Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Group Chat Deployment Guide

The purpose of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Group Chat Deployment Guide is to guide you through the process of migrating and deploying Lync Server 2010 Group Chat Server and the related components, such as might be required to meet regulatory compliance requirements. These components are required to support organizations set up searchable, topic-based chat rooms that persist over time, allowing geographically distributed teams to better collaborate with one another while preserving organizational knowledge. This document provides step-by-step procedures and other information that you need to set up Lync Server group chat support, including the procedures and information you need to meet the hardware and software prerequisites for migrating and deploying the group chat components, install the required Lync Server and other software for all group chat components, and complete the initial configuration required to support group chat.

Supported Operating Systems

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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