Cloud Connector Edition (CCE) 1.4.1 Deployment Walkthru Part 1

On Aug 22, Microsoft released version 1.4.1 of the Skype for Business Cloud Connector Edition with several new features such as a smaller hardware specification that supports 50 concurrent calls, as well as support for REFER and Forwarding PAI from Mediation Server to PSTN Gateway. Just as a recap, Cloud Connector Edition is a minimum topology of Skype for Business Server comprising of 4 VMs per instance that allows Office365 Skype for Business Online users to leverage existing on-premise PSTN connectivity. This is particularly useful for users in countries where PSTN Calling Service from Microsoft is not yet available, or in cases where users still want to leverage existing on-premise PSTN infrastructure. This blog post is the first part of a series that walks through the setup and configuration of CCE1.4.1 in a lab environment for testing and learning purposes and deploys a single instance of CCE with a single SIP domain.

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