Description

The Lync unified communications platform merged with Skype in 2015 to become Skype for Business. In this training, you will learn how to plan, deploy, configure and administer Skype for Business 2015. You will also understand the useful tools to operate your communication infrastructure.

Who is this training for ?

For whom ?

Systems/network administrators and engineers.

Prerequisites

Training objectives

Plan and design a Skype for Business 2015 infrastructure Install, implement and administer a Skype for Business 2015 infrastructure Manage and implement Skype for Business users and clients Create and manage conferences Implement external access management Install and configure monitoring and archiving tools

Training program

• Design a Skype for Business infrastructure
  • Skype for Business overview.
  • Architecture and operation.
  • Hardware and software prerequisites.
  • Plan the infrastructure.
• Installer Skype for Business
  • Server dependency and associated services.
  • The interaction of SfB with the AD.
  • The topology generator.
  • Install SfB servers.
  • Configure the parameters.
  • Practical work Generate a topology.
  • Install and configure the Front-End.
• Manage Skype for Business
  • The control panel.
  • Management in PowerShell.
  • User management.
  • Configure access control based on roles.
  • Practical work User management.
• Configure users and clients
  • Authentication management.
  • Configure instant messaging.
  • Configure user and client policies.
  • Manage notebooks addresses.
  • Practical work Configure IM, user and client policies.
• Set up conferences
  • The different conferencing modalities.
  • Configuring conferences.
  • Conference strategies.
  • Office Web integration Apps.
  • Virtual meeting room setup.
  • Hands-on Create and manage conferences.
  • Integrate Office Web Apps.
• Manage external access
  • Overview of external access.
  • Mobility design.
  • The federation under SfB.
  • Network configuration and certificates.
  • Install Edge Servers.
  • Practical work Implement Edge Servers.
• Configure archiving and monitoring tools
  • Monitoring and archiving tools.
  • Archiving integration with Exchange.
  • Configure archiving.
  • Configuring monitoring tools.
  • Analyze reports.
  • Practical work Configure archiving.
  • Configure monitoring tools.
  • Report analysis.
• Maintenance and recovery
  • High availability for SFB.
  • Updating servers.
  • Principle of Front-End "pairing".
  • Backing up and restoring the infrastructure.
  • Practical work Updating the servers.
  • Configure a pairing.
  • Back up and restore the 'infrastructure.