what if lync server is not active? can this be done without it?

I would love to use this. I receive the following errors.

OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "(null)" returned message "A network-related or instance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information see SQL Server Books Online.".

OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked server "(null)" returned message "Client unable to establish connection".

Msg 21, Level 16, State 1, Line 0

Encryption not supported on the client.