Microsoft® Lync Server 2010 Unleashed

Standard Edition Example

The first topology tested by Microsoft is based on a Standard Edition Front-End Server deployment and supports up to 2,000 users in the example. This topology is primarily geared toward smaller deployments with no need for redundancy or proof-of-concept scenarios where rapid deployment is a priority. This example also scaled to allow approximately 100 users concurrently connected to a single A/V conference before performance began to degrade. The Standard Edition virtual topology layout is depicted in Figure 25.4.

Figure 25.4 Standard Edition Virtual Topology

The host machine running Windows Server 2008 R2 had the following ...