Mar 7, 2011 10:55 GMT  ·  By

Want to get started with the latest unified communications offerings from Microsoft, but need a little help?

Well, look no further than the Microsoft Download Center. The Redmond company has put together a collection of content designed specifically for customers that need to get insight into Lync 2010.

All of the Lync Adoption and Training Downloads available from the software giant can be grabbed free of charge.

At the bottom of this article I also included a list of download links for the trial releases of Lync 2010 provided by Microsoft.

Just as the adoption and training resources, the Lync 2010 trials are available for download for free, but customers will only be able to leverage them for a limited period of time, as the bits are time-bombed and will expire.

“This download contains a variety of user education and training resources for including What's New articles and videos, Quick Start Guides, Work Smart Guides, Short Videos, and Training PowerPoint Presentations,” revealed Microsoft’s Ian Palangio.

Customers will need to unzip the Lync Adoption and Training download in order to have access to the contents.

Lync 2010 was released in November 2010, featuring both on-premise and online flavors, as the Redmond company is expanding more and more of its products into the Cloud and delivering them as services.

For those that might not know, Lync 2010 is the successor of the Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

“For those organizations that are about to deploy Microsoft Lync for their corporate Presence, Instant Messaging, Audio, Video and Web Conferencing interface we have released a packaged kit to assist you with Lync End User Training and Adoption,” Palangio added.

“This material is fantastic for Learning & Development, IT, or Internal Communications teams to leverage in their communications and readiness plans.”

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 RTM is available for download here.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 SDK is available for download here.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Attendee is available for download here.

Microsoft Lync Group Chat is available for download here.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Group Chat is available for download here.