{"id":1334,"date":"2016-01-14T15:39:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2016-01-14T15:39:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T15:39:59","slug":"installing-skype-for-business-server-by-david-papkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidpapkin.com\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"Installing Skype for Business Server by David Papkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post by David Papkin\u00a0is about\u00a0Installing Skype for Business Server 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Skype for Business Server 2015 is available in Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. The main difference is that Standard Edition does not support the high availability features that are included with Enterprise Edition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/installing-skype-for-business-server-by-david-papkin\/installsteps\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1501\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Installsteps-300x139.png\" alt=\"installation steps david papkin post\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn933900.aspx\">Install prerequisites for Skype for Business Server 2015<\/a>: Install prerequisites on all servers that make up the Skype for Business Server topology. Note that prerequisites are not the same for all roles. For example, servers that provide the front-end role have a set of prerequisites, and servers that provide a director role have a different set of prerequisites. See prerequisite planning documentation for more details.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn933889.aspx\">Create a file share in Skype for Business Server 2015<\/a>: Create a file share that will be used by servers throughout the Skype for Business Server topology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn933921.aspx\">Install administrative tools in Skype for Business Server 2015<\/a>: The administrative tools include Topology Builder and Control Panel. You must install the administrative tools on at least one server in the topology or a 64-bit management workstation running a Windows OS version that is supported for Skype for Business Server.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951386.aspx\">Prepare Active Directory for Skype for Business Server 2015<\/a>: Skype for Business Server works closely with Active Directory. You must prepare the Active Directory domain to work with Skype for Business Server. You can do this through the Deployment Wizard, and it is only done once for the domain. This is because the process creates groups and modifies the domain, and you need to do that only once.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951375.aspx\">Create DNS records for Skype for Business Server 2015<\/a>: In order for Skype for Business Server to work properly, a number of DNS settings must be in place. This is so that clients know how to access the services and the servers know about each other. These settings only need to be completed once per deployment because once you assign a DNS entry, it is available throughout the domain.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn933913.aspx\">Create and publish new topology in Skype for Business Server 2015<\/a>: Before you can install the Skype for Business Server system on each of the servers in the topology, you must create a topology and publish it. When you publish a topology, you are loading the topology information into the Central Management Store database. If this is an Enterprise Edition pool, you are creating the Central Management Store database the first time you publish a new topology. If this is Standard Edition, you need to run the Prepare First Standard Edition Server process from the Deployment Wizard before you publish a topology. This prepares for Standard Edition by installing a SQL Server Express Edition instance and creating the Central Management Store.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951417.aspx\">Install Skype for Business Server 2015 on servers in the topology<\/a>: Once the topology is loaded into the Central Management Store and Active Directory knows which servers will perform which roles, you need to install the Skype for Business Server system on each of the servers in the topology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951393.aspx\">Verify the topology in Skype for Business Server 2015<\/a>: After you have the topology published and the Skype for Business Server system components installed on each of the servers in the topology, you are ready to verify that the topology is working as expected. This includes verifying that the configuration has propagated out to all of the Active Directory servers so that the entire domain knows that Skype for Business is available in the domain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Skype for Business Server Enterprise Edition, you must prepare the Back End Server with SQL Server\u00a0before you publish the topology, because it provides the database services for the Central Management\u00a0store and for the Front End pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Installing the Skype for Business Server system<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter you publish the topology to the Central Management store, you can install the<br \/>\nSkype for Business Server system by using the Skype for Business Server Deployment Wizard.<br \/>\nThe steps for installing the Skype for Business Server system are:<br \/>\n1. Install the local configuration store.<br \/>\n2. Set up or remove Skype for Business Server components.<br \/>\n3. Request, install, or assign certificates.<br \/>\n4. Start services.