Test Lab Guide: Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test Lab

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This paper contains step-by-step instructions to create a test lab containing integrated servers running Exchange Server 2013, Lync Server 2013, and SharePoint Server 2013.

Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are a set of documents that step you through the configuration and demonstration of a Microsoft technology or product in a standardized test lab environment, which starts with a common base configuration that mimics a simplified intranet and the Internet. TLGs are designed to be modular, extensible, and stackable to configure complex, multi-product solutions. TLGs make learning about products, technologies, and solutions easier by providing that crucial hands-on, “I built it out myself” experience.

For more information, see Test Lab Guides at http://microsoft.com/testlabguides.

A TLG stack is a set of dependent TLGs that, when configured from the bottom of the stack, create a meaningful test lab configuration. This TLG is at the top of the following TLG stack:

In this guide

The paper describes how to configure a test lab consisting of servers running Exchange Server 2013, Lync Server 2013, and SharePoint Server 2013 by using five server computers and two client computers. After verifying that all three types of servers are working, you then configure server-to-server trust relationships between them. The resulting test lab can be used as a basis for scenarios and solutions that use a combination of Exchange Server 2013, Lync Server 2013, and SharePoint Server 2013, and Microsoft Office 2013.

Test lab overview

In this test lab, integrated functionality is deployed by using the following:

·         One computer running Windows^® Server^® 2012 named DC1 that is configured as an intranet domain controller, Domain Name System (DNS) server, and DHCP server.

·         One intranet member server running Windows Server 2012 named SQL1 that is configured as a SQL database server and enterprise root certification server.

·         One intranet member server running Windows Server 2012 named SP1 that is configured as an enterprise root certification authority and a SharePoint Server 2013 web server.

·         One intranet member server running Windows Server 2012 named EX1 that is configured as the Exchange Server 2013 email server.

·         One intranet member server running Windows Server 2012 named LYNC1 that is configured as the Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition server.

·         One member client computer running Windows 8 named CLIENT1.

·         One member client computer running Windows 8 named CLIENT2.

The integrated test lab consists of a single subnet named Corpnet (10.0.0.0/24) that simulates a private intranet. Computers on the Corpnet subnet connect by using a hub or switch. See the following figure.

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