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    Hello All.........I am running Lync 2013 Enterprise Edition (One-1 Frontend and One-1 Edge) in my environment. They are virtual machines.  I want to introduce Skype for Buisness 2015 in my environment in HA Configuration for both Front-end and Edge

    1.  Is it possible to do an in-place upgrade and also make it HA in the process?

    2.  OR do I need to add it separately, make HA of it and then do the migration from 2013 to 2015.  Kindly, suggest.

    Thursday, September 29, 2016 9:41 PM

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    Hi Junkie,

    Welcome to our forum.

    Base on my understanding, we could firstly make the in-place upgrade from Lync Server 2013 to SFB Server 2015. After that, to add FE Server (SFB 2015) and Edge Server (SFB 2015) in the pool for HA requirement.

    We will share a link with you about SFB 2015 HA:

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms.lync.plan.highavailabilitytype.aspx 

    If there are any questions or issues, please be free to let me know and we will pleasure to help you. If the above suggestion are helpful to you, please make it as answer so that someone who has similar issue could find this thread as soon as possible.

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    • Proposed as answer by jim-xu Thursday, October 6, 2016 2:04 AM
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    Friday, September 30, 2016 1:46 AM
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    In-place

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    • Proposed as answer by jim-xu Thursday, October 6, 2016 2:04 AM
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    Wednesday, October 5, 2016 8:29 PM

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    Hi Junkie,

    Welcome to our forum.

    Base on my understanding, we could firstly make the in-place upgrade from Lync Server 2013 to SFB Server 2015. After that, to add FE Server (SFB 2015) and Edge Server (SFB 2015) in the pool for HA requirement.

    We will share a link with you about SFB 2015 HA:

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms.lync.plan.highavailabilitytype.aspx 

    If there are any questions or issues, please be free to let me know and we will pleasure to help you. If the above suggestion are helpful to you, please make it as answer so that someone who has similar issue could find this thread as soon as possible.

    Best Regard,
    Jim Xu
    TechNet Community Support


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    • Proposed as answer by jim-xu Thursday, October 6, 2016 2:04 AM
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    Friday, September 30, 2016 1:46 AM
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    hi, 

    You need to first consider for an in place upgrade and then  can consider adding more servers for HA. 

    Reference 

    https://ucgeek.co/2015/05/skype-for-business-2015-in-place-upgrade-step-by-step/

    Linus || Please mark posts as answers/helpful if it answers your question.

    • Proposed as answer by jim-xu Thursday, October 6, 2016 2:04 AM
    Friday, September 30, 2016 7:30 AM
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    Agreed, either method is fine.  The first method is much much faster, but requires downtime and a touch of risk.  To reduce the risk you could do the side-by-side, but a much higher effort is required.  You could also split the difference and build a new HA FE Pool, but in-place upgrade just the edge.

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    Friday, September 30, 2016 2:07 PM
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    Thanks gentlemen; appreciate your replies.

    So, in-place is pretty safe option.

    @Anthony Caragol:  Hope you are doing fine.  Can you please outline the risks and amount of downtime it might require? If you were in my position, which option would you have selected keeping in mind that time is of the essence and very limited.

    @Akampa:  Thanks for the link and solution; much appreciated.

    @jim-xu:  Thanks for your solution and link; much appreciated.

    Monday, October 3, 2016 1:28 PM
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    Hi Junkie,

    Thanks for your back, if the above suggestion are helpful to you, please make it as answer so that someone who has similar issue could find this thread as soon as possible.

    Best Regard,
    Jim Xu
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    Tuesday, October 4, 2016 12:47 AM
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    Hello Junkie,

    Either way is fine, However I would prefer first In-place upgrade (FE and Edge) to SfB and then add another FE and Edge with SfB to have HA.

    So you don't have upgraded again to sfb.

    Regards

    BALU

    Regards Balu Ilag MCSA, MCITP

    Tuesday, October 4, 2016 2:56 AM
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    Thanks for the replies.

    So, it seems to be consensus to go ahead with In-place upgrade. 

    Tuesday, October 4, 2016 8:03 PM
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    Sorry for jumping back in late... To be honest, risk is higher with in-place, but effort is reduced so drastically that I ALWAYS go for this option except when upgrading from Windows 2008 R2.  In that situation I prefer to build on an OS within Microsoft Mainstream Support.  

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    Wednesday, October 5, 2016 7:25 PM
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    Thanks for the reply.

    So, if OS is 2012 R2 and Lync 2013 Enterprise, what would you suggest?

    Wednesday, October 5, 2016 7:59 PM
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    In-place

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    Thanks for the reply.

    Kindly, suggest if following is good to follow :)

    https://ucgeek.co/2015/05/skype-for-business-2015-in-place-upgrade-step-by-step/

    Tuesday, October 11, 2016 7:26 PM
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    Yep, the only thing I'd add is that you should make sure the Windows firewall service is started before you begin.  Many will disable the service, and it can cause issues when performing your in-place upgrade as Skype will try to verify rules.

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    Tuesday, October 11, 2016 7:39 PM
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    Thanks.

    Well Noted.

    Just one last thing, how long of a downtime would user be facing, any recommendation on that front?

    Tuesday, October 11, 2016 8:12 PM
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    I can usually do them in about an hour.  I did a six-server pool in about 3 hours once, and I was taking my time and being careful, could have gone faster.  I'd plan on a bigger window to be safe, but it won't take a huge amount of time.

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    Tuesday, October 11, 2016 8:20 PM
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    Thanks sir, appreciate it.
    Tuesday, October 11, 2016 8:25 PM