Manage SIP federated providers for your organization in Skype for Business Server
To configure support for users of SIP federated providers, you need to do the following:
Configure one or more external user access policies to support communicating with SIP federated provider contacts
Specify which hosted providers you want to support
Specify which public IM providers you want to support
Create or edit public SIP federated providers in Skype for Business Server
Public instant messaging (IM) connectivity enables users in your organization to use IM to communicate with users of IM services provided by public providers.
Skype for Business Server has public provider configurations for instant messaging. Each public provider is configured with the provider’s Edge server fully qualified domain name, and the default verification level Allow users to communicate only with people on their Contacts list who use this provider.
As a default setting, none of the public providers are enabled. You should complete license agreement and provisioning work before enabling the public providers. You can enable the provider before completing the licensing and provisioning work. Users won't be able to communicate with contacts on those providers until the prerequisite work is completed. For details on licensing and provisioning of public providers, see Configure policies to control public user access.
Use the following procedure to create or edit Public providers.
To create or edit public providers
From a user account that is a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group (or has equivalent user rights), or is assigned to the CsAdministrator role, sign in any computer in your internal deployment.
Open a browser window, and then enter the Admin URL to open the Skype for Business Server Control Panel.
In the left navigation bar, select Federation and External Access, and then select SIP Federated Providers.
If you need to create a new Public provider, select New and then select Public provider.
If you need to edit an entry from the list of Public providers, select a public provider, select Edit, then select Show details.
On the Edit SIP Federated Provider page, you can type or edit the following settings:
Enable communications with this provider Selecting this setting enables IM with this provider’s users.
Provider name: A required property, type the name of the provider as it will be reflected in the listing of SIP Federated Providers.
Access Edge service (FQDN): A required property, type the fully qualified domain name of the Access Edge service of the provider that you're configuring. This information is provided as a default item, and should only be changed if the public provider makes a change to the FQDN of the Access Edge service at the public provider.
Default verification level: The default setting, Allow users to communicate with people on their Contacts list who use this provider limits communication to contacts that you accepted and are in your contact list.
Selecting Allow users to communicate with everyone using this provider removes the restriction that you must have received and accepted a contact invite. This setting doesn't limit who can contact you from the public provider’s network.
When you're done configuring the settings, select Commit to save, or select Cancel to discard your changes.
Create or edit hosted SIP federated providers in Skype for Business Server
Hosted provider instant messaging (IM) connectivity enables users in your organization to use IM to communicate with users of IM services provided by hosted providers.
Each hosted provider is configured with the provider’s Microsoft Edge server fully qualified domain name, and the default verification level Allow users to communicate only with people on their Contacts list who use this provider.
Use the following procedure to create or edit hosted providers.
To create or edit hosted providers
From a user account that is a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group (or has equivalent user rights), or is assigned to the CsAdministrator role, sign in any computer in your internal deployment.
Open a browser window, and then enter the Admin URL to open the Skype for Business Server Control Panel.
In the left navigation bar, click Federation and External Access, and then select SIP Federated Providers.
If you need to create a new Hosted provider, select New and then select Hosted provider.
If you need to edit an entry from the list of Hosted providers, select a hosted provider, select Edit, then click Show details.
On the Edit SIP Federated Provider page, you can type or edit the following settings:
Enable communications with this provider Selecting this setting enables communications with this provider’s users.
Provider name: A required property, type the name of the provider as it will be reflected in the listing of SIP Federated Providers.
Access Edge service (FQDN): A required property, type the fully qualified domain name of the Access Edge service of the hosted provider that you are configuring. This information should be provided by the hosted provider, and should only be changed if the hosted provider makes a change to the FQDN of the Access Edge service at the hosted provider.
Default verification level: The default setting, Allow users to communicate with people on their Contacts list who use this provider will limit communication to contacts that you have accepted and are in your contact list.
Selecting Allow users to communicate with everyone using this provider removes the restriction that you must have received and accepted a contact invite. This setting does not limit who can contact you from the hosted provider’s network.
When you are done configuring the settings, click Commit to save, or click Cancel to discard your changes.