pretty detail > oriented task. I prefer to leave it to experts.**** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > **** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > **** > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:41 PM > **** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > **** > > *Subject:* Re: Lync**** > > **** > > I'm interested in the conferencing, messaging, and presence for now. > Perhaps integration with voice down the road. I've got under 150 users at > this point. And I'd guess that probably less than half would actually > "use" it for meetings and chat.**** > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > How many users and what pieces of Lync are you intending to use?**** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > **** > > Michael B. Smith**** > > Consultant and Exchange MVP**** > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** > > **** > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:34 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Lync > **** > > **** > > I'm starting to plan for a Lync installation here, and a consultant gave > me a quote of almost $20K for planning and implementation (no hardware or > licensing included). I'm sensing that is way overkill. I figure with a > little research it will integrate fairly simply with my AD and Exchange > installs. I'd like to go with a single server setup, any gotchas, caveats > or real life experience anyone can share?**** > > Thanks**** > > Steve**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
