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Overview

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1QoE Features

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The voice metrics will be collected only in the DSP mode; audio metrics will not be collected for any call routed in the Proxy or Direct Media mode.

The Quality of Experience (QoE) feature enables statistics reporting to a QoE Server in order to provide quality monitoring. The information collected helps administrators better understand the media quality that users experience. With QoE monitoring, the administrators can:-

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The goal of this step is to allow an AD group to access and add information inside the Monitoring Server database.

  1. 1.Log on a computer of your domain with your MS Lync Database Administrator account.
  2. Start Windows Powershell.
  3. Update the Database SQL rights using the following commands:

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  1. Connect to the Domain Controler through Remote Desktop (RDP) using your regular AD credentials.
  2. Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
  3. Browse down to Users object (on the left pane).
  4. Right-click RTCComponentUniveralServices group and select Properties
  5. Click ADD in the the Members tab.
  6. In the popup, enter the ASM machine name.
  7. Click Check Names.

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  8. Click OK.
  9. Click OK to close the properties screen.

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  1. Connect to the Domain Controler through Remote Desktop (RDP) using your regular AD credentials.
  2. Launch the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
  3. Browse down to Users object (on the left pane).
  4. Right-click RTCUniversalReadOnlyAdmins group and select Properties
  5. Click ADD in the the Members tab.
  6. In the popup, enter the ASM machine name.
  7. Click Check Names.

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  8. Click OK.
  9. Click OK to close the properties screen.

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ASM should have a Lync 2013 SBA image or a Lync 2013 RBA image loaded

  1. Configure the ASM IP Settings
  2. Join the ASM to a Domain
  3. Perform Step 1 (Prepare the SBA)   of the Deploying the SBA Best Practice article.
  4. You need to accept the SIP NOTIFY traffic from the QoE Agent Client Gateway by creating or reusing a signaling group (see Creating and Modifying SIP Signaling Groups) to accept SIP traffic from Client. The listening port will be the port provide in the System tab of the QoE Agent Client Gateways. 
  5. To configure the QoE service as a Server:
      
    1. In the WebUI, click the Settings tab.
    2. In the left navigation pane, go to System > QoE.

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      1Configure QoE Service As Server

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    3. In the QoE Service panel, select Server from the QoE Agent Type list box.
    4. Click Apply.

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  1. In the WebUI, click the Settings tab.
  2. In the left navigation pane, go to System > QoE.

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  3. In the QoE Service panel:
    1. Select Client in the QoE Agent Type list box.
    2. Enter the FQDN or IP address of the QoE Agent Server gateway in the QoE Server Address text field.
    3. Enter the port number for the Sip Signaling Group in the QoE Agent Server Gateway Port text field.
    4. Select the transport protocol from the Protocol list box. If the transport protocol selected is TLS, make sure the QoE Server Address is FQDN (certificate common name is FQDN).
  4. Click Apply.

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  1. In the WebUI, click the Settings tab.
  2. In the left navigation pane, go to System > Signaling Groups > your Lync signaling group.

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    1Enable QoE Reporting

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  3. In the SIP Channels and Routing Panel, select Enabled from the QoE Reporting list box.
  4. Click Apply.

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  1. In the WebUI, click the Settings tab.
  2. In the left navigation pane, go to System > Media > Media List > your SIP Trunk Media List

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  3. Select RTCP-XR in the RTCP Mode list box
  4. Click Apply.

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You can track the status of a QoE message sent from the client using the SIP Signaling Group counter.

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1Verification on QoE Agent Client Gateway

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If more than one signaling are reporting QoE reports, The counters will update on a signaling where the call came in the Gateway.

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You can track the status of the QoE messages stored in the database by viewing the Operational Status page in the Application Solution Module section of the Tasks tab.

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