Configuration parameters for the agent

When you configure the Skype for Business Server agent, you can change the default values of the configuration parameters, such as the database server name, database instance name, database name, and others.

The following table contains descriptions of the configuration parameters for the Skype for Business Server agent.
Note: Out of all the fields, the Pool Fully Qualified Domain Name field is mandatory in following table.
Table 1. Names and descriptions of the configuration parameters for the agent
Parameter name Description
Database Server Name
  • SQL Configuration for Skype for Business Topology tab: The name of the database server where the Lync or Skype for Business Server Central Management Store is installed.
  • SQL Server Configuration for Skype for Business Monitoring Role tab: The name of the database server where the monitoring role is installed.

Example is PS6877.
Database Instance Name
  • SQL Configuration for Skype for Business Topology tab: The default instance.
  • SQL Server Configuration for Skype for Business Monitoring Role tab: The name of the database instance where the monitoring role is installed.
Database Name The name of the database.
Database User ID The user ID of the database. This user must have access to the required Microsoft SQL Server instance. This user can or cannot be an Active Directory user.
Database Password The password of the database where the monitoring role is installed.
Username (Example: skype\administrator) The user ID of the administrator. This user must be a domain user with administrator privileges and access to all the remote servers that are listed in the Lync or Skype for Business Server topology. The credentials of this user are also used in Synthetic Transaction feature. So, this user must be authorized to create Windows Schedule in Task Scheduler and run Synthetic Transaction Commands.
Password The login password of administrator.
Confirm Domain Password Enter the same password that you specified in the Domain Password field.
Pool FQDN The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of Skype Pool for which you run the synthetic commands.
Geographic Location The geographic location of the production system.
Test Users1 (for example, user1@skype.com) First Username that can be used to run Synthetic Transaction cmdlets. Format for username is SAMAccountName@domain.com
Restriction: Do not provide Sip Address.
Test User1 PWD The password of Test User1.
Confirm Test User1 PWD Enter the same password that you specified in the Test User1 PWD field.
Test User2 (for example, user2@skype.com) Second Username that can be used to run Synthetic Transaction cmdlets. Format for username is SAMAccountName@domain.com
Restriction: Do not provide Sip Address.
Test User2 PWD The password of Test User2.
Confirm Test User2 PWD Enter the same password that you specified in the Test User2 PWD field.
Use Agent Configuration Values Keep this field enabled if you want to run synthetic commands by using all fields provided in configuration window.
Disable to use values set by New-CsHealthMonitoringConfiguration. If disabled, the value of Pool FQDN is used as identity for Get-CsHealthMonitoringConfiguration. Make sure to provide valid test user credentials to run Test-CsMcxP2PIM command.
Frequency The frequency of the scheduled utility that fetches the data of synthetic transactions. The frequency has the following values:
  • Daily (DAY_FREQUENCY)
  • Weekly (WEEK_FREQUENCY)
  • Monthly (MONTHLY_FREQUENCY)
Collection Hour The hour part of the time-stamp, in the 24-hour clock format that you select to schedule the utility.
Collection Minute The minutes part of the time-stamp that you select to schedule the utility.
Start Date (YYYY-MM-DD) The time when the scheduler is activated.
End Date (YYYY-MM-DD) The time when the scheduler is deactivated.