How to install Microsoft Lync 2013 on Windows 2012 R2 - Part1

In this article we are going to show you how to setup Lync 2013 under Windows 2012 R2 datacenter edition. This step by step guide will help you to demonstrate and deploy Lync server in production environment. I will not cover active directory setup in this guide. Please visit following link if you want to read how to setup active directory.

Step by Step Active Directory Installation

Prerequisites:

    Active Directory and DNS Services (AD-DS)

    Active Directory Certificate Authority (AD-CA)

    Silverlight

    Windows Features

Step1 – Active Directory CA Roles

Start > Server Manager > Add Roles and Features > Active Directory Certificate Services.

Click Next

Select all four options and click Next.

Active Directory Certificate Services roles installation completed.

Click Close

Configure CA Services. 

Click Next

Select all three and Click Next

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Select [Choose and assign a certificate for SSL later] Click Next

Click Configure

Click Close

Click yes to configure addition roles. This time select remaining service as shown in image below and click Next

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Select [Use the built-in application pool identity] then click Next

Select certificate from the box and click Next

Click Configure

Click Close. 

Certification services installation and configuration completed.