Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting Deployment Guide
The Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting is an extension of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 software that is designed to allow service providers and system integrators to customize a Lync Server 2010 deployment and offer it as a service to their customers. This guide describes how to deploy and configure a basic architecture.
Get the guide here and the pack from MVLSC
I just read the document and the key takeaways are:
- Edge Servers only act as the first point of contact from requests coming from federated partners in a hosted deployment
- In a Lync Server Multitenant Hosting Pack deployment, incoming requests from tenant users go straight to Directors, bypassing Edge Servers. The Directors authenticate tenant users’ requests and redirect them to the appropriate Front End pool
- You must configure the DNS records for the initial SIP domain. Configure the SRV record to point to the Director pool, not the Edge Server pool.
- The Directors require public IP addresses that do not use NAT.
- You must run the Lync Server Update tool on each server in your deployment after you complete the Setup or Remove Lync Server Components page in the Lync Server Deployment Wizard
- Additional task must be performed before and after you have done a default Lync deployment
- The Lync Server platform must be configured to treat all clients as external to ensure that their private and public IP addresses are provided to Exchange UM when calls are transferred from the Front End Server to the Exchange UM server.
- To prevent a tenant from communicating with another domain you must add that domain to the tenant’s Block list
- You need to add new SIP domains to the certificate
- You can’t use Response group, Team call,delegation, Private line, Call park, Outgoing DID manipulation,
- No Public IM connectivity with Windows Live, AOL, Yahoo, and XMPP
This was what I could see was different from a normal Lync Deployment, and you need to run some scripts to get it up running.
What’s Available in the Lync Server Multitenant Hosting Pack
The features that integrate with other components and applications include the following:
· Presence A collection of attributes that provides an indication of a person's status, activity, location, willingness to communicate, and contact information.
· Instant messaging (IM) A form of real-time text-based communication.
· Data and desktop sharing A feature that allows users to share files, use whiteboard, and display their desktop to a meeting or to conversation participants.
· Conferencing Two-way video and audio transmissions between users in multiple locations.
· Unified Messaging An application that consolidates a user's voice mail, fax, and email into one mailbox, so that the user only needs to check a single location for messages, regardless of type. The email server is the platform for all types of messages, making it unnecessary to maintain separate voice mail and email infrastructures.
· Private branch exchange (PBX) replacement UC integration with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems can replace traditional phone exchange systems.
Lync Server Multitenant Hosting Pack partner feature sets include:
· Appliances Hand and head set I/O devices.
· Conferencing server gateway video Real-time IP video, voice, and data services.
· Mobility solution Allows mobile phones the same access to services as a standard desktop handset.
· Audio conferencing provider Integration with hosted conferencing systems.
· Short Message Service (SMS) Text messaging systems used by phones and mobile communication systems.
Feature Comparison: Lync Server Multitenant Hosting Pack versus Lync Online
Lync Server feature |
Lync Multitenant Hosting Pack |
Lync Online |
Presence |
||
Contacts list |
Yes |
Yes |
Address Book Service Web Query service |
Yes |
Yes |
Distribution List Expansion protocol (DLX) |
Yes |
Yes |
Instant Messaging (IM) |
||
Point-to-point IM |
Yes |
Yes |
Multiparty/Group IM |
Yes |
Yes |
Group Chat |
No |
No |
Client Support |
||
Lync desktop client |
Yes |
Yes |
Mac Messenger |
Yes |
Yes |
Attendee (meeting only) |
Yes |
Yes |
Lync Mobile on:iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone 7, Android |
Yes |
Yes |
Conferencing and Sharing |
||
Point-to-point audio/video |
Yes |
Yes |
Video conferencing over IP |
Yes |
Yes |
Audio conferencing over IP only |
Yes |
Yes |
Meeting recording |
Yes |
Yes |
Ad-hoc audio dial-out conferencing |
Yesvia SIP Trunk |
Yesvia SIP Trunk |
“Meet now” audio dial-out conferencing |
Yesvia ACP |
Yesvia ACP |
Scheduled audio dial-out conferencing |
Yesvia ACP |
Yesvia ACP |
Sharing |
||
Point-to-point/multiparty data conference (white boarding) |
Yes |
Yes |
Point-to-point/multiparty file share |
Yes |
Yes |
Point-to-point/multiparty desktop and application sharing |
Yes |
Yes |
Point-to-point/multiparty Microsoft PowerPoint® slide sharing |
Yes |
Yes |
Polling |
Yes |
Yes |
Integration |
||
Microsoft Outlook integration for IM, presence, calendar(with users on the same hosting partner) |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft SharePoint® integration for IM, presence(with users on the same hosting partner) |
Yes |
Yes |
PIC and Federation |
||
Intertenant federation |
Yes |
Yes |
Federation with Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) |
No |
No |
Public IM connectivity and presenceWindows Live®, AOL®, Yahoo!® |
No |
Yes |
Public IM connectivity audio/videoWindows Live |
No |
Yes |
Basic calling features |
||
Public switched telephone network (PSTN) calling via Lync incoming and outgoing |
Yes |
Yes |
Call controlshold, transfer, forward, simultaneous ring |
Yes |
Yes |
Voice policies |
Yes |
Yes |
Advanced calling features |
||
Team call |
No |
No |
Response groups |
No |
No |
Delegation |
No |
No |
Private line (secondary Direct Inward Dialing (DID)) |
No |
No |
Call park |
No |
No |
Outgoing DID manipulation |
No |
No |
Voice features |
||
Private dial plans |
No |
No |
Hosted Exchange Unified Messaging (UM) for voice mail |
Yes |
Yes |
Comments
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January 01, 2003
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January 01, 2003
Folks, we just discovered an error in this white paper, which we will work to remedy. In section 8.10 Configure Tentant Meeting URL, on page 33, "TenantId" should be changed to "Tenant". Thanks!Anonymous
January 01, 2003
The deployment guide was update July 25, 2012. Get the latest version here: www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx .Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Folks, we just discovered an error in this white paper, which we will work to remedy. In section 8.10 Configure Tenant Meeting URL, on page 33, "TenantId" should be changed to "Tenant". Thanks!Anonymous
January 12, 2012
Why don't this support Public IM connectivity and presence Windows Live®, AOL®, Yahoo!® ?Anonymous
January 14, 2012
Any information when public IM will be supported?Anonymous
January 28, 2012
Is there something we should know? According to this (which was written by microsoft) Lync online has PSTN calling and call controls and hosted voicemail through exchange online um? Last time I checked lync online does not have this available yet. Are they saying this is going to be available shortly?Anonymous
February 07, 2012
Thanks for posting about the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting. Please note that an updated document will be posted this week with a correction that Lync Mobile is not supported in the Hosting Pack. We also created a new site for the Hosting Pack here: social.technet.microsoft.com/.../7325.microsoft-lync-server-2010-multitenant-pack-for-partner-hosting-resources.aspxAnonymous
August 09, 2012
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May 13, 2013
Lync Mobile on iphone, ipad, android, etc... shows to be supported here. But Deployment Guide from July 2012 show them not to be supported. Can anyone clarify? Thanks, JeffAnonymous
September 30, 2013
Folks, Any one can help me out how we can block the users between the tenants in lync multitenants hosting pack installation. users are able to search between the tenants..we should block the users between the tenants.Anonymous
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