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In addition to what cgaliher, OCS R2, and Lynch server are both available in evaluation version for 180 days, with no charges, if you liked the product you can then purchase the required license and upgrade to license version.<br />
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for the AD Preparation the required wizard or cmd is on the installation media, you can download the evaluation version from Microsoft web site.<br />
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OCS Eval:<br />
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4162" rel="ugc nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4162</a><br />
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Prepare AD:<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425303(office.13).aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425303(office.13).aspx</a>
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In addition to what cgaliher, OCS R2, and Lynch server are both available in evaluation version for 180 days, with no charges, if you liked the product you can then purchase the required license and upgrade to license version.

for the AD Preparation the required wizard or cmd is on the installation media, you can download the evaluation version from Microsoft web site.

OCS Eval:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4162 [http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=4162]

Prepare AD:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425303(office.13).aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd425303(office.13).aspx]

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Two part question:<br />
Heard this was free, is that correct?<br />
also, to prep AD there is a wizard i'm to run on the DC that can be downloade from MS. &nbsp;Every search I have done takes me to Office Lynch server page.<br />
So, how can I prep AD for the communication server<br />
thanks<br />

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Two part question:
Heard this was free, is that correct?
also, to prep AD there is a wizard i'm to run on the DC that can be downloade from MS.  Every search I have done takes me to Office Lynch server page.
So, how can I prep AD for the communication server
thanks


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