Topology Options and Scaling

Several topology options are available with Persistent Chat, and these are dependent on the overall Lync deployment. Similar to the Lync Front End Services, an instance of Persistent Chat is referred to as a pool, even if just a single server is used. As with other Lync server roles, both front-end and back-end components are included in a Persistent Chat pool. The front-end components include the Persistent Chat service and the Compliance service. Back-end databases for Persistent Chat include the Persistent Chat Store and the Persistent Chat Compliance Store.

With a Standard Edition deployment, the Persistent Chat Server role can be collocated with the Front End Server. The single-server deployment can support up ...

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