Microsoft Office Servers and Services: Installing Lync Lab in Azure Part 2

Installing Lync On Azure

In the previous blog we have seen the configuration of Azure and installing Domain controller. In this blog we will see how to install Lync 2013 standard edition.

Create the Virtual machine to install Lync select Virtual Machine

Select the Computer and select Virtual Machine and select From Gallery

Enter the "Virtual Machine Name" and user name and password which you are going to login to Windows server.

This is the important step when creating the VM's from Azure portal. Select the Region/Affinity group which we have created earlier and the Virtual network Subnets. So the VM's will be assigned the subnet IP Address which you have selected.

Select the Tick Mark to find the VM creation.

Assigning static IP address to the Lync VM Machine.

1) First we need to download and install the Azure Power shell Module form this link http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=320376

Note: To Install the Azure Power shell Module require .Net frame work 4.5

To connect to Azure Subscription

1) Type the following command to connect to Azure Subscription : Add-AzureAccount

2) Enter the user and password when it prompts you

3) $cred = Get-Credential

4) Add-AzureAccount -Credential $cred

5) Just to check your Azure Subscription : Get-AzureSubscription

To assign the static IP Address for the Azure VM Machine

Get-AzureVM -ServiceName Lyncstd -Name Lyncstd | Set-AzureStaticVNetIP -IPAddress 10.0.0.6 | Update-AzureVM

Installing Lync 2013

Login to the Azure Portal and select the VM which you needs to connect. In the down below right corner select Connect it will download the RDP File.

Click on the downloaded RDP File and enter the Credentials

Join the machine to domain ex: contoso.com

Pre-Requisites installing Lync 2013 on Windows 2012 R2

Run as Administrator Powershell on your Lync server and copy paste the Below cmdlet to install the Pre-Requisites.:

Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-ADDS, Web-Server, Web-Static-Content, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Asp-Net, Web-Net-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Http-Logging, Web- Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Filtering, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Dyn-Compression, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Scripting-Tools, Web-Mgmt-Compat, Windows-Identity-Foundation, Desktop-Experience, Telnet-Client, BITS -Source D:\sources\sxs

Browse to the lync 2013 setup file, Double click on Setup.exe

Click Yes

Click install

Accept the License agreement

In the Deployment wizard " Click on Prepare Active Directory"

In the Next Screen select the Run " To Prepare the Schema "

Click next

Click Finish

Form the Deployment wizard Screen select " Prepare Current Forest"

Click Next

Click Finish

From the Deployment Wizard Screen " Prepare Current Domain " Click Run

Click Next

Click on Finish

Add the administrator account to the Member of CSAdministrator and RTCUniversalServerAdmins

Select Prepare First Standard edition Server form the Lync Deployment Wizard screen

Click Next

Click on Finish

Now for the Lync Deployment Wizard select " install Administrative Tools"

Once the tools are installed you will see Lync Topology builder select it

Select New Topology from the Below screen

Type the Primary SIP Domain

Enter any Secondary SIP Domains if any and click on Next

Give the Name of the Site

Enter the details in the Fields on the screen below and click Next

Click Finish

Click Next

Select Standard edition server in the below screen and enter the FQDN as said earlier we are installing Standard Edition server. If you are will to install Enterprise Edition there is an Know issue the installation will fail while installing database. Because in Azure disks have read/write host cache enabled. So the solution is to attach an additional hard disk to the VM with no read write cache. Here I am not going to show how to create the additional Hard Disk please check this Link for creating the same https://guybachar.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/building-a-lync-2013-lab-on-windows-azure-notes-from-the-field/

In the below screen select the features which you are going to install

Select Collocate mediation server as I am going to collocate mediation server. And click next.

Click next

Now we will create the Lync File share now you can create the folder in C: Drive as this is an Lab Machine I am creating in C: drive. Create the folder and right click properties we have to give these permissions to this folder

RTCHS Universal Services
RTC Component Universal Services
RTC Universal Server Admins
RTC Universal Config Replicator