Lync 2010 SDK Prerequisites
This topic lists software and hardware requirements for developing and deploying Microsoft Lync 2010 SDK applications.
Software Requirements
Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit
Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit
Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows Server 2008 SP2
Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows XP
Important
In Microsoft Visual Studio development system, select Any CPU as your custom application build platform target to ensure your application runs on 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. Lync SDK is installed in the %root%\program files (x86) folder.
Application Development
Microsoft Windows Forms or Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) development: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 RTM.
Microsoft Silverlight development: Visual Studio 2010 RTM.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or 4.0.
Silverlight 4.0 runtime, installed with Microsoft Lync 2010.
Note
Only Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and later versions of Internet Explorer support Lync 2010 Silverlight controls.
Custom Application Deployment
To deploy a Lync SDK application, application users must be able to sign in to Lync 2010, and the following components must appear on the target computer.
Lync SDK redistributable components:
Microsoft.Office.uc.dll
Microsoft.Lync.Model.dll desktop version
Microsoft.Lync.Model.dll Silverlight version
Lync 2010
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0
Hardware Requirements
- 2 GB RAM is recommended for the supported operating systems.