Our fifth entry in the “How It Fits” series is…the Mediation Server! Mediation is a central element within Skype for Business. It’s arguably the most versatile Server Role in the Skype for Business topology too. There’s almost no end to
Skype4B Features: Call Via Work
The biggest change in Skype for Business 2015 from Lync Server 2013 is the new user interface. Familiar to Skype users; minor learning curve for Lync users. However, that’s not the only thing that’s new. We’ve already talked about integration
Moving to Lync Server 2013: Build Out Mediation, Monitoring, Archiving and Edge (Part 6)
First off, hello to everyone at the Lync Conference! I really wanted to make it down, but it just didn’t happen. Makes me sad…lots of Lync announcements (and goodies) I’m missing out on! If you want to follow the action
Moving to Lync Server 2013: Creating a Lync Server Topology (Part 3)
Last time I took you through our initial steps on preparing servers and Active Directory for Lync Server 2013. We stopped at the Topology Builder. Anyone who’s worked with Lync Server 2010 knows Topology Builder. In 2013 not much is
Why Does Lync Have a Mediation Server if We Have Media Bypass?
That’s not a rhetorical question I wrote for today’s blog post. It’s part of a question a prospective client asked us: “Why is there a Mediation Server in Lync if you have Media Bypass? Doesn’t that make it (the server)