Prepare AD Schema for Lync 2013

Lync basics should be installed on the server from you start preparing the AD schema. This article has 2 section section one talk about installing Lync 2013 basics and section 2 talk about preparing the AD schema. Before start following this article please make sure that you have done all Operating System related pre-requisites. To know about Windows 2008 R2 pre-requisites please Follow

Install Lync 2013 basics

1. Brows through installation media and double click on setup.exe start installation.
2. Click on yes

3. Click on Install

4. Accept licence agrement and click on OK

2 Prepare AD for Lync 2013

This section covers the steps required to update AD Schema for Lync 2013.

1. On the Lync Server 2013, run Lync Server 2013 Deployment Wizard by using an account which has AD rights to update schema.

2. Select Prepare Active Directory

3. Click on Run

4. Click on Next

5. Make sure that its completed successfully and click on Finish

6. Make sure that Replication of Schema Partition is replicated properly. Note that this is manual step.

7. Click on Run under ‘Prepare Current Forest’ to start perparing the Forest

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10. Click on Finish

11. Please verify that Replication of GC is completed before moving to next step. Note that this is a manual step.

12. Slect ‘Prepare Current Domain’

13. <Next>

14. Make sure that its completed successfully and click on Finish

Please make sure that the replication is completed as a final step.