Download: Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack Deployment Guide

Microsoft has Announced the Release of Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack Deployment Guide.
The Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack enables service providers to sell value-added, Lync-based solutions to small and midsized customers. The hosting pack topology, based on Lync Online, enables partners to offer a more cost-effective topology to manage a large number of tenants with fewer users, which makes the offering compelling to small-to-midsized customers.

What’s Available in the Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack?

The features that integrate with other components and applications include the following:

• Presence   A collection of attributes that provides an indication of a person’s status, activity, location, willingness to communicate, and contact information.
• Instant messaging (IM)   A form of real-time text-based communication.
• Data and desktop sharing   A feature that allows users to share files, use whiteboard, and display their desktop to a meeting or to conversation participants.
• Conferencing   Two-way video and audio transmissions between users in multiple locations.
• Unified Messaging   This feature is available only in combination with Microsoft Exchange Server. An application that consolidates a user’s voice mail, fax, and email into one mailbox, so that the user only needs to check a single location for messages, regardless of type. The email server is the platform for all types of messages, making it unnecessary to maintain separate voice mail and email infrastructures.
• Private branch exchange (PBX) replacement   UC integration with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems can replace traditional phone exchange systems.

Lync Server Multitenant Hosting Pack partner feature set includes:

• Appliances   Hand and head set I/O devices.
• Conferencing server gateway video   Real-time IP video, voice, and data services.
• Audio conferencing provider   Integration with hosted conferencing systems.
• Short Message Service (SMS)   Text messaging systems used by phones and mobile communication systems.