About the Book
This is the most comprehensive, realistic, and useful guide to Skype for Business , Microsoft’s most powerful unified communications system. Four leading Microsoft unified communications consultants share in-the-trenches guidance for planning, integration, migration, deployment, administration, and more. The authors thoroughly introduce Skype for Business 2015’s components and capabilities, as well as changes and improvements associated with the integration of popular Skype consumer technologies. You’ll find detailed coverage of IP voice, instant messaging, conferencing, and collaboration; and expert guidance on server roles, multi-platform clients, security, and troubleshooting.
Reflecting their unsurpassed experience, the authors illuminate Microsoft’s new cloud-based and hybrid cloud architectures for unified communications, showing how these impact networking, security, and Active Directory. They cover SDN for unified communications; interoperation with consumer Skype and legacy video conferencing; quality optimisation, mobile improvements, and much more.
Throughout, the authors combine theory, step-by-step configuration instructions, and best practices from real enterprise environments. Simply put, you’ll learn what works–and how it’s done.
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Table of Contents:
Part I Overview
Chapter 1 What Is Skype for Business?
Chapter 2 What’s New in Skype for Business?
Chapter 3 Business Case for Skype for Business?
Part II Skype for Business Server 2015 Server Roles
Chapter 4 Skype for Business Server 2015 Front End Server
Chapter 5 Skype for Business Server 2015 Edge Server
Chapter 6 Skype for Business Server 2015 Monitoring and Archiving Best Practices
Chapter 7 Skype for Business Server 2015 Mediation Server
Chapter 8 Persistent Chat
Part III External Dependencies
Chapter 9 Network Requirements and Best Practices
Chapter 10 Dependent Services
Chapter 11 Firewall, Reverse Proxy, and Security Requirements
Part IV Administration and Management
Chapter 12 Monitoring Skype for Business Server 2015
Chapter 13 Administration of Skype for Business Server 2015
Chapter 14 High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Part V Migrating from Older Versions
Chapter 15 Migrating from Lync Server 2010/2013
Part VI Skype for Business Server 2015 Voice, Video, and Integration
Chapter 16 Skype for Business Server 2015 Telephony and Voice Integration
Chapter 17 Advanced Skype for Business Server 2015 Voice Configuration
Chapter 18 Skype for Business Native Video and Data Conferencing
Chapter 19 Skype for Business Video Integration with Third-Party Products and Services
Part VII Integration with Other Applications
Chapter 20 Unified Contact Store, Exchange, and SharePoint Integration
Chapter 21 Developing Skype for Business Solutions
Part VIII Office 365 and Skype for Business Server 2015 Online
Chapter 22 Skype for Business Online and Hybrid Deployments
Chapter 23 Skype Integration
Part IX Clients
Chapter 24 Microsoft Lync for Mac Client
Chapter 25 Mobile Clients
Chapter 26 Windows and Browser Clients
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About the Author :
Alex Lewis, MCITP, CISSP, has a mixed background in technology and business spanning 20 years. He has worked with a wide range of environments, from small organizations to large enterprises requiring complex or custom communications solutions, and is responsible for architecting and implementing some of the largest Lync and Skype for Business deployments in the world. Alex is a strong believer in aligning technology to business goals to create a competitive business advantage. Including titles on Active Directory and Exchange, and three on Lync, Alex has participated in writing nine books from 2004 to present. He is currently Vice President at Event Zero, the global leader in real-time analytics for Skype for Business. In his spare time Alex enjoys scuba diving and beach volleyball.
Pat Richard is a Unified Communications consultant and PowerShell Developer who began working with Microsoft Exchange and evolved into working with the full Microsoft Unified Communications stack. He has been involved in some of the best-known deployments and migrations in the world, including those in the defense, finance, government, real estate, manufacturing, and services fields. Pat maintains the renowned ehloworld.com blog, which focuses on solutions, ideas, scripts, and information centered on PowerShell and Unified Communications. His PowerShell scripts, Excel design calculators, and other tools have been used by many of the major consulting firms, large enterprises, small- and medium-sized shops, and even Microsoft Consulting Services to deploy and manage millions of seats on Exchange Server, Lync Server, and Skype for Business Server. Pat is the host of the popular Exchange/Lync/Skype for Business/Office 365 focused podcast “The UC Architects” and has been recognized by Microsoft and awarded the Microsoft MVP award more than 10 times across three products. He has contributed to several books, spoken at international conferences, and has been spotlighted by some Microsoft marketing campaigns.
Phil Sharp is a Unified Communications consultant with over 10 years of experience working with Microsoft Unified Communications solutions. His career in Microsoft UC began with one of the first Office Communications Server 2007 voice deployments in the U.S. He has extensive experience architecting, implementing, and supporting Microsoft Active Directory, Office Communications Server 2007/R2, Lync Server 2010/2013, Skype for Business, and Exchange for organizations of all sizes and verticals. In Phil’s current role at Modality Systems, he leads a world-class team of Microsoft UC consultants who specialize in telephony integration of Lync and Skype for Business.
Rui Maximo started in the Microsoft Skype for Business product team at Microsoft since the early days of RTC in 2003. As a lead program manager, he managed multiple areas of responsibility on the server side, including AD schema, topologies, management, setup, Enterprise Voice, and CWA. Rui has authored over 40 technical articles, training videos, whitepapers, and multiple books.
In addition to writing technical books, Rui is the principal software architect of the Security Filters (www.lync-solutions.com), a suite of seven security products that protect Skype for Business Server against denial-of-service (DoS) and over 20 different types of attacks, provide granular control of federation traffic, and restrict access to only authorized mobile devices. He consults and does contract work for clients looking to integrate their products with Skype for Business Server 2015.
