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Ahh! &nbsp;Thank you so much for the answer!!!
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Ahh!  Thank you so much for the answer!!!

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Hi,<br />
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We are getting ready to open up our Lync 2013 installation to our users on the other side of the firewall and I had a quick question that is going to influence how I implement the system.<br />
Looking at articles, I see that I need a server with 2 NICs (one using an internal and the second using an external address). &nbsp;I was wondering if I can use my firewall to translate an external address and actually either have one or two internal addresses. &nbsp;Has anyone used their firewall to translate external to internal addresses for a Lync Edge server? &nbsp;If that is possible, then I will just create a VM (otherwise, I will need to use a physical server).<br />
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Thanks,<br />
<br />
Allie
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Hi,

We are getting ready to open up our Lync 2013 installation to our users on the other side of the firewall and I had a quick question that is going to influence how I implement the system.
Looking at articles, I see that I need a server with 2 NICs (one using an internal and the second using an external address).  I was wondering if I can use my firewall to translate an external address and actually either have one or two internal addresses.  Has anyone used their firewall to translate external to internal addresses for a Lync Edge server?  If that is possible, then I will just create a VM (otherwise, I will need to use a physical server).

Thanks,

Allie

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