Chapter 1. Lync 2013 Security

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Controlling administrative rights with RBAC and custom cmdlets
  • Hardening Lync Servers
  • Hardening Lync databases
  • Enhancing conferencing security
  • Managing certificates for desk-phones authentication
  • Deploying a secure Lync Edge
  • Applying ethical walls for federation security
  • Using Application Request Routing to configure a reverse proxy for Lync Server 2013

Introduction

There is a high level of security inherent in all the Lync Server features. Unified communications, from a customer's point of view, require a special level of privacy and control, and Lync is designed with mechanisms to answer to this need in a clear manner. Lync updates (both on the client and on the server ...

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