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Lync Server 2010 Client Readiness Tool!

To determine if your client machine has the appropriate client(s) installed to support Lync Server 2010 Meetings check out out this link that Microsoft has provided which will quickly check your machine for Lync Meeting Readiness.  It also includes a “What do you want to do?” to help you Join or Schedule meetings.

Use the “Check meeting readiness and install the necessary meeting programs” option to determine Meeting Readiness

Lync Server 2010 Licensing and Pricing

Microsoft has released information on Lync Server 2010 here.  Similar to Office Communications Server 2007 R2 there are two major offerings, Standard and Enterprise Edition for Lync Server.  There are now three user CALs, Standard, Enterprise and Plus.  CALs are still additive when purchasing.  The big change here is that the Plus CAL gives you all the enterprise voice related functionality (they should have called it the eVoice CAL)

US Street pricing is as follows: