Microsoft is playing a major role in Unified Communication market. Lync Server 2013 is a 6th release in last one decade. Enterprise voice was started with OCS 2007 R2 and Lync server 2010 became a major release in Enterprise voice space. Lync 2013 is a major release after Lync 2010 and now cumulative updates are also available to download.
In Lync 2013, Microsoft came up with few tremendous features in terms of voice which changed the overall Lync deployment as well as fit into those countries where government has regulation for VOIP. Now, you are thinking which that tremendous feature is; I am talking about Location based routing (LBR) which can provide room for Lync implementation with Enterprise voice in those countries where government has regulated or they have some specific concerns with regards to VOIP roll out.
I will start with basic features of Lync Server 2013 which differentiate it from previous releases. To start with Lync Server 2013 server roles, I am providing table with comparison which can help you to understand better.
| Lync Server 2013 | Lync Server 2010 |
| Front End & Back End (A/V is collocated) | Front End & Back End |
| A/V Conferencing (Can be collocated with Front End) | |
| Archiving (Can be deployed separately) | Archiving (Can be collocated with Front End) |
| Monitoring (Can be deployed separately) | Monitoring (Can be collocated with Front End) |
| Mediation (Can be collocated with Front End) | Mediation (Can be collocated with Front End) |
| Director (Optional & Can’t be collocated with Front End) | Director (Can’t be collocated with Front End) |
| Edge (Can’t be collocated with Front End) | Edge (Can’t be collocated with Front End) |
| Persistent Chat (Can’t be collocated with Front End) | Group Chat (Can’t be collocated with any Lync Server role) |
| Standard Edition Server (All above roles combined) | Standard Edition Server (All above roles combined except group chat) |
To get a better understanding, have a look into the images:
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