Lync 2010 Enterprise Voice Software Requirements
Confirm that the infrastructure in which you anticipate to deploy Enterprise Voice meets the following software requirement:
- MSLync 2010 FE Enterprise Edition is installed and operational on your network.
- All Lync Edge Servers are deployed and operational in your perimeter network, including Lync Edge Servers running Access Edge service, AV Edge service, Web Conferencing Edge service, and a reverse proxy.
- Either MS Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (SP3) or MS Exchange Server 2010 is required for integrating Exchange Unified Messaging with Lync 2010 and to provide rich notifications and call log information to the client endpoints.
- Each computer on which you install Mediation Server must be:
- A member server of a domain, and prepared for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
- Running one of the following operating systems:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
- Windows Server 2008 Standard with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Service Pack 2
- Windows Server 2008 Datacenter with Service Pack 2
- Topology Builder is installed on a server on your network.
Next Steps: Verify Security and Configuration Requirement
After verifying software requirement for Enterprise Voice, you can use the documentation to continue preparing for deploying Enterprise Voice:
- Verify security, user configuration.
- Install the Mediation Server, , but only if you want to deploy a stand-alone Mediation Server or pool because Mediation Servers are installed as part of the Front End pool or Standard Edition server deployment process when collocated.
- Configure trunk connections to provide PSTN connectivity for users.
Security and Configuration Requirement for Enterprise Voice
Verify that your infrastructure meets the following security, user configuration, and scenario-specific hardware requirement.
Administrative Rights and Certificate Infrastructure
Ensure that your environment is configured with the following administrative user groups and certificate infrastructure for use during the Enterprise Voice deployment process.
- Administrators deploying Enterprise Voice should be members of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.
- Administrators performing the configuration tasks must have adequate rights:
- CsVoiceAdministrator: This administrator role can perform voice configuration tasks, manage voice applications, and assign voice policies to end users.
- CsUserAdministrator: This administrator role can manage user properties, such as enabling Enterprise Voice for a user. This administrator role can also assign per-user policies, with the exception of the archiving policy; move users; and manage common area phones and analog devices.
- CsAdministrator: This administrator role can perform all of the tasks of CsVoiceAdministrator and CsUserAdministrator.
- Managed key infrastructure (MKI) is deployed and configured, using either a MS or a third-party certification authority (CA) infrastructure.
Users
If you collocated the Mediation Server with each Front End pool or Standard Edition server during Front End deployment, user settings necessary for Enterprise Voice were configured automatically during installation of the files for those server roles.
If you are newly deploying the Enterprise Voice workload at this time, before you begin the deployment process, designate a primary phone number for each user who you plan to enable for Enterprise Voice. As the administrator, you are responsible for ensuring that this number is unique. Before implementation, all primary phone numbers must be normalized (correctly formatted) and copied to each user’s Line URI property using Lync Server Control Panel.