Mediation server works as an intermediary between FE Servers and Enterprise voice setup and facilities signaling and media. Mediation: Same as Lync Server 2013, Mediation server is required to implement Enterprise Voice, Call-via-work, and dial-in-conferencing features. SQL Server 2012 with SP1 and SQL Server 2014 can be used with SQL Mirror / Failover Clustering or SQL Always-On to deploy Back End Server pool. Skype for Business support many options to achieve high availability of Back End databases. Same as Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server Front End pools are the primary store for user and conference data, each user data is replicated among three FE servers and same backed up on Back End Servers.īack End Server: There are many options which can be used to deploy Back End Servers.
There are few changes have been done in terms of Windows fabric and services/pool availability which will be written separately in another post.
Same as standard edition server, you can collocate Mediation server with FE pool or can deploy a stand-alone Mediation pool. You can start with minimum three FE servers and can go up to twelve FE servers in a single pool. Front End Server is a core server role of the entire Skype for Business topology and works in similar way as it was in Lync Server 2013. Same as Lync Server 2013, if you deploy archiving, monitoring or persistent chat server then you should have dedicated SQL server to deploy their databases.įront End Server: There are no major changes in Front End Server. Even Persistent chat server also be collocated with Standard Edition Server. You can collocate Mediation server or deploy a stand-alone Mediation server according to your design and requirements. Standard Edition Server: Same as Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition Server, Skype for Business Standard Edition Server is basically for small deployments or can be used for branch sites. Below is the graphical representation of server roles. In this article, will talk about all the server roles which are part of the Skype for Business Server 2015 and collocation of these server roles. The new server role “Video Interop Server” has introduced in Skype for Business Server 2015 which will act as an intermediary between Skype for Business server infrastructure and third-part video teleconferencing systems. Skype for Business Server 2015 has all the roles which were part of the Lync Server 2013 and comes with SQL Server 2014 Express edition.