Lync Server 2013 Survival Guide
This "Survival Guide" aims to provide links to material related to Lync Server 2013. Feel free to add additional links relevant to the Lync Server 2013 and adjust the table of contents where appropriate.
Getting Started
- Lync Server 2013 Overview
- Introduction to Lync Server 2013
- Lync Server 2013 - What's New?
- Lync Server 2013 FAQ
- Understanding Office Web Applications 2013
- Hosting the integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint test lab with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V
- Download Center: Delivering Lync 2013 Real-Time Communications over Wi-Fi
- Download Center: Conferencing Attendant Custom Voice Prompts
- Download Center: Stress Testing Guide
- Download Center: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013
- Demystify Lync 2013 Server internal certificate requirements
- Lync Server 2013 cmdlets by category
- Demystify Lync 2013 Server Internal Certificate Requirements
Lync Books and E-Books
- Lync Server 2013 Documentation Help File
- Lync Server 2013 Unleashed by Alex Lewis, Tom Pacyk, David Ross, Randy Wintle - Sams Publishing (March 25, 2013)
- Mastering Microsoft Lync Server 2013 by Keith Hanna, Nathan Winters - Sybex (April 15, 2013)
- Microsoft Lync 2013 Plain & Simple by Darren Lloyd - Microsoft Press (April 22, 2013)
- Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Step By Step for Anyone eBook (pdf) English (Free) by Matt Landis - Lync MVP (January 1, 2013)
- Getting Started with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 by Fabrizio Volpe - Pact Publishing July 2013
Planning and Deployment
- Installing Lync 2013 Edge Server
- Planning, Implementing, and Using Microsoft Lync Server 2013 in Small Business Scenarios
- Using IIS ARR as a Reverse Proxy for Lync Server 2010
- Backing up and Restoring Lync 2013 Contacts
- Enable Enterprise Voice for a user in Lync Server 2013
- Lync Server 2013 Reverse Proxy through F5
- Lync 2013 Persistent Chat Installation
- Install Lync Server 2013 Step by Step
- Lync 2013: Install Office Web Application Server on Server 2012 R2
Capacity Planning
- Capacity Planning for Lync Server 2013
- Capacity Planning for Persistent Chat Server 2013
- Using the Lync Server 2013 Capacity Planning Calculator
Management
Monitoring
Developer
- Lync Developer Center
- Learn Lync Development
- The Lync Developer Roundtable series
- Lync 2013 training for developers
- Lync Server 2013 SDK
- Lync 2013 Preview SDK Development Models
Integrating
Troubleshooting
- Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Debugging Tools
- Error: Cannot open Service Control Manager on computer “SQL” This operation might require other privileges
- Lync Server 2013 Event ID: 14507 Source: LS Protocol Stack
- Lync Server 2013 - LS MCU Infrastructure - Event ID 61037
- Insertion of an error report was throttled to prevent flooding of the Call Detail Recording (CDR) database
- Out of Disk space in Lync server 2013
- Call Forwarding option not showing on Lync Client
- Unable to Publish Lync Topology on Lync Server 2013
- Lync 2013 Server Running Out of Disk Space
- Command execution failed: Error Constructing or Publishing Certificate
Tools
- Microsoft Lync Server 2013, Planning Tool
- Stress and Performance Tool
- Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Resource Kit Tools
Videos
- Lync 2013 Architecture - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Australia/2012/EXL314 (from TechEd Australia)
- Lync 2013 Deployment - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Australia/2012/EXL321(from TechEd Australia)
- Planning Lync Voice Features - http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/EXL319 (from TechEd US)
Blogs
Microsoft Team Blog:
- Lync Team Blog
- Office Blogs
- Lync PowerShell Blog - this blog is no longer being maintained, but it still contains a great deal of useful information regarding Lync and PowerShell.
- Unified Communications Group Team Blog
- Speech @ Microsoft
- NextHop: Microsoft Lync Server Documentation Hub
Blogs maintained by the community:
Forums
- Lync forums at Social Technet
- Lync Forum at PowerShell.Com - monitored by Thomas Lee
Certifications
- Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013 (Exam 70-336)
- Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 (Exam 70-337)
YouTube
- Microsoft Lync Channel
Visio
Protocol Workloads Poster
- Lync 2013 - Protocol loads poster - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39968
- Lync 2010 - Protocol loads poster - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6797