Topic Last Modified: 2011-04-04

In general, you must use the administrative tools that corresponds to the server version that you want to manage.

Use the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 snap-in as follows:

Use the Lync Server 2010 Control Panel as follows:

You cannot install the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools and the Lync Server 2010 Control Panel on the same computer. Also, the Lync Server 2010 Control Panel is not installed automatically on each server. You must manually choose on which workstation or server you want to install the tools. To install the Lync Server 2010 Control Panel, follow the procedure inside the topic Install Lync Server Administrative Tools in the Deployment documentation.