DNS Records in a Lync world (and their usage)
Automatic Sign-in Records (used by the Lync or Communicator client to locate a Lync or OCS server to sign-in)
- _sipinternaltls._tcp.
- _sipinternal._tcp.
- _sip._tls.
- _sip._tcp.
- sipinternal.
- sip.
- sipexternal.
Office 365 Sign-In Records (used by the Lync or Communicator client to locate the Lync Online server to sign-in)
- sip.
- _sip._tls.
Lync Devices Records (used by Lync devices to locate a home registrar)
- sipinternaltls._tcp.
- _sipexternal._tls.
- _sipexternaltls.
- ucupdates-r2.
- _ntp._udp.
Lync Simple URL Records (used by Lync if DNS is the chosen simple URL configuration)
- meet.example.com
- dialin.example.com
- admin.example.com
Federation (used by partners to automatically discover your Edge)
_sipfederationtls._tcp.
Lync Mobility Auto-discovery Records (used by Lync mobile clients to auto-discover the Lync mobility service)
- Lyncdiscover.
- Lyncdiscoverinternal.
XMPP Auto-discovery Records
_xmpp-server._tcp..