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Delivering Lync 2013 Real-Time Communications over Wi-Fi

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  • Version: Jan2013
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  • Language: English

Lync 2013 communications software can be successfully implemented over wireless local area networks (Wi-Fi) for voice and video (real-time media). User experiences and best practices are summarized, including detailed configuration settings for enterprise, public hotspot, and home Wi-Fi deployments.

  • Microsoft Lync 2013 communications software on multiple platforms and device types is now validated with voice and video (real-time media) workloads over wireless local area networks (Wi-Fi networks). The guidance and documentation provided here also applies to Lync 2010 deployments and earlier releases. However, full Wi-Fi support will be available only with a Lync 2013 client. Changes in the Lync media stack available with Lync 2013 will improve overall performance on high-loss, high-jitter wired or wireless networks. To optimize the wireless infrastructure, in particular for real-time media traffic, this guide provides details regarding Wi-Fi (WLAN) technology, configuration settings, and optimization. In addition, this guide provides deployment recommendations and evaluates typical enterprise, public hotspot, and home Wi-Fi deployments for real-time bidirectional media quality.

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