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1 Dean Suzuki Blog Title: Lync 2013 Monitoring Created: 12/24/2012 Description: In this post, I studied and researched Lync 2013 Monitoring. I discovered that in Lync 2013: There isn t a dedicated monitoring or archiving server role (as it was the case in Lync 2010) Instead, the monitoring and archiving services are built into the front-end server A backend SQL database is still required and must be setup. The database can be SQL 2008 R2 or SQL Lync leverages SQL Reporting services to generate the reports and includes a Lync Report pack. For folks not familiar with the Lync Monitoring, this is a key capability that should be deployed with every Lync deployment. It allows us to understand how Lync is being used (how many IM, conferences, calls, etc.). Also, I would consider it a must for deployment when deploying Lync Voice. Lync Voice is Lync s capability to be used as a PBX. When deploying Lync Voice, I recommend conducting a small pilot and including participants at multiple locations across the company. Then, watch the Lync monitoring reports to analyze what the media quality. This will give us a preliminary understanding of the network conditions and identify areas where network remediation may be required (more bandwidith, network issues (packet loss, latency, areas with missing QoS, etc). Review the articles below to learn more about Lync 2013 Monitoring. References: ; Planning for Monitoring ; Deploying Lync 2013 Monitoring Disclaimer: (C) 2012 Dean Suzuki, All Rights Reserved 1

2 Contents of this blog and article represent the opinions of Dean Suzuki, and do not reflect the views of my employer. (C) 2012 Dean Suzuki, All Rights Reserved Table of Contents 1 Pre-requisites Enable Monitoring in the Topology Create the Lync Monitoring Databases on the SQL Server Create Lync Report User and Report User Group Create a Lync Report User Create a Lync Report Group Install the Lync 2013 Monitoring Reports Access the Lync Monitoring Reports Pre-requisites This document assumes that you have already installed Lync 2013 Front End. Also, you will need a server with SQL server and SQL reporting services loaded on it. 2 Enable Monitoring in the Topology The first step is to enable the Lync monitoring and archiving capabilities in the topology. Go to the Front End Server, load the Lync Topology Builder. (C) 2012 Dean Suzuki, All Rights Reserved 2

Go to the Front end server. Right-click and select Edit Properties.

Click the Monitoring button to enable it. Press New and specify a data store.

5 I am also going to enable Archiving and specify the same data store. Publish the topology. Go to Action > Topology > Publish 3 Create the Lync Monitoring Databases on the SQL Server (C) 2012 Dean Suzuki, All Rights Reserved 5

During the Topology publish process, the

Setup says that it is going to create the

7 I got a warning and investigated it. The warning says that we need to change the startup mode of the SQL Server Agent to Automatic from Manual. Go to the SQL Server and change the SQL Server Agent service to Automatic. (C) 2012 Dean Suzuki, All Rights Reserved 7

4 Create Lync Report User and Report User Group 4.

8 Launch SQL Server Management Studio. Notice the Lync reporting databases (LcsCDR, LcsLog, QoEMetrics) have been created. 4 Create Lync Report User and Report User Group 4.1 Create a Lync Report User Go to the Domain Controller and create a new user (LyncReportUser). Go to the SQL database, launch SQL Management Studio and give the user System Admin rights on the SQL database. (C) 2012 Dean Suzuki, All Rights Reserved 8

5 Install the Lync 2013 Monitoring Reports Go to the SQL Server.

10 4.2 Create a Lync Report Group Create a group that will be allowed to access the Lync Reports. In my lab, I named the group LyncReportUsers. 5 Install the Lync 2013 Monitoring Reports Go to the SQL Server. Insert the Lync 2013 DVD. Launch the Lync 2013 Deployment Wizard Specify the SQL server (C) 2012 Dean Suzuki, All Rights Reserved 10

Specify the Lync Report User created earlier.

6 Access the Lync Monitoring Reports Go to: http://<servername>/reportserver and navigate to the Lync

In this post, we walkthrough how to download, install, and then use the Lync 2013 Planning Tool.

In this post, we walkthrough how to download, install, and then use the Lync 2013 Planning Tool. Dean Suzuki Blog Title: Lync 2013 Planning Tool Created: 2/28/2013 Description: Microsoft just released the Lync 2013 version of the Planning Tool. This is a great tool to help you get started planning