| With the discontinuation of Forefront TMG, Microsoft now offers either IIS ARR or Win2012 WAP as a software based solution for Lync 2013 Reverse Proxy. There is much guidance available on how to configure either of these, and while the future direction from Microsoft is WAP, each method has it's own merits as well as limitations. A good alternative is to use Virtual Load Balancers such as the VLM200 from KempTechnologies. This is a virtualized load balancer that runs on both Hyper-V and VMware so it's still a software based approach vs hardware appliance. This article walks through the steps taken to setup the latest version 7.1 VLM200 on Hyper-V as a Reverse Proxy in the Perimeter DMZ Network for a Lync Server 2013 Front End pool. Below is a generic architecture of a FE Pool with Load Balancer from Microsoft Technet: |
Below is the overview of the steps involved:
1. Configure Networking
2. Load SSL Certificates
3. Add Virtual Service
1. Configure Networking
2. Load SSL Certificates
3. Add Virtual Service
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