20334B Summary Info

20334B Summary Info

Welcome to the Global Knowledge presentation of "Skype for Business - core"

Here are a few links that will provide additional information to complement your course material


http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/05/20334-introduction.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/05/20334-day-1.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/05/20334-day-2.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/05/20334-day-3.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/05/20334-resources-q-and-a.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/05/20334a-day-5.html


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Material from other related courses:

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/06/20336-introduction.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/07/20337b-supplemental-material-and.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2016/05/20334a-skype-for-business-links-by.html

http://metafore2012.blogspot.ca/2014/09/20337-lync-advanced-enterprise-voice.html
Personal notes from my 2014 presentation

Microsoft Lync 2013 Depth Support Engineer - 55070A
Support site for Lync Troubleshooting course
http://www.myskypelab.com

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Student Q and A

Q � how to patch individual servers with min downtime? (Bernard)
<done>
- Multiple servers in a pool
- design routing groups to overlap pool membership

Q � When is the SFB voice training being released? (Beebe)
Unknown at this point
SfB Voice content on MVA and Technet Labs

Q � is there a match for UCCX cisco �contact center� (Robert)
Yes.
Look at Routing Groups and Workflow in 20337 (Module 4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcR0BTO3s4 > UCCX Contact Centre demo

Q � what are the server FE guidelines around large meetings? (Chad)
- up to 12 nodes in a pool
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/mt297718.aspx
use a separate dedicated pool for large meetings
https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/mastering-skype-for/9781119225355/c07.xhtml
Use capacity planner
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/course.aspx?cid=20335
A good follow-up course

Q � F5 hardware load balancers? (Beebe)
<done> f5 reference and planning guide
https://f5.com/solutions/deployment-guides/microsoft-skype-for-business-server-2015-big-ip-ltm-v11

Beebee Boateng: Is this all the configuration required to integrate with Polycom Bridge?
http://www.polycom.com/content-collaboration/content-sharing/realconnect.html
A possible solution (thanks Chad)

<done> - create a blog entry to navigate Lync/SfB content
<done> - NOTE: SfB Voice content on MVA, Ignite
Sell to Business based on user experience e.g. CISCO vs. SfB


Beebee Boateng: FYI:  In Lab8, Task 142, the Perimiter link may not appear and you may have to go to System->Device manager, to enable the second NIC.

Q - Why does the Client Authentication log show some failures before the final 200 "accept"?
A -
https://blog.kloud.com.au/2015/05/07/sfb-external-authentication/  > 3 types and signals

Q - what does bootstrapper.exe do?
A - You run Bootstrapper.exe to let the servers perform necessary reconfigurations and add or remove components.
(Course Companion - m6)   A more granular approach than the Topology Builder
http://www.lyncinsider.com/tag/microsoft/
https://www.davidpapkin.net/installing-skype-for-business-server-by-david-papkin/
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/canberrapfe/2015/09/22/your-skype-powershell-cheat-sheet-useful-powershell-commands-you-can-run-in-skype-for-business-2015-and-lync-server-2013/
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/websdk/gettingstarted  > use it in applications

Q - How does SQL replicate across sites?
A - see 20334B module 11, lesson 1 > Overview of the backup service (3 backup modules for various DB stores)
also, see 20337, module 11 > move the services with Powershell cmdlets.

Q - Can I turn on repication for SQL if it is collocated on an FE Pool member?
A - no (if you are running SQL 2008)