Topic Last Modified: 2013-02-21

Modifies the properties of one or more Directors. Directors can be used to authenticate user requests, but do not host user accounts. This cmdlet was introduced in Lync Server 2010.

Syntax

Set-CsDirector [-Identity <XdsGlobalRelativeIdentity>] [-ArchivingServer <String>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-EdgeServer <String>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-MirrorMonitoringDatabase <String>] [-MonitoringDatabase <String>] [-MonitoringServer <String>] [-SipHealthPort <UInt16>] [-SipPort <UInt16>] [-SipServerTcpPort <UInt16>] [-WebPort <UInt16>] [-WebServer <String>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]]

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

The command shown in Example 1 changes the Archiving Server associated with the Director Director:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com. In this example, the Archiving Server is switched to ArchivingServer:dublin-cs-001.litwareinc.com.

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Set-CsDirector -Identity "Director:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com" -ArchivingServer "ArchivingServer:dublin-cs-001.litwareinc.com"

EXAMPLE 2

Example 2 changes the SIP port for all the Directors currently in use in the organization. To do this, the command first uses the Get-CsService cmdlet and the Director parameter to return a collection of all the Directors in the organization. That collection is then piped to the ForEach-Object. In turn, the ForEach-Object cmdlet runs the Set-CsDirector cmdlet against each site in the collection, changing the value of the SipPort property to 5072.

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Get-CsService -Director | ForEach-Object {Set-CsDirector -Identity $_.Identity -SipPort 5072}

Detailed Description

The Director authenticates users and responds to user requests without actually hosting user accounts. Directors are typically used for organizations that allow external access to the network through Edge Servers. In that scenario, Directors not only help alleviate the strain on Front End Servers (by handling authentication requests), but also help shield the internal network from denial-of-service attacks and other malicious traffic. Directors are also useful any time multiple Front End Servers are deployed in a central site. In that case, Directors receive all user requests and then channel those requests to the appropriate server pool. This, again, helps to ease the burden placed on the Front End Servers.

The Set-CsDirector cmdlet enables you to modify the property values for any of the Directors currently in use in your organization. This includes changing such things as the Archiving Server or Edge Server associated with the Director, or changing the port used for sending and receiving SIP traffic.

Who can run this cmdlet: By default, members of the following groups are authorized to run the Set-CsDirector cmdlet locally: RTCUniversalServerAdmins. To return a list of all the role-based access control (RBAC) roles this cmdlet has been assigned to (including any custom RBAC roles you have created yourself), run the following command from the Windows PowerShell prompt:

Get-CsAdminRole | Where-Object {$_.Cmdlets –match "Set-CsDirector"}

Parameters

Parameter Required Type Description

ArchivingServer

Optional

System.String

Service location of the Archiving Server to be associated with the Director. For example: -ArchivingServer "ArchivingServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com".

Confirm

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.

EdgeServer

Optional

System.String

Service location of the Edge Server to be associated with the Director. For example: -EdgeServer "EdgeServer:atl-edge-001.litwareinc.com"

Force

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

Suppresses the display of any non-fatal error message that might occur when running the command.

Identity

Optional

Microsoft.Rtc.Management.Xds.XdsGlobalRelativeIdentity

Service location of the Director to be modified. For example: -Identity "Director:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com".

Note that you can leave off the prefix "Director:" when specifying a Director. For example: -Identity "atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com".

MirrorMonitoringDatabase

Optional

System.String

Service location of the mirror monitoring database to be associated with the Director.

MonitoringDatabase

Optional

System.String

Service location of the monitoring database to be associated with the Director.

MonitoringServer

Optional

System.String

Service location of the Monitoring Server to be associated with the Director. For example: -MonitoringServer "MonitoringServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com".

SipHealthPort

Optional

System.UInt16

Port used for monitoring server health.

SipPort

Optional

System.UInt16

Port used for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) traffic.

SipServerTcpPort

Optional

System.UInt16

SIP listening port. The default value is 5060.

WebPort

Optional

System.UInt16

Port used for communicating with Web Services.

WebServer

Optional

System.String

Web Services location of the server to be associated with the Director. For example: -WebServer "WebServer:atl-cs-001.litwareinc.com"

WhatIf

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

Describes what would happen if you executed the command without actually executing the command.

Input Types

None. The Set-CsDirector cmdlet does not accept pipelined input.

Return Types

The Set-CsDirector cmdlet does not return any objects or values. Instead, the cmdlet modifies existing instances of the Microsoft.Rtc.Management.Xds.DisplayDirector object.

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