Hello Readers
I have been recently playing with Windows 2012 R2 Web Application Proxy for Skype for Business URLs (Meet, Dialin, Lyncdiscover, Internal/External web services and WAC) and was getting a bit frustrated with the process. So like any good IT Professional I thought there must be an easier way to create the Skype for Business URLs with the required backend servers, port numbers and certificate.
Please welcome New-WebApplicationProxy.ps1 script designed to deploy and configure the required Skype for Business URL. In this script there is some customizable options in case you dont like the name conventions I have used for the Skype for Business URLs. You can edit the following using Notepad or Powershell ISE.
## Customize Options ## ${SfB Rule WebExt} = ‘Sfb rule for {0}’ ${SfB Rule LyncDiscover} = ‘Sfb rule for LyncDiscover’ ${SfB Rule Dial} = ‘Sfb rule for Dialin’ ${SfB Rule Meet} = ‘Sfb rule for Meet’ ${OOS Rule} = ‘Office Web App/Online Server Rule
Only edit the wording with ‘ ‘ for example ${SfB Rule LyncDiscover} = ‘Sfb rule for LyncDiscover’ to ${SfB Rule LyncDiscover} = ‘Sfb rule for LyncDiscover.lyncme.co.uk’
Running the script
We will now run the process of how to create the Skype for Business URLs.
Launch Powershell as Administrator
Browse to the location of the downloaded script
Press Enter
Specify your public certificate thumbprint as shown above and Press Enter
Specify your internal domain name and Press Enter
Specify your external domain name and Press Enter
Specify your internal web services name as shown above and Press Enter
Examples of web services url are shown below
Specify your external web services name as shown above and Press Enter
Specify your internal Office Web Apps/Office Online Server name or Pool name as shown above and Press Enter
For the purpose of this post I have a single OOS called os01.lyncme.local
Specify your internal Office Web Apps/Office Online Server name or Pool Domain name as shown above and Press Enter
Specify your external Office Web Apps/Office Online Server name as shown above and Press Enter
This now completes the deployment and configuration of the Skype for Business URLs and Office Web Apps/Office Online Server.
Downloading the Script
So where can you download this script?
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Configuring-Skype-for-880b1898
If you have any ideas for me to improve this script? Ping me an email at andrew.price@lyncme.co.uk
Regards
Andrew J. Price