Microsoft has released a standalone client for Lync 2013, similar to Lync 2010. But the client is basic in the feature set as the name suggests. The full Lync 2013 client comes bundled with the Office 2013 suite. The standalone Lync 2013 Basic client...

The last in the series of papers I wrote in this general area has just been published and is available here. This one details the configuration you need when you want to have Outlook Anywhere use NTLM authentication when published through TMG or UAG....