1. De ACS Lync Appliance
Streamlining
Lync
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2. Agenda
Active Communications
 Waarom Microsoft Lync?
 Deployment vanLync
 ACS voordelen
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3. Active Communications
 Meer dan 20 years ervaring in Telecom en IT
 Unified Messaging en Communication Experts
 Microsoft ISV & Lync 15 SI Partner
 Lync 15 Developer TAP
 Kantoren in The Netherlands, Hong Kong and Australia
 Eigen development team
 Partner organisatie
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4. Wat is Lync 2010?
Het Nieuwe Werken
1 client voor IM, Voice, Video, Data Sharing
Incoming call
Conversation Window
Communicator
IM & Video
Meeting/Application Sharing/Whiteboarding
“Communications
Simplified”
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5. Microsoft Lync 2010 server architecture
UC endpoints
QOE
Public IM Monitoring
Clouds Archiving
CDR
AOL MSN DMZ
Yahoo Data Inbound
Audio/ Routing
Video Outbound
SIP Routing
Remote Voice Mail
Users Routing
Active
Edge Front-End Server Backend
Directory
Server (IM, Presence) SQL server
Exchange
Mediation Server
Federated 2010 Server UM
Businesses
(SIP-PSTN GW)
Voicemail
“Complex design” PSTN
PRI PBX

6. What is ACS?
UC endpoints
Public IM
Clouds
AOL MSN
Yahoo
Remote
Users
ACS Server Enterprise
Active
Directory
Exchange
Federated 2010 Server UM
Businesses
(SIP-PSTN GW)
Voicemail
“Simplified design” PSTN
PRI PBX

7. ACS portfolio
ACS Express M800
 Out-of-the-box running gateway with ACS Lync
 Full deployment of Lync 2013 on Mediant 800
 SIP BRI or PRI with 4 FXS
 Unique AD Connector
 Up to 100 users
ACS Hardware Appliance: virtualized on Hyper-V
 Out-of-the-box running LYNC 2013 deployment
 Full deployment on one rack server
 Unique AD Connector
 Up to 2500 users
 ACS Enterprise (software only)
 Runs on virtual environment of customer
 Unique installer incl. unique AD Connector
 Full deployment of all Lync 2013 roles
 Less than 3 hours
 Number of users as needed
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8. ACS concept
 ACS Management Suite
 Unified administrator interface
 System configuration
 Add, moves and changes
 Setup AD connector
 Extra’s
 Presence overview
 Call Forward settings
 Phone number overview
 En meer…
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9. ACS concept
 ACS Active Directory controller
 Geen impact op de Active Directory
 1 ACS appliance kan connecteren naar multiple Active Directories
 LDAP search and import
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10. ACS concept
 ACS = 110% Lync
 Centralized Call Forwarding
 Automatic user management
(creates/deletes Lync accounts based on AD group membership)
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11. ACS vs Lync
ACS Lync Lync full deployment
Single footprint Multiple servers
Out of the box solution Start from scratch
2 days implementation time
Up to 30 days implementation time
(Professional services in the box)
Active Directory Connector to integrate Needs to be embedded completely in
with Enterprise network Enterprise network
No impact on Enterprise Active
Active Directory extensions required
Directory
Admin tool to manage user settings like Only manage global settings and user
call forwarding permissions
Requires Microsoft Voice competency
Get the competency in a box
to do it right
110% Lync 100 % Lync
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12. ACS Advantages
 TCO
 Single Footprint
 Single Point of administration
 ACS appliance is an asset, i.e. depreciation over multiple years
 ICT
 No implications for Enterprise Forest
 Multiple AD connections
 Unified administration
 Easy deployment
 Short installation
 Remote Administration
 Controlled roll out within organization
 ACS is 110% Lync
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13. Thank you
For more information visit:
www.activecommunications.eu
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