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This page is part of the Live Meeting-to-Lync Transition Guide (TechNet site).

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Five Step Transition Plan

1. Technical and Administration (this page)
2. Support Strategy
3. Pilot Testing
4. End-User Readiness
5. Awareness Planning  

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Technical & Administration refers to the IT deployment and infrastructure configuration of your Lync solution. The deployment tasks and resources most appropriate for your transition plan will depend on which version of Lync (Server or Online) you deploy.

Maximize your technical deployment efforts: Visit the End-User Readiness and Awareness sections of this guide for tips and resources on communicating the availability of Lync to your end-users.

Technical & Administration Key Tasks*

• Lync on-boarding
  • Activate your Lync Online service and/or Deploy Lync Server, as applicable
  • Customize and deploy the Lync Client/Outlook Addin to your desktops
  • Procure and configure your Lync devices
  • Configure your network (i.e. ports, IPs, etc.)
  • Configure the Lync Admin tenant (for Lync Online)

• Live Meeting ramp-down
  • Uninstall the LM Client/Outlook Addin
  • Disable account creation tool (i.e. Portal, OSS, etc.)
  • Identify all conference centers associated with your organization and plan for their decommissioning

 * Download the transition planning workbook for a complete task list

Resources:

Leverage these online resources to help drive your technical deployment and administration activities. 

• Lync Server:
  
  • Key Lync Resources on TechNet
    • Capacity Planning
    • Network Infrastructure Requirements
    • Ports and Protocols for Internal Servers
    • Determining External A/V Firewall and Port Requirements
    • Determining DNS Requirements
    • Lync Server Clients
    • Client Administration
    • Deploying Monitoring Server
  • Planning Tool
  • Stress and Performance Tool
  • Lync Server 2010 blog ecosystem

• Lync Online
  • Set Up Lync Online
  • Lync Online Administration 
  • Office 365 Deployment Guide
  • Lync Online Service Description 
  • Office 365 Security Whitepaper
  • IP Ranges and URLs for Lync Online
  • Lync Online Administration Help Topics
  • Office 365 Community
  • Office 365 Deployment Guide for Enterprise
  • Add Your Domain to Office 365

• Live Meeting Rampdown
  • Live Meeting Rampdown Companion Guide
  • Downloading Live Meeting Recordings
  • BLOG: Automatic Uninstall of Office Live Meeting 2007 Client and Conferencing Add-in for Microsoft Outlook

   NOTE: If you are a BPOS-S customer, click here for additional information regarding your transition planning.

   

  Best Practice Recommendations

  Test your deployment package as part of the pilot program Disable your Live Meeting account creation tool but leave the LM client installed for a period of time to allow for continued participation in external Live Meeting sessions For Lync Server deployment, also deploy Monitoring Server for analysis of call quality to catch negative trends with details capable to troubleshoot

  
  Related Resources:      Transition Support             Transition FAQs             Feedback