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Lync Server MP Overview Configuration Reports, Views and Tasks Best Practices Demo: Viewing data collected by the Lync Server MP Acquiring the Management Pack

Overview of the Lync Server 2013 Management Pack The Lync Server 2013 Management Pack monitors the health and availability of Lync Server 2013 including: Synthetic Transaction monitoring for Registration, Address book, Presence, Message and Audio Call Reliability Alerts Media Quality Alerts Component Health Alerts Dependency Health Monitoring for Lync Sites, Pools, Services and Components The Lync Server Management Pack monitors the performance of: System Usage Component Health Memory Usage Availability Processor Usage

Configuring the Lync Server Management Pack Import the Lync Server 2013 Management Packs Install a MMA on all Lync Servers Enable Agent Proxy on all MMA’s installed on all Lync Servers Install the Lync Server 2013 core files on all computers that will act a Watcher Nodes for Lync services Install the following on all on all computers that will act a Watcher Nodes for Lync services: The full version of .NET Framework 4.5 Windows Identity Foundation Windows PowerShell 3.0 Install an MMA on all computers that will act a Watcher Nodes for Lync services Run the Watchernode.msi executable file on each Watcher Node Create Test Accounts to be used by Watcher Nodes Update Watcher Nodes with Synthetic Transactions

Lync Server Management Pack Reports Lync Server Reports include: Lync Component Alerts Lync System Usage

Lync Server Management Pack Views There are a number of views and dashboards including: High Priority Alerts Medium Priority Alerts Low Priority Alerts Sites Pools Servers Watcher Nodes Deployment Diagram Simple URLs Topology Discover

Lync Server Management Pack Best Practices Create a Management Pack to Store Overrides Install a MMA on all Lync Servers Enable Agent Proxy for all MMAs installed on all Lync Servers Install a MMA on all Watcher Nodes Configure Watcher Nodes to monitor Lync Servers Review the Management Pack guide for detailed instructions

Viewing data collected by Lync Server Management Pack

Acquiring the Lync Server Management Pack You can download the Lync Server 2013 Management Pack from the Microsoft Download Center here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=35842 You can also connect to the Management Pack Catalog Web Service in the Operations Console to download and import the Management Pack