Microsoft will demonstrate on Tuesday for the first time an integration between its Lync enterprise IM, audio and video conferencing server and its Skype consumer counterpart, the latest Microsoft ...

"This combination of the best of both products will enable customers to connect and collaborate without constraints from suppliers, customers and partners with the reach of Skype and the controls, ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft updated its Lync collaboration software for Windows 8.1, a relatively minor update that still makes one wonder why Lync and Microsoft’s Skype aren’t a single product. Upgrading ...

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 ...

Microsoft announced the release of a module that enables Lync Online management via PowerShell scripting commands. The Windows Power Shell Module for Lync Online can be downloaded here. It enables ...

Lync makes communication easier and could be a money saver, but it has the potential to be a worker distraction and eat up network bandwidth Lync, the next generation of Microsoft’s Office ...

Cloud-based Lync won’t be immediately available, but could eventually be a viable alternative to in-house software. Microsoft’s overhauled unified communications platform — Lync — will soon hit the ...

Microsoft announced plans this week to rename Lync, its unified communications platform for organizations. The next version of Lync -- both Lync Server and the Office 365 service called Lync Online -- ...

Lync Voice involves Microsoft, and also Polycom, and AudioCodes, and so on.... The architecture to enable enterprise voice within Microsoft Lync is unique in the UC landscape. More like Broadsoft and ...

Every once in a very long while, I get to review a product that strikes me as a stepping stone toward the future. Microsoft Lync 2010 combines instant messaging, VoIP calling, live meetings, and ...

During a discussion panel at the launch event for Microsoft Lync last week, Estee Lauder IT exec Earl Newsome rattled off a line that could have been scripted by Microsoft (It wasn’t, I checked). He ...