#Exchange 2010 & #SQLServer on #VMware Best Practices Guides #SAN Deploy Guide #ISCSI #NFS #NAS

Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Best Practices Guide

Microsoft SQL Server on VMware Best Practices Guide

VMware SAN Deployment Guide

 

vSphere Online Library:

Fibre Channel SAN Configuration Guide:
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsp40_i/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=fc_san_config/esx_san_config_fc.1.1.html

ISCSI SAN Configuration Guide: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsp40_i/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=iscsi_san_config/esx_san_config_iscsi.1.1.html

#VMware support for Microsoft MSCS Clustering – Updated 28/07/11 #VMware KB1037959

VMware support for Microsoft Cluster Service MSCS has been updated – 28/07/11

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1037959

Book to read…#VMware #vSphere Design – The What, The Who And The How

…This blog post refers to a book I am also reading, so can concur with this blogger….

VMware vSphere Design – The What, The Who And The How.

#Lync Server #Federation & #Polycom #RMX #Integration #TelePesence

Some interesting links on this topic whilst researching for a current customer project for Managed RMX Lync integration and Federation

http://blog.schertz.name/2011/02/polycom-and-lync-video-integration/

Polycom RMX Layouts in Lync
http://mikestacy.typepad.com/mike-stacys-blog/2011/02/polycom-rmx-layouts-in-lync.html

http://support.polycom.com/global/documents/support/setup_maintenance/products/video/Deploying_Visual_Comm_Admin_Guide_WV4.pdf
Page 30 /is where is starts to get relevant and some techie stuff from pages  35

Taken from the  Polycom guide…

Federation is a trust relationship between two or more SIP domains that permits users in separate organizations to communicate in real-time across network boundaries as federated partners.

Federated users are users from another enterprise (registered to a different Office Communications Server on a different network) that are able to make and receive calls to endpoints and video infrastructure

…I companyB wants to connect to calls managed by a DMA system or RMX system on companyA, companyB must add the companyA domains to its list of allowed SIP domains in the Office Communications Server edge server.

Likewise if companyA wants to connect to calls managed by a DMA system or RMX system on companyB, companyB’s SIP domains must be on the allowed SIP domain list of companyA’s edge server…

 

 

Polycom HDX Integration to Lync with ICE/STUN and TURN

Below picture courtesy of:
http://voipnorm.blogspot.com/2011/03/polycom-hdx-integration-to-lync-with.html

Useful Resources – #Lync Server 2010 #UC #OCS

Books:

• Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Unleashed
• Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit
  • Direct SIP
  • Enterprise Voice
• Lync Server 2010 Documentation Help File – downloadable CHM

The Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit is the technical reference for the product. This book extends the product planning, deploying, and managing documentation in the Lync Technical Library. This book serves as a companion to the product documentation to learn how the product works under the hood.

Blogs:

• DrRez: Microsoft Lync Server Technical Reference Hub – Brought to you by the Microsoft Lync Server Resource Kit team
• NextHop blog
• Lync Communicator / Client Blog
• UC Marketing Team Blog

Resource Sites:

• Lync Server and Communications Server resources – All the best links in one place
• Microsoft Lync Main Site
• Lync Server 2010 Technical Library Updates – All the latest Technet Technical Libray (below Link) updates/ releases
• Lync Server 2010 documentation in the TechNet Library
• Lync Server TechCenter
• Lync 2010 Downloads – Tools, Calculators,Panners,Visio Stencils, documents, Clients etc.

Tools:

• Lync Server 2010 Protocol Workloads Poster 
• Lync Server 2010 Best Practices Analyzer
• Lync Server 2010 Capacity Calculator
• Lync Server 2010 Planning Tool
• Planning tool Online documentation
• Downloadable planning tool documentation 
• Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools
• Lync Server 2010 Stress and Performance Tool
• Lync Server 2010 Visio Stencil

#Lync Server Documentation Update: July 2011 – Released nine new Resource Kit book chapters

Lync Server Documentation Update: July 2011

Courtesy of NextHop Blog

Today, the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 documentation team released an update to the technical library, which includes new technical reference documentation, as well as updates to existing topics in Lync Client, Multiple Forest, Supportability, Planning, Deployment, Migration, Operations, and Web Conferencing Cmdlets.

Running #Lync Server 2010 in #Virtualised Environment

Courtesy of Microsoft Technet Technical Library:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg399035.aspx

Running in a Virtualized Environment Topic Last Modified: 2011-07-17

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 supports virtualization topologies that support all Lync Server 2010 workloads—instant messaging (IM) and presence, conferencing, Enterprise Voice, Monitoring Server, and Archiving Server. Windows Server 2008 R2 is required. Lync Server virtualization supports Hyper-V and equivalent virtualization platforms. This section briefly discusses the virtualization support.