Deployment checklist for Persistent Chat Server in Lync Server 2013
Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-16
Deployment of Lync Server 2013, Persistent Chat Server requires that you deploy it in the correct sequence and that you complete all required deployment steps.
Deployment Sequence
You can deploy Persistent Chat Server after you deploy your initial topology, including at least one Lync Server 2013, Front End pool or one Lync Server 2013, Standard Edition server. This topic describes how to deploy Persistent Chat Server by adding it to an existing deployment.
Deployment Process
The following table lists the basic steps to deploy Persistent Chat Server and provides links for more details.
Persistent Chat Server Deployment Process
Task | Steps | Required roles and group memberships | Related topics |
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Install prerequisite hardware and software |
On hardware that meets system requirements, install the following:
If Persistent Chat Server compliance is required:
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Any user who is a member of the local Administrators group. |
Supported hardware for Lync Server 2013 in the Supportability documentation Server software and infrastructure support in Lync Server 2013 in the Supportability documentation Determining your system requirements for Lync Server 2013 Technical requirements for Persistent Chat Server in Lync Server 2013 |
Create the appropriate internal topology to support Persistent Chat Server (and optionally, Persistent Chat compliance) |
Run Topology Builder to add a Persistent Chat Server pool to your topology:
If Persistent Chat compliance is required:
If you install Persistent Chat Server on Standard Edition, the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the Persistent Chat Server pool must match the Standard Edition server, and the SQL Server databases are collocated on the SQL Server Express instance on the Standard Edition server |
To define a topology, an account that is a member of the local Users group. To publish the topology, an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group and RTCUniversalServerAdmins group, and the user should also have full control permissions (read/write/modify) on the Lync File Store for Persistent Chat Server files (so that Topology Builder can configure the required DACLs). |
Adding Persistent Chat Server to your deployment in Lync Server 2013 in the Deployment documentation |
Deploy Persistent Chat Server |
Run the Lync Server setup on all the computers running Persistent Chat Server. The Persistent Chat Server setup is integrated into the Lync Server 2013 Deployment wizard that provides the following instructions:
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Any user who is a member of the local Administrators group. |
Deploying Persistent Chat Server in Lync Server 2013 in the Deployment documentation |
Create a Persistent Chat administrator |
Add users to the CsPersistentChatAdministrator security group. |
Any user who is a member of domain administrators. |
Adding a Persistent Chat administrator in Lync Server 2013 in the Deployment documentation |
Configure Persistent Chat Server |
Configure users:
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User must be a member of CsPersistentChatAdministrator. To change policy, user must be in CsUserAdministrator, at a minimum. |
Configuring Persistent Chat Server in Lync Server 2013 in the Deployment documentation |
Important
You can deploy one or more Persistent Chat Server pools. We support multiple Persistent Chat Server pools for regulatory reasons whereby data generated in a given region is required to stay in that region. For example, if you deploy a Persistent Chat Server pool in Chicago, and another in Zurich to comply with regulations for data in Switzerland, users can connect to rooms in both the Persistent Chat Server pools, provided they have access.