Mediation Server Role Collocation
In prior versions of OCS, the Mediation Server was a dedicated role and required a one-one relationship between the server and the gateway. OCS configuration enabled only a single, next-hop configuration from the Mediation Server to the media gateway (PBX, PSTN, and so on). Although certain gateway manufacturers were able to load-balance calls from the gateway to OCS, OCS was limited to only the single next hop. In Lync Server, the mediation role now runs on the Front End Server as a service. This concept of mediation server collocation provides tangible benefits from a topology, administrative, and user perspective.
With Lync Server, each Front End Server can have its own mediation service, enabling pools to ...
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