Microsoft today announced it will be replacing its enterprise-focused instant messaging app Lync with a new Skype for Business tool. The company is promising Skype for Business will remain an Office ...

You may not have noticed, but Microsoft is making a strong play for a lucrative piece of the unified communications (UC) pie with Microsoft Lync 2010, its next-generation Office Communications Server.

Microsoft is at it again, preparing to roll out new versions of its suite of business servers. Last week, I detailed eight great new features in the forthcoming Exchange 2013. This week, I turn my ...

…Fortunately for businesses, there is. Microsoft Lync is Microsoft’s server platform for unified communications and it an easy-to-use but powerful tool. All told, it is the future of communication for ...

Lab testers see significant improvements in quality and feature/function. Testing lab partner Miercom recently conducted testing on the just released Microsoft Lync Server 2010 unified communications ...

Microsoft quietly rolled out this week a cumulative update for its Lync 2013 client that includes support for two-factor authentication. Believe it or not, Lync client didn't have two-factor ...

Microsoft Lync, which is available in a trial download to anyone and will be available to business customers on Dec. 1 in 38 languages and 150 countries, weaves together enterprise VoIP, instant ...

Previous versions of Microsoft’s IP PBX were called Office Communications Server (OCS), but with the new Office 2010 version, the company came up with the new name of name Lync. Trial versions of Lync ...

An in-depth look at the ins and outs of Lync licensing, how it fits into Microsoft's strategy, and how it fit into your enterprise's existing infrastructure. Microsoft Lync shook up the unified ...

Lync, the next generation of Microsoft’s Office Communications Server software, was unveiled yesterday in New York City, complete with a surprise appearance from Bill Gates via Lync’s video conference ...

Microsoft has released a nearly completed preview version of its next-generation communications server and associated software, which the company has collectively renamed as Lync. This release ...

Does anyone out there have experience with either of these products in a large enterprise or multi-tenant environment? We're in the process of planning to deploy unified communications technology ...