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Matt_Emmott_139
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Jan 13, 2014

Lync 2013 - Why is web conferencing set to port 443 instead of 444?

Hi, I've deployed the latest Lync iApp on our F5 appliance, and it is marking my web conferencing service as down. Upon further inspection, it looks like it is trying to communicate to my webconf service node on port 443. However, in the Lync topology builder the service defaults to port 444. I'd prefer not to make changes like this in Lync because there are so many moving parts to the system. It looks that I'm not able to change the port in the F5 without setting up another node outside of the iApp.

 

Can somebody tell me 1) Why it defaults to port 443 and 2) How to change it on the F5 without manually creating a new node?

 

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  • mikeshimkus_111's avatar
    mikeshimkus_111
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    Jan 13, 2014

    Hi Matt, the iApp was designed around these MS HLB port requirements:

     

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398739.aspx

     

    This is what the Topology Builder configures when you do not select "Use a single FQDN and IP address" in the Edge pool setup. The default is to use unique FQDNs and IPs.

     

    The case of using a single FQDN and IP is one we will investigate adding to the Lync iApp template. For now you will need to create those objects manually outside of the iApp.

     

    thanks