Skype Chapter 4 - Configure and Prepare Skype server

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Skype Chapter 0 - Introduction

Skype Chapter 1 - Environment Plan

Skype Chapter 2 and 3 - OS Preparation and DC Configuration

Skype Chapter 4 - Configure and Prepare Skype server

Skype Chapter 5 - The configuration of Skype for Business

Skype Chapter 6 - Start Skype Control Panel

Skype Chapter 7 - Users chatting at Skype

4.   Configure and Prepare Skype server

   4-1        Add “sysop” and “Domain Admin” group into Local Administrators Group of Skype server

                    Figure 12: Add "sysop" into Local admin group on Skype Server

  4-2        Skype Server Install Prerequisites

                                                   4-2-1      Mount Windows server 2016 ISO on DVD drive

                                                   4-2-2      Run the below PowerShell command as administrator for adding Windows Roles and Features

                     Figure 13: Run the PowerShell command to successfully install Skype Server Prerequisites

  4-4        Create share folder on skype server “SkypeSvr” and setup permissions 

                                                   4-4-1      Grant “sysop”, “Domain Admin” and Skype server “Local Administrators” group with full control permission on c:\share, share named “Share” on Skype server.

                     Figure 14: Create a shared folder and grant permission

Because the “Prepare Active Directory for Skype Server” has not been processed, the 4 RTC accounts are not created yet. Those 4 accounts will be added and granted full control permission on the “share” folder after Skype preparation schema, forest and domain have been created and completed. (Refer to section 4-9-1 or Figure 22)

  4-5        Install Skype Administrative Tools

                     Figure 15: Install Administrative Tools successful

  4-6        Prepare Active Directory for Skype Server

                                                   4-6-1      Prepare Schema

                      Figure 16: Prepare Schema completed

                                                   4-6-2      Verify the configuration of Schema on Domain controller by using “ASDI Edit”. The “rangeUpper” value is “1150” at the “CN=ms-RTC-SIP-SchemaVersion Properties” property.

                    Figure 17: Verify Schema configuration on DC

  4-7        Prepare Current Forest

                                                   4-7-1      Prepare Current Forest Completed

                    Figure 18: Prepare Current Forest Completed

                                                   4-7-3      Verify Prepare Current Forest on Domain controller by opening “Active Directory user and computer”. There are several CSxxxxxxx universal security groups created such as CSAdministrator group.

                    Figure 19: Verify Prepare Current Forest on Domain controller

  4-8       Prepare Current Domain

                                                   4-8-1      Prepare Current Domain Completed

                     Figure 20: Prepare Current Domain Completed

                                                   4-8-2      Verify Current Domain Successfully prepared by running the following PowerShell command. Then it responds “LC_DOMAINSETTINGS_STATE_READY” when success.

                     Figure 21: Verify Current Domain Successfully prepared

  4-9        Assign full control share and security permission to the 4 RTCXXXXX accounts on c:\share

                                                   4-9-1      The shared folder has been assigned full control permission to “sysop”, “Domain Admin” group and Skype server “Local Administrators” group on the previous step. (Refer to section 4-4-1 or Figure 14) 

                                                   4-9-2      The 4 RTCXXXXX accounts are

Ø  RTCComponentUniversalServices

Ø  RTCHSUniversalServices

Ø  RTCUniversalConfigReplicator

Ø  RTCUniversalServerAdmins

                    Figure 22: Assign full permission to the 4 RTCXXXX accounts

   4-10        Prepare first Standard Edition server

                     Figure 23: Prepare first Standard Edition server completed

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