New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013

Hey TLG and Lync fans,

You can now download the new Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013. If you are new to Lync 2013 and want to get some hands-on experience prior to planning and deployment, this is a great way to create a working install of Lync Server 2013 with two client computers to test point-to-point communication features.

Here is the stack for this TLG (click on it for a larger version):

And here is the lab configuration, consisting of 5 computers:

You build out and then demonstrate the instant messaging and out-of-the-box conferencing capability of Lync Server 2013 in the following steps:

1. Set up the Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration test lab.
2. Install and configure a new client computer named CLIENT2.
3. Install Microsoft Office 2013 on CLIENT1 and CLIENT2.
4. Install and configure a new server named LYNC1.
5. Install Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition on LYNC1.
6. Demonstrate Lync functionality between CLIENT1 and CLIENT2.

For additional instructions to build this test lab on a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V server, see Hosting the Lync 2013 Test Lab with Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. Here is the resulting configuration (click on it for a larger version):

For more information about TLGs, see Test Lab Guides.

Enjoy!

Joe Davies

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  I really, really, really wish these directions could be updated to use Server 2012 R2.