Topic Last Modified: 2011-04-06

The Front End Server, Front End pool and Mediation Server depend on the Edge Server to provide services to external users. If you have enabled federation on the Edge Server, you must disable the federation route assignment at the central site or branch site level of your deployment. Because an Edge Server is marked as the federation route, when you remove it you also remove the current federated configuration for all federated partners. This means that each partner has to reconfigure their federation with you to point to the new Edge Server that you define as the newly marked Edge Server.

Warning:
If you have a federation route assignment enabled and you need to move the federation route to another Edge Server or Edge pool, you need to notify current federated partners about this change. Federations are set up by configuring an Edge Server or Edge pool to communicate with. If you move the Edge Server or Edge pool that you are using, your federated partners need to reconfigure their federation configuration with the new Edge Server or Edge pool.

To remove the Edge Server, you clear the Edge Server association on the Front End Server and Front End pool configuration. When a Mediation Server is associated with the Edge Server, which allows external users to use media components, you clear the association that is defined on the Mediation Server to the Edge Server. If you have associated a federation route with the Edge Server, you disable the federation route association at the site level or branch site level in the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 hierarchy.

Note:
You can determine whether one or more sites have been configured to use your Edge Server for a federation route. Even though the setting is applied as a per-site setting, Topology Builder automatically configures this as a global setting. To determine this, view the properties of the Edge Server, and note whether the Enable federation for this Edge pool check box is selected. If the Edge Server is being used for a federation route, you cannot clear the Enable federation for this Edge pool check box because it is unavailable.

To remove the stand-alone Edge Server or Edge Server pool definition from the Standard Edition Front End Server or Enterprise Edition Front End pool

  1. Log on to the computer where Topology Builder is installed as a member of the Domain Admins group and the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.

  2. Start Topology Builder: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Topology Builder.

  3. In Topology Builder, expand the Front End Server, right-click the Front End pool that is associated with the Edge Server or Edge Server pool, and then click Edit Properties.

  4. In Edit Properties, under General, under Associations, clear the Associate Edge Pool (for Media Components) check box, and then click OK.

  5. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for each Edge Server object associated with each Front End Server as needed.

To remove the stand-alone Edge Server or Edge Server pool definition from the Mediation Server

  1. Log on to the computer where Topology Builder is installed as a member of the Domain Admins group and the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.

  2. Start Topology Builder: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Topology Builder.

  3. In Topology Builder, expand the Mediation Server, right-click the Mediation Server that is associated with the Edge Server or Edge Server pool, and then click Edit Properties.

  4. In Edit Properties, under General, under Associations, clear the Associate Edge Pool (for Media Components) check box, and then click OK.

  5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for each Edge Server object associated with each Front End Server as needed.

To remove the stand-alone Edge Server or Edge Server pool definition for the site federation route

  1. Log on to the computer where Topology Builder is installed as a member of the Domain Admins group and the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.

  2. Start Topology Builder: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Topology Builder.

  3. In Topology Builder, expand the site to which the federation route is enabled, right-click the site that is associated with the Edge Server or Edge Server pool, and then click Edit Properties.

  4. In Edit Properties, click Federation route.

  5. Under Site federation route assignment, click Disable, and then click OK.

To delete the stand-alone Edge Server or Edge Server pool

  1. Log on to the computer where Topology Builder is installed as a member of the Domain Admins group and the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group.

  2. Start Topology Builder: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Topology Builder.

  3. In Topology Builder, expand the Edge Server, right-click the Edge Server or Edge Server pool, and then click Delete.

    Warning:
    If you accidentally delete the wrong object and you have not published the topology yet, right-click the Lync Server 2010 node, click Download Topology, and then click Yes in Confirm Download Topology.

  4. Publish the topology.

  5. Start the Lync Server Management Shell: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Management Shell.

    Note:
    Make sure that you open Lync Server Management Shell on the same computer where you have Topology Builder installed.

  6. In the Lync Server Management Shell, type:

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    Export-CsConfiguration -Filename <shared folder location\export filename>.zip

    Where the shared folder location is a folder or removable media (for example, a flash drive) that both the computer exporting the configuration and the Edge Server can access. <Shared folder location\export filename> is the name you give the file, with the .zip extension.

  7. Log on to the Edge Server or Edge pool.

  8. Start the Lync Server Management Shell: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Management Shell.

  9. In the Lync Server Management Shell, type:

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    Import-CsConfiguration -LocalStore -Filename <shared folder location\export filename>.zip

    Where you import the configuration information that you exported to the shared location or removable media to the local configuration store of the Edge Server or Edge pool.

  10. Run the Lync Server Deployment Wizard to remove the files from the Edge Server or Edge pool.

    Note:
    For details, see Common Procedures for Removing Servers Running Lync Server and Lync Server Components.