Who should attend
This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for the Skype for Business deployment in their organizations.
Also, IT professionals who are looking to take the exam 70-334A: Core Solutions of Skype for Business 2015, as a stand-alone, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Communications certification should take this course as preparation material.
Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
- Minimum of two years of experience administering Windows Server, including Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2012
- Minimum of two years of experience working with Active Directory
- Minimum of two years of experience working with name resolution, including DNS
- Experience working with certificates, including PKI certificates
- Experience working with Windows PowerShell
- Understanding of data networks and telecommunications standards and components
Course Objectives
- Describe the architecture of Skype for Business 2015 and design a Skype for Business 2015 topology.
- Install and implement Skype for Business Server 2015.
- Administer and manage Skype for Business Server 2015 by using the various available tools.
- Design and implement clients and users in Skype for Business 2015.
- Implement conferencing in Skype for Business 2015.
- Design and implement additional conferencing options.
- Design and implement monitoring and archiving in Skype for Business 2015.
- Design and implement connectivity for external users and organizations.
- Design and implement Persistent Chat in Skype for Business 2015.
- Design and implement high availability in Skype for Business 2015.
- Design and implement disaster recovery scenarios for Skype for Business 2015.
- Design and deploy Skype for Business hybrid.
- Design and implement an upgrade from Lync to Skype for Business 2015.
Course Content
This 5-day course teaches you how to design, deploy, configure, and manage a Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 solution. You will learn in this course how to deploy a complex multi-site and highly available Skype for Business infrastructure that supports instant messaging, conferencing, persistent chat, archiving, and monitoring. You'll also learn to manage, maintain, and quickly troubleshoot issues in the infrastructure to keep your business's communications going. While the focus is primarily on the on-premises deployment with Skype for Business, integrating the on-premises deployment with Skype for Business Online as well as how to migrate from previous versions of Lync Server are also covered.
This course incorporates materials from the Official Microsoft Learning Product M20334: Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 and can assist you in preparation for Exam 70-334: Core Solutions of Skype for Business 2015.
E-Learning:
This entire course is also available as e-learning through Microsoft On-Demand for only $995.
By purchasing this course as e-learning you will receive the same official digital student guide book used in the classroom, as well as 90-day access to:
Click here to purchase this course online or contact us to purchase via PO or SATVs.