HP Converged Systems RA for Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Mid Market (2500 User) - White Paper

The HP Converged Systems RA for Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Mid Market (2500 User) provides a tested Lync Server 2013 solution that is designed to support 2500 corporate users. The Lync Server 2013 product is part of the Unified Communications (UC) platform from Microsoft that also includes Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and SharePoint 2013. The Microsoft UC platform is an integrated set of technologies that enables users within a company to efficiently communicate with their peers and with those outside of their company. With the Microsoft UC platform, the 2013 versions of Lync, Exchange and SharePoint are closely combined and allow users with Microsoft Office products to use resources like email and presence, document management and storage in an integrated fashion.

Lync Server 2013 incorporates new features and functionality that drive the need for new server roles and updated sizing. The design and sizing performed for this reference architecture has been tested as part of this project to ensure that it is capable of supporting 2500 users with the desired Lync features.

Design and sizing for most customers wanting to deploy Lync Server 2013 is a complex process including servers, storage and networking. This project delivers a basic implementation of Lync Server 2013 and a customer can use the tools discussed to customize the implementation to meet their needs.

This project presents a starting point for the customer wishing to deploy Lync Server 2013 and provides the outcome of functional and performance testing. The functional testing ensures that the components are able to work together as envisioned and the performance testing ensures that the solution is capable of supporting 2500 users with the desired features. Using this reference architecture as a guide, a customer can accelerate their design and implementation for Lync Server 2013 as part of an overall Microsoft UC strategy.