<\/p>\n<p>During the installation of the local configuration store, the bootstrapper, or setup routine, retrieves a\u00a0reference of a service control point object from AD DS. This object points the setup to the Central\u00a0Management Database. The bootstrapper installs an instance of SQL Server Express, called RTCLOCAL,\u00a0and the core Skype for Business Server components. Next, the bootstrapper instantiates the Local Central\u00a0Management store replica by importing the configuration from the Central Management store database\u00a0and then replicating the database data. When the setup completes, you should review the log files to\u00a0verify successful completion.<br \/>\nDuring the setup of Skype for Business Server components, the bootstrapper performs a prerequisite\u00a0check before installing additional components. These components include a second SQL Server Express\u00a0instance, called LyncLocal, and additional Windows Speech Recognition components and foreign\u00a0language packs. After the prerequisite check, the installation of the Skype for Business Server components\u00a0starts. These components include the services and server roles on the Skype for Business Server Front End\u00a0Server, such as Audio\/Video Conferencing Server and Mediation Server. After the install, you should\u00a0review the log files to verify successful completion.<br \/>\n<strong>Note<\/strong> :Although Windows Server 2008 R2 is still supported,\u00a0Microsoft recommends using Windows Server 2012 R2 for all new servers for Skype for Business as Windows Server 2008 R2 reached the end of the\u00a0mainstream support lifecycle on January 13, 2015.. You\u00a0should use Windows Server 2008 R2 only when you have existing servers with Lync Server 2013 already\u00a0installed, and you intend to do an in-place upgrade.<br \/>\n<strong>Changes to the Topology Builder<\/strong><br \/>\nRemember, as you make changes to your Skype for Business Server environment, you need to reflect those changes\u00a0in the topology by using the Topology Builder. Then you must publish the new topology. After this, you\u00a0should see a prompt to rerun the setup on the Skype for Business Server 2015 servers to update the\u00a0configuration changes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Requesting the certificates<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As part of the third step in the Install\u00a0Skype for Business Server System setup process,<br \/>\nyou must request and assign certificates to the\u00a0appropriate Skype for Business Server services.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/installing-skype-for-business-server-by-david-papkin\/certsrequired\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1338\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1338 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/certsrequired-300x160.png\" alt=\"certwizard by David Papkin Installing Skype for Business \" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the basic requirements for\u00a0certificates,\u00a0you need to include specific subject names and\u00a0SANs when you request certificates from the CA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can use the certificate wizard to generate a certificate request. The following is a list of the required\u00a0subject names and SANs for the Skype for Business Server Front End Server<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/installing-skype-for-business-server-by-david-papkin\/sfbcertsrequired\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1339 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidpapkin.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SFBCertsrequired-300x188.png\" alt=\"SFBCertsrequired by David Papkin Installing Skype for Business \" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Planning for database software and\u00a0<\/b><b>clustering support<\/b><br \/>\nWhen you deploy Skype for Business Server,\u00a0you need the following database management<br \/>\nsystems for the back-end database, the archiving\u00a0database, and the monitoring database:<br \/>\n\u2022 Microsoft SQL Server 2014, both Standard\u00a0and Enterprise Editions<br \/>\n\u2022 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP2 and CU2,\u00a0both Standard and Enterprise Editions<br \/>\n\u2022 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2, both Enterprise and Standard Editions<br \/>\nAlthough database mirroring is the only high-availability option that you can configure in the Topology\u00a0Builder, Skype for Business Server supports the following SQL Server high-availability options:<br \/>\n\u2022 Database mirroring<br \/>\n\u2022 AlwaysOn Availability Groups<br \/>\n\u2022 AlwaysOn failover cluster instances<br \/>\n\u2022 SQL failover clustering<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951362.aspx\">https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951362.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn933905.aspx\">https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn933905.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951388.aspx\">https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dn951388.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jS3yQWN8iKw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This concludes this post by David Papkin about\u00a0Installing Skype for Business Server 2015.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about using Microsoft Azure, the following Microsoft course <strong>20334<\/strong>\u00a0is available<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-sg\/learning\/course.aspx?cid=20334\">https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-sg\/learning\/course.aspx?cid=20334<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post by David Papkin\u00a0is about\u00a0Installing Skype for Business Server 2015. 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