The Standard Edition server is designed for small organizations, and for pilot projects of large organizations. It enables many of the features of Lync Server 2010, including the necessary databases, to run on a single server thus combining many of the server roles on one server.

Standard Edition server offers instant messaging (IM), presence, conferencing, and Enterprise Voice, all from one server. One Standard Edition server supports as many as 5,000 users if deployed as a physical server.