The document provides an overview of the Lync Hosting Pack 2013 product. It describes key capabilities like unified communications, collaboration features for meetings and file sharing, integration with applications and devices, and mobility access. It also outlines the multi-tenant cloud architecture, features available to hosted tenants versus on-premise deployments, and opportunities for partners in areas like appliances, conferencing, and messaging integration.

1. Connecting people everywhere.

2. Lync Hoster Pack 2013
Product Overview

3. Greater
Collaboration
Unified User
Experience
Enhanced Video &
Content Sharing
Lync 2013 Delivers
Extended
Infrastructure &
Resilience
Capabilities
Communication
Beyond Enterprise
Borders

4. Enable great meeting experiences & collaboration

5. Enable great meeting experiences & collaboration
Gallery View
Speaker View

6. Enable great meeting experiences & collaboration
Presenter Action
Buttons & Menus

7. Connect people, communications and the applications they
use everyday
Seamless OneNote
Integration

8. Connect people, communications and the applications they
use everyday
Quick Links

9. Connect people, communications and the applications they
use everyday
Quick Links
Drop Down
Quick Links

10. Lync is familiar and engaging, across a variety
of devices and platforms

11. Lync is familiar and engaging, across a variety
of devices and platforms

12. The same engaging Lync experience regardless
of client or platform

13. Federation enables users to collaborate in new ways
Business to Business
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Employee to Community
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14. Lower TCO
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Greater operational efficiency
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Builds on Lync Server 2010 management model
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15. Enterprise grade UC resiliency
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Low cost infrastructure and deployment
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Fast recovery across pools and data centres
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Fully integrated in IT management tools
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*EnterpriseEdition

16. One archive store
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One archive policy
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One compliance experience
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*Integrationwith on-premiseMicrosoftExchange

17. Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA)
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Client extensibility through Lync API
Unified Communications Web API (UCWA)
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18. Lync Hoster Pack 2013
Architecture & Feature Comparison

19. Multitenant Cloud Office 365Customer’s Premise Single Tenant Cloud
v-dedicated
Lync to LyncPBX Replacement PBX Replacement Unified Communications
Dedicated vs Lync Hoster Pack
Syndication
Reseller
Service Provider
As Systems Integrator
Service Provider
As Private Cloud
Service Provider
As Public Cloud
Enterprise & Medium Business Small & Medium Business

20. Active Directory Model
- Single Forest for Exchange 2013 and Lync
Server 2013 Hosting Pack
- Common tenant OU Structure
- Lync Deployment establishes root OU
- One (1) OU per tenant
- Users are enabled for Exchange and Lync
- Tenant boundaries support federation
configuration
Active Directory Forest
Lync Exchange

21. Single System
- Front-end server runs all workloads
- No other server required to additional
functionalities
- All in one box Standard Edition deployment
• Ideal for proof of concept, pilot, small and medium
businesses
• Functionality: IM, Presence, Voice, Video, Conferencing,
Mobility
• Highly available* when peered with another server
• PSTN access with Gateway, Direct SIP or SIP Trunk
• Scalability: up to 5,000 users
AD
Standard
Edition
Optional backup
Standard edition
*New in Lync Server 2013

22. Extended (Scalable) System
- Similar to Standard edition architecture
- No other server required to additional
functionalities
- Enterprise edition with SQL server
• Ideal for large and medium size businesses, regional
deployment
• Functionality: IM, Presence, Voice and Video,
Conferencing, Mobility
• Highly available, medium scale to large scale
• Scalable : Scale up by adding more FE servers*
AD
Enterprise edition
(Front End Servers)
SQL
*New in Lync Server 2013

23. Extensibility & Integration
-Technical:
• Streamline augmentation of your environment
• Standardize routine tasks
• Integrate systematically with your OSS/BSS systems to
avoid repetitive data input which could result in errors
• Enable scale
-Business:
• Streamline processes to enable customer turn-up
quicker and to realize profits sooner
• Allow engineers to engineer, not to provision and
administer
• Empower customers to administer their service suite
on your behalf – simply offer them choices for
upgrades to richer services
Direct cmdlets
and scripts
Homegrown
management portals
3rd party
automation

24. Federation
- Federation with Lync Server 2013 Hosting Pack
enables Service Providers the ability to allow
fully hosted tenanted users to communicate
with federated partner users
• Different tenants on the platform must be explicitly
federated before users can be directly added by SIP
address
• Support for full (AV) Skype federation requires
additional gateway hardware
IPIP
AD
Lync
Edge
AD
Lync
Edge
Hosted Tenant
Hosted Tenant
External User(s)

