Specifications

A Principled Technologies test report 23
Dell Active System 800 converged infrastructure solution: User
collaboration performance
APPENDIX G – MICROSOFT LYNC SERVER INSTALLATION AND
CONFIGURATION
We installed Microsoft Lync Server 2010 on a VM residing on the second of two Dell PowerEdge M620 servers.
Configuring the Lync Server VM
After cloning, modify the Lync Server VM to contain the following settings:
 Memory: 8GB
 Virtual processors: 4
Joining the domain
1. Power on the VM.
2. Click StartControl PanelNetwork ConnectionsLocal Area Connection.
3. Click Properties.
4. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
5. Select the Use the following IP address radio button, and enter the desired IP for your VM.
6. Select the Use the following DNS server addresses radio button, and enter the IP of the DNS server in the
Preferred DNS server field. Click OK.
7. Right-click My Computer, and select Properties.
8. Under the Computer Name tab, click Change.
9. In the Computer Name Changes screen, under Computer name, type exchange as your computer name.
10. In the Computer Name Changes screen, under the Member of section, select the Domain radio button, and type
test.local
11. Select OK to start joining the domain.
12. When the screen appears asking for a person qualified on the domain, type administrator as the username
and Password1 as the password.
13. At the Welcome pop-up window and the window warning that you must reset the computer for the changes to
take effect, click OK.
14. At the System Properties screen, click OK.
15. When a pop-up appears asking if you want to restart now, click Yes to restart your VM.
Installing Web Server (IIS)
1. Click StartAdministrative ToolsServer Manager.
2. Click Roles, scroll to Web Server (IIS), and click Add Role Services
3. Select the following:
 Windows Authentication
 IIS 6 Management Compatibility
 ASP.NET
 Client Certificate Mapping Authentication
 IIS Management Scripts and Tools with any required services they need, and Click Next.
4. Click Install.
5. Click Close.