[...]... some of the world’s largest organizations What You Need to Run Lync Server 2010 As you read through this book, you will find that there are a range of components that all come together to make Lync function These include the Lync Server software, Lync client, and the supporting technology from Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Of course, there are additional pieces that can... many servers When the changes to address these issues (and more) were wrapped together, the result was the new functionality and management provided in Lync Server 2010 Managing Lync Server 2010 Lync Server 2010 provides a completely new interface compared to any of the previous communications platforms Gone is the MMC interface used to navigate and manage the configuration of Live Communications Server. .. Web-Based Access Supported by Lync Client 2010 OS IE 8 IE 7 Windows 7 Yes Yes Yes Windows Vista Yes Yes Yes Windows XP Yes Yes Windows Server 2008 R2 Yes Yes Windows Server 2003 (except IA-64) Yes Yes Windows Server 2000 Mac OS 10.4.8+ c01.indd 13 IE 6 Yes Firefox 3.x Safari 5.X Safari 6.X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 22/12/11 2:14 PM 14 | CHAPTER 1 WHAT’S IN LYNC? Understanding Lync Server 2010 Customer feedback... Lync Server Management Shell (LSMS), which is PowerShell-based In the book, we used the terms Control Panel and LSCP interchangeably to describe the Lync Server Control Panel, and PowerShell to describe the Lync Server Management Shell Please don’t confuse this use of PowerShell with the standard Microsoft PowerShell shell, which is installed on Windows Server 2008 R2 by default When working with Lync, ... www.sybex.com/go/masteringlyncserver, where we’ll post additional content and updates that supplement this book should the need arise flast.indd xx 22/12/11 12:26 PM Part 1 Fundamentals ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ c01.indd 1 Chapter 1: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: Chapter 4: What’s in Lync? Standards and Protocols Security Clients 22/12/11 2:14 PM c01.indd 2 22/12/11 2:14 PM Chapter 1 What’s in Lync? Lync Server 2010 is the latest... PM UNDERSTANDING THE LYNC 2010 CLIENT | 9 Figure 1.6 The dial-pad Voicemail Display The voicemail display within the Lync 2010 client is not as fully featured as the voicemail integration from within Outlook Lync 2010 allows only basic integration, providing the name of the user (or phone number display, if caller ID could not be matched to a contact), a Play button, and the Lync 2010 interaction options... can enable or disable this functionality Communicating via the Lync 2010 Client As mentioned in the previous section, the Lync 2010 contact card lets users quickly and easily establish any modality from any integrated application (see Figure 1.5) In particular, Lync 2010 allows users to receive phone calls on any device (including non -Lync devices) as well as manage their own (and potentially other... additions to Lync In the Lync Server 2010 Mobility Services update, following Cumulative Update 4 (CU4), released late in 2011, Microsoft provided new capabilities and clients, which enabled 22/12/11 12:26 PM INTRODUCTION | XIX the use of Lync on all major brands of mobile devices, including Android, Windows Phone, Symbian, and iOS This chapter covers the new clients and the supporting server components... Server 2010 is the latest in the line of the Communications Server platforms from Microsoft The platform originally started with Live Communications Server 2003 (some would say with Exchange Conference Server 2000) and continued through Live Communications Server 2005, Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007, and finally Office Communication Server 2007 R2 This latest version extends the voice capabilities... the changes implemented in Lync Server 2010 Some of the issues admins brought to Microsoft s attention in previous versions include: ◆ There was no common store for configuration items, which could be found in Active Directory and SQL Server as well as in individual server metabases or WMI ◆ There were no methods to validate configuration changes prior to deployment ◆ MMC (Microsoft Management Console) . Run Lync Server 2010 As you read through this book, you will fi nd that there are a range of components that all come together to make Lync function. These include the Lync Server software, Lync. iiffirs.indd ii 12/01/12 12:21 PM12/01/12 12:21 PM Dear Reader, Thank you for choosing Mastering Microsoft ® Lync Server 2010. This book is part of a family of premium-quality Sybex books, all of which. viiiffirs.indd viii 22/12/11 12:25 PM22/12/11 12:25 PM John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Mastering Microsoft ® Lync ™ Server 2010 Nathan Winters Keith Hanna ffirs.indd iffirs.indd i 12/01/12 12:21 PM12/01/12