[Tutorial] Setting Up and Installing Persistent Chat for Lync Server 2013 _ Jack Stromberg

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[Tutorial] Setting up and installing persistentchatfor Lync Server 2013

Here is how to configure persistent chat for your Lync 2013 deployment.

1. Login to your Lync Front End Server and start the Lync Server Topology Builder2. When the Topology Builder window opens, select Download Topology from existing

deploymentand select OK

3. Save the file to your desktop
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4. Expand Lync Server->Your Site-> Lync Server 2013-> Persistent Chat pools

5. Right click Persistent Chat poolsand select New Persistent Chat Pool

6. On the Define the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) page, enter the FQDN your standard front

end server and check Single computer pool. If you want to deploy a highly available environment

for persistent chat, you will need to deploy 2 new machines to put into a persistent chat pool and

check Multiple computer pool. It is not supported by Microsoft at this time to collocate the

persistent chat service on the same machines in an enterprise front end pool. Once done, click

Next.
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1. In this tutorial, I am going to go over deploying persistent chat in a highly available

environment.

7. If you clicked on Multiple computer pool, enter in the machine names where the persistent chat

service will be installed, and click Next.
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8. On the Define properties of the Persistent Chat pool page, enter in the Display name of the

Persistent Chat pool(you can name this whatever you would like to) and click Next
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9. Select the SQL Server storeyou wish to use and select Next
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10. Select or create a new file store and click Next

11. Select the Front End pool/server as the next hop pool and click Finish
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12. Once done with the Persistent Chat wizard, right click onLync Serverin the Topology Builder and

select Publish Topology

13. Click Nexton the Publish the topology window
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14. Click Nexton the Create databases screen
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15. Click Finishonce the topology has been published

16. Complete the following steps on each of the Persistent Chat servers you created

1. Login to the server that will be running the persistent chat service

2. Copy/mount the Lync Server 2013 installation media

3. Run the setup.exeprogram from the Lync Server 2013 installation media
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4. Click Yeson the In order to run the software on this CD, the Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 x64

Minimum Runtime 11.0.50727 Package must be installed. Dialog box.

5. Click Installon the Microsoft Lync Server 2013 dialog box
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6. CheckI accept the terms in the license agreementand click OK

7. Once installed, click on Install or Update Lync Server System
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8. Click Runnext to Step 1: Install Local Configuration Store

9. Check Retrieve directly from the Central Management storeand click Next
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10. Click Finishonce the installation has completed.

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11. Click Runnext toStep 2: Setup or Remove Lync Server Components

12. Click Next
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13. Click Finish

14. Click Runnext to Step 3: Request, Install or Assign Certificates
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15. Click Requeston the Certificate Wizard screen

16. Check Send the request immediately to an online certification authorityand hit Next
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17. Click Nexton the Certification Authority (CA) page

18. Click Nexton the Certification Authority Account page
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19. Click Nexton the Specify Alternate Certificate Templatepage

20. Type in aFriendly namefor the certificate (I would just use whatever you used for the

Persistent Chat Pool Display Name) and click Next
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1. NOTE:If you are deploying multiple servers in the Lync Persistent Chat Pool, make

sure to check the Mark the certificates private key as exportablebox.

21. Enter in your Organizationand Organizational Unitand hit Next

22. Enter in your Country/Region, State/Province, City/Locality, and hit Next
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23. Hit Nexton the Subject Name / Subject Alternative Namesscreen

24. Hit Nexton the Configure Additional Subject Alternative Namesscreen
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25. Hit Nexton the Certificate Request Summarypage

26. Hit Next once the certificate request process has finished executing commands
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27. Hit Finishon the Online Certificate Request Statusscreen

28. Hit Nexton theCertificate Assignmentscreen
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29. Hit Nexton the Certificate Assignment Summaryscreen

30. Hit Finishon theExecuting Commandsscreen
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31. Closethe Certificate Wizard screen

32. Click Runnext to Step 4: Start Services
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33. Click Nexton theStart Servicesscreen

34. Click Finishon the Executing Commandsscreen
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35. Click Runnext to Service Status (Optional)

36. Scroll through the list of services and find Lync Server Persistent Chat and verify it is Running.
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17. At this point of the deployment, the infrastructure should be in place to actually push Persistent

Chat out to your clients. Next we will create a test group.

18. Login to the Lync Admin Panel (Cscp)

19. Select the Persistent Chattab

20. Click Newand select your persistent chat pool and click OK
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21. Type in a Name for your persistent chat category and select who can have access to the category.

This category will be the container that holds a set of chatrooms. Click Commitwhen finished.

22. Next, select the Persistent Chat Policytab and double click on the Globalpolicy.
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23. Check Enable Persistent Chatand click Commit

24. Next, we need to create the actual chatroom. This step needs to be done via PowerShell, so open

up the Lync Server Management Console.
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25. Execute the following command

New-CsPersistentChatRoom -Name My test chatroom -Category Test Category

26. Next, we will assign a user to the chatroom, so execute the following command:

Set-CsPersistentChatRoom -Identity My test chatroom -members

@{Add=sip:[email protected]}
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27. Now, we are ready to join our test chatroom. First, close your Lync client if it is already running.

28. Relaunch Lync, and you should see the persistent chatroom icon.
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29. Double click on the chatroom and try sending a message.
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30. Congrats! If you have made it to this point, you should now be able to offer a new collaborative

feature to your users at your organization!

This entry was posted in Lync and tagged installation, Lync Server 2013, persistent chat, Tutorial on

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chat-for-lync-server-2013/] by Jack.
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