Deploy call admission control in Skype for Business Server

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Call admission control (CAC) is a solution that determines whether a real-time session can be established based on the available bandwidth to help prevent poor audio/video quality for users on congested networks. For more information, see Plan for call admission control in Skype for Business Server.

To deploy Call Admission Control

  1. Gather all of the required information for your enterprise network topology, as described in Example: Gathering requirements for call admission control in Skype for Business Server.

  2. If you have not done so already, you must define network regions and sites, and associate subnets with network sites. For details, see Deploy network regions, sites and subnets in Skype for Business.

  3. Create bandwidth policy profiles, as detailed in Create bandwidth policy profiles in Skype for Business Server

  4. Create network region links, as detailed in Create network region links in Skype for Business Server.

  5. Create network inter-region routes, as detailed in Create network interregional routes in Skype for Business Server.

  6. Create network intersite policies, as detailed in Create network intersite policies in Skype for Business Server.

  7. Enable call admission control, as detailed in Enable call admission control in Skype for Business Server.

  8. Check a few final settings, to make sure everything is set up correctly. For details, see Call admission control deployment: final checklist for Skype for Business Server.