Summary

Lync Server 2013 introduces many more efficient ways to provide high-availability and disaster recovery to organizations deploying Lync. Proper planning is critical for the success of a Lync Server deployment. Before the Lync infrastructure is designed, the business requirements must be understood first. Business requirements for recovery and availability will drive key decisions in the Lync Server design. After all requirements have been identified, a clear path to a final Lync Server design will be available.

As part of the high-availability and disaster recovery design, it is critical to establish clear documentation with step-by-step instructions on executing all related tasks. These tasks, which were outlined in this chapter, have been simplified in Lync Server 2013, but still require detailed documentation to be successful.