Tools for Lync Server Architecture

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Planning Guide 

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Migrating from Office Communications Server 2007 R2 to Lync Server 2010 

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Lync Server 2010, Best Practices Analyzer 

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Lync Downloads  (best site for all tools for lync) 

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Lync Server 2010, Stress and Performance Tool 

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Lync 2010 Bandwidth Calculator 

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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Capacity Calculator  (also know as sizing tool) 

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HP Planning Tool for Microsoft Lync 2010 

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Use the lync Planning tool, to plan and then export it to .tbxml and import it in the topology builder and publish the toipology, ensure that the backend SQL is up and running 

Server role	Lync 2010	Lync 2013	2015 SkB
Max users on 1 Standard Edition server	5,000	6,660	5,000
Front End pool with 8 Front End Servers & 1 BE	80,000 unique users, plus 50% multiple point of presence (MPOP) for a total of 120,000 endpoints.	80,000	80,000
Max No. of users in a pool	80,000	80,000	80,000
Max No. of nodes in a pool	10	12	12
A/V Conferencing per pool	size of 250 users	250	250
One Edge Server	15,000 concurrent remote users.	12,000	12,000
One Director	15,000 remote users	12,000	12,000
One Monitoring Server	250,000 users if not collocated with Archiving Server. 100,000 if collocated
One Archiving Server	500,000 users if not collocated with Monitoring Server. 100,000 if collocated
One Mediation Server	See the “Mediation Server” section later in this topic

Average bandwidth per user 1.3 Kpbs and per Front End Server with 10,000 users 13 Mbps 

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg615015.aspx 

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Bandwidth Planning Guide 

Bandwidth, CPU, Memory - Scenario-Based Capacity Planning - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg615029.aspx 

Database Activity for Capacity Planning - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg412771.aspx 

  LYNC Architect tools 

Lync server 2010 & 2013 planning Tool - The GUI based tool which gives the full diagram and can be exported to .tbxml or visio 

Lync server 2010 & 2013 capacity calculator - This is the .xlsx sheet --- HP Sizer tool for Exchange & lync 2010 and 2013 is far better 

Lync server 2010 & 2013 bandwidth calculator - This is the .xlsx sheet 

Lync server 2010 & 2013 stress and performance Tool  -- ? This is to be done 

https://guybachar.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/running-the-lync-server-2013-stress-and-performonderfulance-tool-getting-the-right-performance-counters-installed/ 

KHI - https://guybachar.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/how-to-use-lync-key-health-indicators/ 

http://blogs.technet.com/b/praj/archive/2015/04/25/lync-khi-performance-data-collection-and-analysis.aspx 

Lync resources for downloads 

http://msunified.net/lyncdownloads/ 

STEPS :- 

Pre deployment 

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Capacity Calculator 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12295 

 Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Bandwidth Calculator 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19011