Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Certificate Infrastructure Requirements

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 communications software requires a public key infrastructure (PKI) to support TLS and mutual TLS (MTLS) connections.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Server Roles

Each server running Microsoft Lync Server 2010 runs one or more server roles. A server role is a defined set of Lync Server 2010 functionality provided by that server. You do not need to deploy all available server roles in your network. Install only the server roles that contain the functionality that you want.

Even if you are not familiar with server roles in Lync Server, the Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Planning Tool can guide you to the best solution for the servers you need to deploy, based on the features that you want. This section provides a brief overview of the server roles and the general features they provide: