Description of the update for the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat client: January, 2012

This article describes the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat client issue that is fixed in the update package that is dated January, 2012.

This article describes the following items about the update:

• The issues that the update fixes.
• The prerequisites for installing the update.
• Whether you must restart the computer after you install the update.
• Whether the update is replaced by any other update.
• Whether you must make any registry changes.
• The files that the update contains.

Issues that this hotfix package fixes

This update package fixes the following issue:

• 2653953  (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2653953/ ) The "Send an Instant Message" menu does not start Office Communicator on a terminal server in an Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Group Chat client

Update package information

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Download the MgcClient.msp package now. (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=159915)
Release Date: January 2012

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Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for installing this update package.

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this update package.

Replacement information

This update replaces the previously released update that is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article 2607777.

Registry information

To use one of the updates in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This update may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This update contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

After the update is installed, the global version of this update has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

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