Shared SIP Address Space

To integrate Lync Server with an on-premises Exchange UM deployment, you grant Lync Server permission to read Exchange UM Active Directory Domain Services objects. This approach does not work for integration with hosted Exchange UM, however, because Lync Server and Exchange UM are installed in separate forests with no trust between them.

To integrate Lync Server with hosted Exchange UM, you must configure a shared SIP address space (also called a split domain). In this configuration, the same SIP domain address space is available to both Lync Server and the hosted Exchange UM service provider.

Note:

Use of the shared SIP address space is similar to the approach used in a cross-premises Lync Server environment, in which some users are homed in the on-premises deployment and some are homed in a hosted deployment (such as Microsoft Lync Online 2010). The SIP domain is split between them. When you integrate Lync Server with hosted Exchange UM, ensure that you include the Exchange UM service provider in the shared SIP address space.

To configure the shared SIP address space for integrating with an Exchange UM service provider, you need to configure your Edge Server as follows:

1. Configure the Edge Server for federation by running the Set-CsAccessEdgeConfiguration cmdlet to set the following parameters:
   
   
   • UseDnsSrvRouting specifies that Edge Servers will rely on DNS SRV records when sending and receiving federation requests.
     
     
   • AllowFederatedUsers specifies whether internal users are allowed to communicate with users from federated domains. This property also determines whether internal users can communicate with users in a split domain scenario.
     
     
   • EnablePartnerDiscovery specifies whether Lync Server will use DNS records to try to discover partner domains that are not listed in the Active Directory allowed domains list. If False, Lync Server will federate only with domains that are found on the allowed domains list. This parameter is required if you use DNS service routing. In most deployments, the value is set to false to avoid opening up federation to all partners.
     
     
2. Replicate the Central Management store to the Edge Server and verify the replication. For details, see Export Your Topology and Copy It to External Media for Edge Installation in the Deployment documentation.
   
   
3. Configure a hosting provider on the Edge Server by running the New-CsHostingProvider cmdlet to set the following parameters:
   
   
   • Identity specifies a unique string value identifier for the hosting provider that you are creating, for example, Hosted Exchange UM.
     
     
   • Enabled indicates whether the network connection between your domain and the hosting provider is enabled. Must be set to True.
     
     
   • EnabledSharedAddressSpace indicates whether the hosting provider will be used in a shared SIP address space scenario. Must be set to True.
     
     
   • HostsOCSUsers indicates whether the hosting provider is used to host Lync Server accounts. Must be set to False.
     
     
   • ProxyFQDN specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the proxy server used by the hosting provider, for example, proxyserver.fabrikam.com. Contact your hosting provider for this information. This value cannot be modified. If the hosting provider changes its proxy server, you will need to delete and then recreate the entry for that provider.
     
     
   • IsLocal indicates whether the proxy server used by the hosting provider is contained within your Lync Server topology. Must be set to False.