#Setup microsoft lync install#

This will ultimately help us decide how many servers we need, where they need to be placed on our network, and a fairly in depth diagram. This part of the Planning Tool will walk us through configuring how many users, what percentage of those users will be using the previously defined features, and other capacity planning questions. Step 4: Planning Tool – Design sites ^Īt this point, we are halfway to a complete Lync 2013 deployment design. Click the “Design Sites” if you content with the options you have selected and let’s start designing our sites. Once you have completed running through the first part of this wizard you will be presented with the “Features Overview Completed” dialogue box.

Here are some of the features you can choose: Be sure to read the explanations for each feature. Of course you should select which options you want to deploy in your environment.

The second button, “Design Sites”, assumes you want the default features and will take us directly to our site configuration which I will cover in the next section.īecause I want to show you everything that the Planning Tool has to offer, I will be adding all of the features. The first button, “Get Started”, will start from the very beginning and allow us to select which features we want. There are two buttons to select from in the “Get Started” section. The first half of the Planning Tool will walk us through selecting the features we want our completed Lync 2013 deployment to have. Another great feature is that the tool explains to you exactly what each step will accomplish. Open the Planning Tool on your Start Menu.Īs you will notice, there are links on the left side of the Planning Tool where you can get further information, find training, or get more documentation. Now that we have installed the Microsoft Lync 2013 Server Planning Tool, we can get to the fun part and start planning our Lync deployment. Step 3: Planning Tool – Selecting features ^ If you are satisfied with your options, click “Install”.Īfter a few minutes, the installation should complete successfully.Ĭlick the “Finish” button to end the installation. The installation package gives you a last chance to change any information.

#Setup microsoft lync install#

Once you have read the EULA, check the “I accept” box and click “Next”.Ĭhoose where you would like to install the Planning Tool.