Shared Components High-Availability

Lync Server relies on many commonly shared services to provide Lync services. This includes Active Directory, Office Web Apps Server, Exchange Server, and various network components such as firewalls and hardware load balancers.

Active Directory

It is important to ensure that Active Directory is configured in a redundant fashion. Active Directory topologies vary across every organization; however, a general rule of thumb is to make sure that each site where Active Directory components are deployed always contains a redundant server configuration. It is more important to take Active Directory availability into consideration when planning for availability of your Lync infrastructure, and to identify any gaps ...

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