Copying a URL out of the Lync 2010 conversation window doubles up the URL with the second inclosed in <>, meaning it is not usable in a browser until it is manually edited first.
For example:
Write this into Lync:
Then select and copy the URL.
You will have this text on the clipboard:
https://www.microsoft.com <https://www.microsoft.com/>
While I'm hear. Pasting the copied link back into a conversation with a MOC 2007 user renders the link unusable. They will receive:
https://www.microsoft.com/'Verdana'
Here is the HTML that was put on the clipboard:
<div id=imcontent><span style="border-bottom-color:#000080;border-top-color:#000080;font-family:'Verdana';direction:ltr;word-wrap:break-word;color:#000080;border-right-color:#000080;font-size:10pt;border-left-color:#000080"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/" title="https://www.microsoft.com/">https://www.microsoft.com</a></span></div
(Yes with the missing > on the /div)