A reverse proxy or load balancer must be used to publish an office web apps server farm internally and or externally. The wac server will be published via the reverse proxy. This role is used by lync 20skype for business environments as a way to dynamically get powerpoint presentations out to meeting participants. All the urls which are pointing to lync front end is working fine from external network. Office web apps server in lync server 20 using a reverse proxy server. May 01, 2015 describes a cumulative update for lync server 20 that enables mac users and windows users to join a meeting by using lync web app in any default browser, including a 64bit version of chrome in mac. If you use a single website single ip address for lync and office web apps, check the configuration at 20 0212 usingiisapplicationrequestroutingarrasatmgreplacement. For details about planning the appropriate director topology, see scenarios for the director in lync server 20 in the planning documentation.
Publishing office web apps server using a reverse proxy server. I have been following the nexthop article on how to set it up, but i didnt manage to get it working 100% with all services office webapps server, lyncdiscover. Click modify on the office web app server virtual service. Requests to office web apps servers for content, such as powerpoint slides shared. Office web app external url is not working through iis arr. Update 4814 updated prerequisites for windows server 2008 r2. Updated to the latest version of office web apps server. Setup a adfs as mentioned install adfs server on windows 2012 r2. How to deploy reverse proxy in a skype for business. Znamena to, ze musime nainstalovat specialni server s touto aplikaci, ale nasledne jej muzeme pouzit i pro exchange 20 a sharepoint 20.
Configuring windows 2012 r2 web application proxy to publish. To provide client access to office web apps, including mobile, you need to configure sharepoint 20 to use your installation of office web apps server. Lync configuration in my lab i have a lync 20 enterprise edition, in the. Some presenting features are unavailable due to server connectivity issues is what we get when trying to present powerpoint with external users. We have onpremise with no edge services or reverse proxy configured as of yet, however when mobility is not required shouldnt be an issue as mac client is treated as internal. The service allows internal applications such as microsoft lync and exchange to be published for external access. In this post, i will guide you through how to setup and use it as a reverse proxy for lync and the office web apps server. Publishing office web apps server in lync server 20 using a reverse proxy server. In this post we will be setting up load balancing for the office web apps servers.
Office web apps server deployed in your lan to handle powerpoint presentations within lync conferences. Installing office web apps server for lync server 20. Nov 20, 2012 lync server 20 wac office web apps server part 2. Publishing office web apps server using a reverse proxy. How to fix the program cant start because msvcr110. Hi anand s, if you use two certificates, you need to. Microsoft tmg thread management gateway if the tmg was purchased before the eol date. Office web apps and skype for business integration. Lync server 20 and skype for business server 2015 wac office web. Sharepoint server, exchange, lync, office web apps the. Privacy supplement for microsoft lync server 20 lync. An office web apps server farm can provide services to multiple onpremises hosts, and you can scale out the farm as your organizations needs grow. I showed how to publish exchange 20 except for outlook anywhere which isnt working and a claims based application.
Office web apps server is a domain joined machine and must be installed in the active directory. For more information about kemp, visit us online at 2. Lync server 20 oauthtokenissuer certificate missing on some of the front end servers. I have done this and the client still does not install. Tutorial deploying a reverse proxy for lync server 20. This tip discusses why its important, requirements for implementation and also details how to build a small office web apps infrastructure and integrate it with exchange server 20. You can use the associated iapp template to configure the bigip system, or the manual configuration tables at the end of the guide. Deploy office web apps server 20 and external publishing. Use ms web application proxy as reverse proxy and adfs with skype for business. Use the lync web app and client apps on mobile phones. Its okay to install office web apps server in a virtual machine instance hosted by a server running sharepoint 20. The second type of configuration of the reverse proxy, to facilitate access to the office web apps server, is very similar.
In this tutorial we will go over deploying a reverse proxy for lync server 20. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Publishing y0av installation, lync 20, lync server 20, lync server installation, office web apps, step by step, wac november 20, 2012 june 4, 2014 5 minutes. Feb 19, 20 lync server 20 or 2010 deployed and functional internally. To start with it is very important to know that the office web apps server 20 runs as the local system and network service on the machine it is installed on. Publishing office web apps server in lync server 20 using a reverse proxy server topic last modified. The network topology setup is quite similar to the previous version but with a number of small differences. This privacy supplement addresses the deployment and use of microsoft lync 20 communications software deployed within your enterprise. Click start, click all programs, click microsoft forefront tmg, and. Plan office web apps server office web apps server. Configuring the windows server 2012 web application proxy.
