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 ...

With Microsoft working hard to fold the venerable MSN Messenger network and client into Skype, Microsoft is left with two messaging products: Skype and Lync. The future of these apps is integration ...

One of the main news stories from last week's Lync Conference in Las Vegas was that the next release of Lync would support not just Skype audio and IM, but also video. The intention is to provide ...

Microsoft has rolled out the first phase of integrating Lync and Skype. Merging the two together makes both services better, but an even better solution would be to eliminate one of them altogether.

Microsoft today launched Lync 2010, the next generation of Office Communications Server (OCS). Unlike OCS, Lync manages various forms of communication from one UI: instant messages, voice calls, video ...

You might have missed it, but Lync, Microsoft’s enterprise-focused communications suite brought its parent company $1 billion in revenue during its 2013 fiscal year. That a milestone of that sort ...

What do you get when you combine Microsoft Live Meeting and ? MicrCommunicatorosoft Lync? Lync looks to be the new name of Microsoft's next version of the Communicator client for Office Communications ...

More than three years after acquiring Skype, Microsoft today said it would rebrand its semi-rival Lync corporate communications platform as “Skype for Business.” The name change will become official ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft made a lot of announcements at the Lync conference this week. First up, it's adding an ...