DNS Requirements for Front End Pool

Topic Last Modified: 2012-08-27

To successfully complete this procedure, you should be logged on to the server or domain minimally as a member of the Domain Admins group or a member of the DnsAdmins group.

You need to configure the required Domain Name System (DNS) records prior to publishing your topology in Topology Builder. Additionally, some of the fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) used in the configuration of a Microsoft Lync Server 2010 deployment are logical and not physical server FQDNs, so additional DNS configuration is required prior to publishing.

Prior to operating the topology after it has been deployed, you should ensure that the following Active Directory and DNS records are created (as your needs for specific features dictate):

• Each server role that will exist in the topology is published as an Active Directory object (Joining the computer to the domain will accomplish this).

• A DNS A Record exists for each server.

• A DNS SRV Record exists for each SIP domain if you plan to use automatic logon for clients in the form of _sipinternal_tls.<SIP domain>. If you will use manual configuration for clients, this record is not necessary.

• A DNS A Record for each configured simple URL, of which there are typically two: meet and dialin. Additionally, there is the admin simple URL which is a special URL for access to the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Control Panel.

• The SQL Server-based computer must be domain joined, and reachable by the computer that Topology Builder is publishing from.

The table follows the reference architectures presented in the Planning section. For details, see Topologies for External User Access in the Planning documentation.