Step by Step Skype for Business Edge Deploment

In this Post will cover Skype for Business Edge server Step by Step

Topology Builder

Logon to the Front-End server and start the Topology Builder. Instead of creating a new topology download the topology from an existing deployment and store the file on the local hard disk.

1) Expand the topology tree and click on “Edge Pools”

2) Right Click “Edge Pools” then select “New Edge Pool”



Click next to define New Edge pool.



Define the Edge Pool



Select Features, Select the features you want to deploy and click next





Select IP Options and Click on Next.



External FQDNs” For each Edge services enter the external URL of it as in the screenshot below



Enter Internal IP Address and Click Next.



Enter External IP Address and click on Next.



Click Next



Click Next.



Select Publish Topology to Publish the Topology



Click On Finish.



Now that we published the new changes to the CMS database, we need to export those configurations to a file that we will be using on the Skype For Business Edge server to install the edge role.

Start a  Skype For Business Management Shell and using the following command line export the CS-Configuration to a ZIP file

To Export Configuration file.




Configuring and Installing Edge server

In order to install the Skype for Business edge server we will have to change the Netbios name as we are not going to join the system to domain




Install the pre-requisites in edge server

Add-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core, Windows-Identity-Foundation, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, Web-Asp-Net45



Insert Skype for Business ISO and run Setup.exe.

Accept License Agreement and click on OK.







Click on Next to install Administrative tools





Select Run Install Local Configuration Store



Select Import and import the edge configuration file by selecting browse button. and Click Next.





Click on Finish.



Click next to install the Server components.



Click on Finish




Select Internal & External Certificate Request.



Import Certificate.Click Next



Click Next




Click on Finish





Click on Assign the certificate.




Once certificate Assigned. Start services.

Hope this will be Help Full :)