Planning for Management

Lync Server 2013 follows the currently popular model of role-based access control (RBAC). The concept is that one defines a role, typically based around common tasks, and then delegates the performance of these tasks to the role group. Existing security groups or individuals are then populated into that role group to grant them the necessary rights to perform the tasks.

Lync Server 2013 has eleven RBAC groups that cover most of the commonly delegated tasks within Lync Server 2013. These groups and their allowed tasks are as listed here:

CsAdministrator—Members of this group can perform all administrative tasks and modify all settings within Lync Server 2013. This includes creating and assigning roles, and modification ...

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