Microsoft® Lync® Server 2013 Unleashed Second Edition

Planning Internet Connection Bandwidth for Lync Online

With Lync Online, the media experience for users is directly tied to the amount of Internet bandwidth available for use with Lync. Particularly if an organization has been using the Internet only for web browsing, consideration needs to be given to adding bandwidth to accommodate the network requirements for Lync audio and video.

To assist organizations with this aspect of planning for Lync Online, Microsoft provides the Transport Reliability IP Probe, or TRIPP. TRIPP is a tool that tests an Internet connection for connectivity to a Lync Online service data center, and helps an organization to determine whether adjustments might need to be made to an Internet connection that will potentially ...