Topic Last Modified: 2012-12-04
The Active Directory Domain Services on-premises topologies that are supported by Lync Server 2013 are as follows:
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Single forest with single domain
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Single forest with a single tree and multiple domains
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Single forest with multiple trees and disjoint namespaces
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Multiple forests in a central forest topology
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Multiple forests in a resource forest topology
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| Lync Server 2013 does not support single-label domains. For example, a forest with a root domain named contoso.local is supported, but a single-label root domain named local is not supported. For details, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 300684, "Information about configuring Windows for domains with single-label DNS names," at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkId=143752. |
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| Lync Server 2013 does not support renaming domains. If you need to rename a domain where Lync Server is deployed, you need to first uninstall Lync Server, then rename the domain, and then reinstall Lync Server. |
For details about supported topologies and requirements for on-premises deployments, see Active Directory Domain Services requirements, support, and topologies in the Planning documentation.