Specifications

A Principled Technologies test report 28
Dell Active System 800 converged infrastructure solution: User
collaboration performance
Configuring Microsoft Lync Client
For our testing, we used one physical client machine for the Microsoft Lync Server client. To create this client,
we installed Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and several other software components. We followed this process for the
configuration:
Joining the domain
1. Select StartControl PanelNetwork ConnectionsLocal Area Connection.
2. Click Properties.
3. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click Properties.
4. Select the Use the following IP address radio button, and enter the desired IP for your VM.
5. 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.
6. Right-click My Computer, and select Properties.
7. Under the Computer Name tab, click Change.
8. In the Computer Name Changes screen, under Computer name, type lyncclient as your computer name.
9. In the Computer Name Changes screen, under the Member of section, select the Domain radio button, and type
test.local
10. Select OK to start joining the domain.
11. When the screen appears asking for a person qualified on the domain, type administrator as the username
and Password1 as the password.
12. At the Welcome pop-up window and the window warning that you must reset the computer for the changes to
take effect, click OK.
13. At the System Properties screen, click OK.
14. When a pop-up appears asking if you want to restart now, click Yes to restart your computer.
Installing .NET
1. Open Server Manager.
2. Click FeaturesAdd Features.
3. Check .NET 3.5 and accept the required features. Click Next.
4. Click Next on the welcome window.
5. Click Next on Select Role Services.
6. Click Install.
7. Click Close.
Enabling Desktop Experience
1. Open Server Manager.
2. Click FeaturesAdd Features.
3. Check Desktop Experience, and click Next.
4. Click Install.
5. Click Close.
6. Click Yes on the prompt to reboot.
7. When the installation finishes, click Close.