Prerequisites for Federating with a Lync Online Customer
Topic Last Modified: 2011-06-22
To federate with a Lync Online 2010 customer, you should have already completed initial deployment and configuration of Lync Server 2010 in your organization. This includes the following:
Deploying at least one Standard Edition Server or one Enterprise Front End pool in your organization. For details about deploying internal servers, see Deploying Lync Server 2010 in the Deployment documentation.
Enabling internal user accounts for Lync Server 2010. For details, see Enable or Disable Users for Lync Server 2010 in the Deployment documentation or the Operations documentation.
Deploying at least one Edge Server and the other components required to support external user access. For details, see Managing External Connectivity in the Deployment documentation.
Enabling federation support within your organization and configuring the appropriate method for controlling access by federated domains. For details, see Enable or Disable Federation for Your Organization and Manage Federated Partner Access in the Deployment documentation or Operations documentation.
Enabling external user access for users in your organization. For details, see Apply External User Access Policies to Users and in the Deployment documentation or Operations documentation.