Lync Server 2010 Technical Overview Released

A taste of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book is now available from the company.

The software giant released the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Technical Overview, which is the Technical Overview chapter of the upcoming Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book.

Customers interested in getting insight into Lync Server 2010 can visit this page on the Microsoft Download Center and access the resource free of charge.

The promise from Microsoft is that additional chapters of the Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit book will be made available for download as work progresses and they are finalized.

“The Enterprise Edition scales up the capacity of the Standard Edition server to provide higher capacity and higher availability. The Director redirects user connections to the user’s home server or home pool. The Edge Servers are deployed in the network perimeter to enable connectivity outside the organization’s private network.

“A reverse proxy is required to expose Lync Web services to remote users. The Archiving Server performs server-side archiving of all IM communications. The Monitoring Server gathers CDR and Quality of Experience (QoE) data,” Microsoft stated.

The software giant is also recommending that customers looking to embrace the latest iteration of its unified communications platform visit the Microsoft Lync Server Technical Reference Hub DrRez.

Additional resources are available via the Microsoft Lync Server Technical Reference Hub, including frequent updates related to the Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tool.

“Welcome to DrRez, the Microsoft Lync Server technical reference hub. This is your one-stop-shop for the deep-dive information you need to deploy, configure, support, and troubleshoot Lync Server,” a message posted on the site notes.

“Here you'll find the latest, under-the-hood information from Microsoft product developers, technical writers, field and support engineers, MVPs, Certified Masters, and the extended UC blogging community.”