First Look Clinic: What’s New for IT Professionals in Microsoft Lync Server 2013 1 Day

This course was developed on early beta software and therefore steps may be different depending on the version of the software being used for a particular clinic. The features and procedures demonstrated may change in the final release of Lync 2013.

• Describe the new features and functionality in Lync.
• Describe how Lync enables connections across computers, the web, and your personal devices.
• Explain the new enhancements to voice and video functionality in Lync, including multi-view video and other lifelike video improvements.
• Explain the new features for meeting collaboration, including the functionality of Office Web App Server and Lync Web App.
• Describe how to take advantage of Lync technology with mobile devices, web conferencing tools, and hosted services.
• Explain how you use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
• Describe the new changes in Lync in the Brick Model, Monitoring, Lync Storage Service, and VDI.
• Describe the new topology changes in Lync and how the different topology scenarios apply.
• Explain the new OS and processor support changes.
• Describe the new Disaster Recover and High Availability in Lync and the geographic pool disbursement and front-end pooling.
• Describe the new functionality and advantages of the conferencing features including Web Apps Server and multi-view video.
• Explain the new features available for the external user and their impact on mobility, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addressing support, and Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).
• Describe the new Persistent Chat server features and how they consolidate and simplify the user experience.
• Describe the additional new conferencing changes and how they impact scheduling, online, joining, management, and audio/visual changes in Lync.
• Explain how the Lync software development kit (SDK) facilitates easy integration.
• Discuss line of business and third-party applications.
• Understand Lync extensibility from examples of Lync integration used by independent software vendors (ISVs).

Clinic Outline

Module 1: Introduction to the New Microsoft Lync Features and Functionality

This module summarizes what is new in Microsoft Lync, a rich client application that provides Instant Messaging (IM), Presence, Enterprise Voice, collaboration, and meeting capabilities through a single interface. In this module, you will learn about new features and functionality of Lync, including presence, contacts, IM, the Conversation Window, voice and video, and conferencing and collaboration.

Lessons

• Communicate and Connect
• Video and Voice
• Collaboration and Meetings
• Availability Across Multiple Devices
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Plug-in

Module 2: Microsoft Lync 2013 Architecture and Deployment Changes

This module introduces the new architecture and deployment changes in Microsoft Lync. At a glance, it covers the Brick Module, Disaster Recovery, monitoring improvements, Lync Storage Service, the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), and some of what makes Lync a robust server/client environment.

Lessons

• Microsoft Lync At a Glance
• Topology Changes
• Operating System and Processor Support Changes
• New Disaster Recovery and High Availability Features
• New Conferencing Features
• New Features for External User Access
• New Archiving Features
• New Persistent Chat Server Features
• New Conferencing Changes
• Enterprise Voice Changes
• Deployment Considerations

Module 3: Integration and Extensibility in Microsoft Lync

This module discusses the advantages of integrating Lync with other Office and line of business (LOB) applications. It will take a closer look at how Lync makes integration virtually effortless and the advantages to LOB and third party applications when Lync is integrated. In additions, this module will also highlight three examples of independent software vendors (ISVs) who use Lync integration for their enterprise products.

Lessons

• Integrate Microsoft Lync into Line of Business Applications
• Integrate Microsoft Lync with Office 2013