Chapter 27. Planning for Deploying External Services

The Edge Server role is a key part of why Lync Server is such a compelling solution for businesses, but along with that power and flexibility comes a good deal of configuration work and upfront planning. Networking, firewalls, certificates, and load balancing mean the Edge Server touches practically every part of the network and consequently, almost every team from server administrators to network engineers.

The Edge role has traditionally been the most difficult to configure and Microsoft has made significant improvements to ...

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