Client Software Support

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This section summarizes the software support for clients of a Lync Server 2013 Preview deployment.

Windows Operating Systems

Supported operating systems for Lync 2013 Preview and the Online Meeting Add-In for Lync 2013 Preview include the following:

  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8 Release Preview
  • Windows Server 2008 with SP2 or the latest service pack

Installation of the client and updates requires administrator rights and permissions.

Lync supports communications between Lync and previous client versions. For details, see Supported Clients from Previous Deployments.

Macintosh Operating Systems

The following clients support the Macintosh operating system:

  • Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011
  • Microsoft Communicator for Mac 2011

Supported operating systems for these clients include the following:

  • Mac OS 10.5.8 or the latest service pack or release (Intel-based)

Browsers

Lync supports the following browsers:

  • Windows Internet Explorer 10 Preview Internet browser
  • Windows Internet Explorer 9 Internet browser
  • Windows Internet Explorer 8 Internet browser
  • Windows Internet Explorer 7 Internet browser
  • Windows Internet Explorer 6 Internet browser
  • Mozilla Firefox web browser

Note

If you are using Lync with Microsoft Exchange Online and your organization has deployed an authenticating HTTP proxy, Internet Explorer 9 or Internet Explorer 8 is required.

Lync Web App supports specific combinations of operating systems and browsers. For details, see Lync Web App Supported Platforms in the Planning documentation.

Microsoft Office

Lync Server 2013 Preview clients support integration with various versions of Microsoft Office. This section summarizes Microsoft Office supportability.

  • Lync 2013 Preview integration features are supported on Outlook 2013 Preview messaging and collaboration client and Microsoft Outlook 2010.
  • Lync 2013 Preview integration features are supported on Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview and Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
  • Certain Lync integration features are supported on Microsoft Office 2007 suites and Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3). For integration with Microsoft Office 2007 to work correctly, you may have to install an update to Microsoft Outlook 2007. For details about the Outlook update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 936864, "Description of the 2007 Office hotfix package" at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkID=143112.
  • The Online Meeting Add-in for Lync 2013 Preview is supported with Office 2013 Preview, Microsoft Office 2010 suites, Office 2007, and the Microsoft Office 2003 suites.

Using Mandatory Profiles

If users are planning to use Lync 2013 Preview conferencing features, they should not use Windows Active Directory Domain Services mandatory profiles to sign in to the Lync 2013 Preview client. Because mandatory profiles are read-only user profiles, the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) keys that are required for Lync 2013 Preview conferencing cannot be saved to the profile. For details, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 2552221, “Lync 2010 conferencing feature fails when the user is signed in using a mandatory user profile,” at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=3052&kbid=2552221.