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Reducing the Cost of Microsoft Lync Deployments with Virtualization

Why are enterprises looking at Microsoft Lync? โ€œLync connects people everywhereโ€, and is increasing in popularity dramatically among enterprises small and large. PC World summed it up well with โ€œFive reasons Microsoft Lync 2013 mattersโ€œ:

  1. HD Video Conferencing
  2. Mobile Apps
  3. Web App
  4. Skype Integration
  5. Office 365

Iโ€™ve been testing the Microsoft Lync products for over 3 years and Lync 2013 is the latest update from Microsoft. Testing Lync 2013 with the Thunder Series Application Deliver Controller (ADC) using Application Delivery Partitions (ADPs) has been a fun and rewarding project. To deploy a Lync 2013 solution, Microsoft traditionally requires a minimum of three ADCs. Vendors without virtualization capabilities are unable to offer a consolidated single appliance solution, which creates an inefficient ADC device sprawl, resulting in a costly and much more complex-to-manage deployment. With our AX Series, I was able to reduce the required ADCs to only one AX Series appliance instead of the standard 3 required using ADPs, a standard AX Series feature included at no additional cost. Deploying the Lync solution with ADPs provides a significant advantage by enabling an easy-to-manage multi-tenancy allocation, environmentally friendly approach to reducing operational/over-head cost and significantly reducing capital expenditures.

Also, did you know, A10 Networks is a Microsoft certified ADC solution since 2010? Testing and deploying Lync with ADPs show A10โ€™s continued commitment to Microsoft products.