How to configure office web apps server for use with exchange. The typical reverse proxy scenario in lync server 20 is to allow external clients for example, the desktop client or lync web app client access to the director or front end server external web services. In an earlier blog post i wrote about publishing lync services using tmg 2010. Lync server 20 employs office web apps server to handle. Novy lync server 20 vyzaduje pro sdileni prezentaci vyuzit office web apps server. Office web apps server, if you have a centralised deployment of owas you are now protected against domain controller outages in the owas domain. Most likely you dont have a valid certificate for your office web apps server 20, one that contains the load balanced name and all the individual server names, and thus you will always have an unhealthy farm. The original method for deploying a reverse proxy was to use microsofts product forefront tmg threat management gateway, however shortly after the release of lync server 20, tmg was discontinued. I want to keep some supportability statement in mind. Configuring apache as a reverse proxy for lync server. Office web apps server 20 is the central component presenting and editing microsoft office document with web services.
Office web apps server works with products and services that support wopi, such as sharepoint 20, lync server 20, and exchange server 20. This causes noticeable delays in the sign in process. Whats new in office web apps 20 microsoft cloud with. It is assigned a virtual ip address and usually configured to use secure port 443. Rename virtual service to lync director reverse proxy 20. Microsoft office online server is the successor to office web apps server 20. In order to use these new capabilities administrators must install office web apps server and they must configure lync server 20 to communicate with office web apps server.
For lync server 20, the use of office web apps server acting as an intermediary is required when using the functionality of sharing powerpoint. Lync server roles standard edition server the standard edition server is designed for small organizations, and for pilot projects in large organizations. Publishing office web apps server in lync server 20 using. However the office web app external url which is pointing office web app is. In my lab i have a lync 20 enterprise edition, in the perimeter network. For sharepoint 20, office web apps has been decoupled from the installation and is now a standalone product. Office web apps server 20 machines are always reported. Skype for business should use proxy server to sign in. Exchange server 20, microsoft sharepoint 20, or microsoft lync server 20, and want to use the bigip system for the associated office web apps implementation. If your company is using lync server as part of an online solution or service in other words, if a third party for example, microsoft is hosting the servers upon which the software runs, information will. A number of enhancements have been made in microsoft lync 20.
This way, the office web apps server farm will still be. Using iis application request routing to publish lync server 20 web services 2014 microsoft 4 2. Use web application proxy to publish lync server 20. Stop the windows process activation service and world wide web publishing services. Deploying a reverse proxy for lync server 20 kb web.
Reverse proxy servers communicate office web apps server at 443 tcp. Lync server 20 supports multiple trunks between mediation servers and gateways. For information about the advantages to this approach, see overview of web conferencing in lync server 20 in order to use these new capabilities administrators must install office web apps server and they must configure lync server 20 to communicate with office. Office web apps server lync server 20 microsoft community. Iis arr as reverse proxy for lync 20 uc consultant blog. Feb 02, 2017 fixes an issue in which skype for business 2015 lync 20 will use the proxy server after it gets timeout with direct connection for the sip traffic. Vyhodou je, ze prezentace je prevedena do weboveho formatu, takze zobrazeni je univerzalnejsi. Office web apps in the dmz for sharing office documents in lync online meetings webapps. Lync 20 reverse proxy solution with iis arr application. You can use the ms web application proxy as reverse proxy see here. Wap is a very simple reverse proxy which can be used to publish the simple urls in lync server 20. With this server, you can also distribute powerpoint presentations that contain animations or videos. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Skype for business mac client doesnt allow manual discovery configuration.
By today, the date of writing this blog, microsoft has to supported solutions. Microsoft lync 20 and citrix netscaler deployment guide. This article addresses the deployment of a single office web apps 20 server and subsequent integration with an existing skype for business sfb server 2015 environment. Sharepoint server, exchange, lync, office web apps the mobile landscape. Lync 20 a office web apps server wac software or existing server exchange. For multiserver office web apps server farms, each instance should be on a separate virtual machine host. Use ms web application proxy as reverse proxy and adfs.
Deploy office online server with skype for business. Setting up load balanced office web apps 20 multi server farm with ssl part 1. Sep 10, 2012 update 4814 updated prerequisites for windows server 2008 r2. Sep 12, 20 web application proxy is a new feature in windows server 2012 r2. Mount the office web apps server 20 installation media and run setup.
Again, a virtual office web app server is configured. Feb 16, 2015 the second type of configuration of the reverse proxy, to facilitate access to the office web apps server, is very similar. Lync server uses two websites to service its web requests, one for the internal network and one for the external network. I could log on to lync mobile 20 but video or voice wouldnt work. The web apps server is shared with lync, exchange and sharepoint. Question on office web apps server wac during lync. Using iis arr as a reverse proxy for lync server 20. For information about the advantages to this approach, see overview of web conferencing in lync server 20 in order to use these new capabilities administrators must install office web apps server and they must configure lync server 20 to communicate with office web apps server.
This way, the office web apps server farm will still be available if one of the hosts fails. Sharepoint server, exchange, lync, office web apps the mobile. Theres something fishy with the lync mobile 20 client indeed, i couldnt get the lync mobile 20 to work when i used apache as a reverse proxy. The external website listens on port 4443, instead of on the standard port 443, thus requiring a reverse proxy to translate between the two, as shown below in figure 1. For this article i am using separate domain names for each simple url.