25. Presence
A collection of attributes that provide a user’s contact information, their status, activity, location, and willingness (availability) to communicate.
Instant messaging (IM)
A form of real-time text-based communication.
Data and desktop sharing
A feature that allows users to share files, use whiteboard, and display their desktop to a meeting, IM or call conversation participants.
Conferencing
Two-way video and audio transmissions between users.
Unified Messaging (via Microsoft Exchange)
An application that consolidates a user's voice mail, fax, and email into one mailbox, proving a single delivery location, regardless of message type.
Private branch exchange (PBX) replacement
UC integration with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems provides an alternative to traditional phone exchange systems.
Lync Server Multitenant Hosting Pack Partner Opportunity/Offerings
• Appliances – Hand and head set I/O devices
• Conferencing Server Gateway Video – Real-time IP video, voice, and data services
• Audio Conferencing Provider – Integration with hosted conferencing systems
• Short Message Service (SMS) – Text messaging systems used by phones and mobile communication systems
Lync Hosting Pack 2013 Feature Overview

26. On-Premise Partner Offering
Instant Messaging (IM)
Lync Server 2013 Lync Hosting Pack 2013 (v2)
1-to-1 and Multi-party IM/Presence  
File transfers  
PC-to-PC audio/video dial-out calling  
Mobile VoIP  
Persistent Group Chat  
Public IM Connectivity and Federation
IM/P/A/V Federation with other OCS/Lync Server /Lync Online organizations  
IM/P federation with XMPP (Google Talk, etc.)  
IM/P with AOL, Yahoo and other public IM networks  
IM/P & Voice with Skype  via 3rd party
Conferencing/Online Meetings
Ad-hoc Multi-party Audio/Video  Yes VoIP - requires a partner for
PSTN audio
Interoperability with on-premises video conferencing systems  via 3rd party
Lync Hosting Pack 2013 Feature Functionality

27. On-Premise Partner Offering
Voice & Telephony Infrastructure
Lync Server 2013 Lync Hosting Pack 2013 (v2)
PSTN calling (incoming/outgoing calls)  
Call hold/retrieve  
Advanced call controls (transfer, forward, simultaneous ring)  
Team call  
Delegation (boss-admin) for Voice  
Call park  
Outgoing DID manipulation  
Static 911  
Dial-plans & Policies  
IP desk phone support  
Resilient Branch Office Appliance  
Call Admissions Control (CAC)  
Lync Hosting Pack 2013 Feature Functionality

28. On-Premise Partner Offering
Voice & Telephony Infrastructure
Lync Server 2013 Lync Hosting Pack 2013 (v2)
Support for Analog devices (e.g. FAX)  
Response groups  via 3rd party
Private Line (secondary DID for execs)  
Direct connectivity with PBX via gateways  
Direct SIP for audio with on-premises IP-PBXs  
Direct SIP for signaling (presence updates) with on-premises IP-PBX 3PPI 
RCC (click-to-call) with on-premises PBX  
CDR & billing reporting  
Integration with call center solutions  
Voice/ACP Integration with carriers/service providers
ACP Integration with select carriers  
Voice integration with select carriers  
Lync Hosting Pack 2013 Feature Functionality

29. Lync Hosting Pack 2013 (v2)
Presence and IM
Windows 8 &
Windows RT
Windows
Phone
Android iPhone iPad
Lync and Lync online connectivity     
New UI, photo, status, presence     
View Lync contact list     
View contact card     
IM, multiparty conversations     
Distribution list expansion     
Lync Meetings
Join Lync Meetings with a single touch     
Voice and Video over IP (3g/4g & WiFi)     
Simultaneous Multi-Party Video     
View shared Lync Meeting content     
Lync Hosting Pack 2013 Mobility Functionality

30. Lync Hosting Pack 2013 (v2)
Enterprise voice
Windows 8 &
Windows RT
Windows
Phone
Android iPhone iPad
Single-number reach     
Voice and Video over IP (3g/4g & WiFi)     
Call-via-work     
Lync Hosting Pack 2013 Mobility Functionality

31. Lync Reference Links

32. Resource Links
http://blogs.technet.com/b/lync/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg293124.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/dn144928
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/jj945270
https://mspartner.microsoft.com/en/uk/Pages/Solutions/love-lync.aspx
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4123384&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr
https://twitter.com/DrRez

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