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    I've been told that to meet the publishing requirements of Lync 2010 I need

    to deploy a router that supports "static NAT'ing" capabilities. I thought my

    existing router supported that, but Microsoft Technical Advisory Services told

    me no it did not. However they refuse to 'elaborate' why because this is not a

    "Microsoft supported component". Please could someone with successful Lync

    experience forward me some suggestions on router/firewall models that actually

    work with Lync so we can finally complete this implementation (publishing Lync

    externally).

    Thanks in advance for any assistance on this.

    Stephen

    sma
    Monday, September 19, 2011 8:24 PM

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    hello Stephen,

             As such there is no specification for routers or for firewalls for Microsoft Lync support, to publish the Lync server externaly we should have any router who is capable to do 1-1 static NAT, and for web publishing rule your firewall should be able to accept the certificate for revers proxy, however you can refer following article for Publishing Lync server externally

     

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398069.aspx

    Set Up Reverse Proxy Servers

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg399048.aspx

    Planning for External User Access
    Rregard, Prem Desai
    • Proposed as answer by Sharon.Shen Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:40 AM
    • Marked as answer by Sharon.Shen Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:53 AM
    Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:14 AM
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    Microsoft does not dictate/recommend types/vendors of firewalls to support Lync.  They do have a certfication program for other equipment like Hardware Load Balancers, voice gateways, PBX integration, SIP Trunking providers.  See link:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg131938.aspx

    There is no list of supported/approved firewalls for Lync.

    Tim Harrington | MVP: Exchange | MCITP: EMA 2007/2010, MCITP: Lync 2010, MCITP: Server 2008, MCTS: OCS | Blog: http://HowDoUC.blogspot.com | Twitter: @twharrington
    • Proposed as answer by Sharon.Shen Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:26 AM
    • Marked as answer by Sharon.Shen Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:53 AM
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    Hi,Stephen,

    If you want publish Lync external web service you need deploy an Edge server for external access and Reverse proxy server to publish the web service to internet.The required components for external access you can check

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425779.aspx

    Hope this sueful!

    Regards,

    Sharon

    • Proposed as answer by Sharon.Shen Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:26 AM
    • Marked as answer by Sharon.Shen Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:53 AM
    Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:40 AM

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    hello Stephen,

             As such there is no specification for routers or for firewalls for Microsoft Lync support, to publish the Lync server externaly we should have any router who is capable to do 1-1 static NAT, and for web publishing rule your firewall should be able to accept the certificate for revers proxy, however you can refer following article for Publishing Lync server externally

     

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398069.aspx

    Set Up Reverse Proxy Servers

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg399048.aspx

    Planning for External User Access
    Rregard, Prem Desai
    • Proposed as answer by Sharon.Shen Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:40 AM
    • Marked as answer by Sharon.Shen Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:53 AM
    Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:14 AM
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    Microsoft does not dictate/recommend types/vendors of firewalls to support Lync.  They do have a certfication program for other equipment like Hardware Load Balancers, voice gateways, PBX integration, SIP Trunking providers.  See link:

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/gg131938.aspx

    There is no list of supported/approved firewalls for Lync.

    Tim Harrington | MVP: Exchange | MCITP: EMA 2007/2010, MCITP: Lync 2010, MCITP: Server 2008, MCTS: OCS | Blog: http://HowDoUC.blogspot.com | Twitter: @twharrington
    • Proposed as answer by Sharon.Shen Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:26 AM
    • Marked as answer by Sharon.Shen Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:53 AM
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    Hi,Stephen,

    If you want publish Lync external web service you need deploy an Edge server for external access and Reverse proxy server to publish the web service to internet.The required components for external access you can check

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425779.aspx

    Hope this sueful!

    Regards,

    Sharon

    • Proposed as answer by Sharon.Shen Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:26 AM
    • Marked as answer by Sharon.Shen Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:53 AM
    Wednesday, September 21, 2011 2:40 AM