The environment and example steps outlined here are a continuation of a series of related articles covering the installation and configuration of a standard edition topology of skype for business server 2015. Update 111412 updated for rtm of office web apps server. And here you must have a public certificate if you use the wac also for non domain. To make it simple, i am creating flow which can help you to know more about office web apps server. Lync uses a secure reverse proxy to provide clients remote access enabling the ability to. The lync ha setup contains two office web apps servers.
In my opinion, office web apps server is a very confusing name as exchange outlook web app or access has owned the owa acronym since 1997 with exchange 5. Microsoft lync microsoft windows server news office 20. It is part of the remote access role service in and provides reverse proxy functionality to publish web applications inside the. The entire kemp loadmaster product family, including the virtual loadmaster vlm supports microsoft lync 20. Mar 20, 2020 the loadmaster efficiently distributes user traffic for microsoft lync 20 so that users get the best experience possible. The most comprehensive, realistic, and useful guide to microsoft lync server 20, todays leading unified communications system. Setting up load balanced office web apps 20 multi server.
Aug 09, 20 i have recently been trying to get iis arr to work as a reverse proxy for lync 20, and today i made a breakthrough. How to configure office web apps server for use with. If you are planning a lync 2010 upwards migration into 20, then your existing reverse proxy web listener certificate is going to. Im clients are available for windows, mac, mobiles. If you use two certificates, you need to use two ip addresses on reverse proxy. Reverse proxy lync server 20 web application proxy. Using iis application request routing to publish lync server. A reverse proxy is deployed into a secure border between the internal network and the internet. Using arr for reverse proxy with lync 20 jaap wesselius.
Microsoft lync server 20 basic administration release 2. This whitepaper describes how to configure the windows server 2012 r2 web application proxy as a reverse proxy for lync server. It is not supposed to be installed on a dmz or perimeter network. There is an iapp template for office web apps server that you can use, but in some cases, its necessary to set it. Reverse proxy, which is not a lync server 20 component, but is required if you want to support sharing of web content for federated users or to support mobility traffic. Feb 06, 2015 this article provides stepbystep instructions on how to publish office web apps server in lync server 20 for external meeting participants that is, users joining lync meetings from outside your organizations firewall using f5s bigip ltm. Office web apps server is required server role for lync 20 deployments. Update 1110 updated with links to updates for office web apps server. Lync is able to deliver instant messaging im, audio conferencing, video conferencing, multiparty highresolution meetings and voice over ip voip, as well as persistent chat. Fixes an issue in which skype for business 2015 lync 20 will use the proxy server after it gets timeout with direct connection for the sip traffic. Aug 19, 2016 for information about the advantages to this approach, see overview of web conferencing in lync server 20. Lync server 20 supported topologies microsoft docs. Skype for business new differences between lync 20 and. Microsoft has released the next version of the office web apps wac server, and its had a name change.
With the wave 15, microsoft has decided to extend office web apps architecture to their other premier server product lines like exchange 20 and lync 20 along with sharepoint 20. Office web apps server used be called web application companion wac and that is what all of the lync 20 prerelease software and documentation called it. I deployed a tmg reverse proxy and everything started working, so im thinking something was not right in the apache configuration. Cumulative update for lync server 20 that provide full lync. Sep 04, 2015 office web apps and skype for business integration september 4, 2015 by jeff schertz 17 comments this article addresses the deployment of a single office web apps 20 server and subsequent integration with an existing skype for business sfb server 2015 environment. Aug 26, 2014 before we start with the lync 20 reverse proxy solution design and setup guide. Note that lync is not listed as supported software on azure microsoft. An iis aar reverse proxy in the dmz and in the intermediate dmz. Mar 16, 2014 in an earlier blog post i wrote about publishing lync services using tmg 2010. Windows server 2012 r2 contains a new feature called web application proxy. On both iis01 and iis02, move the pointer to the lower left corner, rightclick start, and then click command prompt admin. Lync 20 dns and hardware load balancing solutions experts.
At the moment microsoft are saying no and plan to use the lync 20 phone edition software for all lync to skype for business upgrades until further notice. Recently i had to troubleshoot office web apps server deployments at a. Office web apps server represents a way for users to access web browserbased versions of word, excel, powerpoint and onenote within owa. Because we are deploying a high availability lync environment, the reverse. Office web apps server represents a way for users to access webbrowserbased versions of word, excel, powerpoint and onenote within owa. You can have too many questions in your mind regarding ows for lync 20 such as what, why, how, where, when etc. You should constantly monitor the health status of each and every office web apps server machine, and if found unhealthy fix it. Skype for business should use proxy server to sign in instead. This article describes how to install and configure apache 2. Do not deploy office web apps on a server that runs any of the above applications and that is not supported.
960 397 474 932 639 1333 363 638 143 1273 94 1173 101 835 1208 1604 1323 26 918 391 825 621 384 1250 1571 570 729 304 521 908 1260 42 967 596 1415 1363 257 325