Search features let you quickly find users in your domain (or federated domains) from your phone. The heart of Lync on a phone is the messaging client, and that's the real benefit of using Lync – it's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Imagine not having to listen to voicemail messages any longer, or having a transparent view into colleagues' availability status so you don't have to wonder if they're free to talk. Lync 2010, the ...

Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2, which was released in early 2009, does a credible job of providing presence awareness, instant messaging, conferencing and voice capabilities.

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 ...

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 ...

Hopefully someone here has been through this and has some lessons learned to share. I am currently at the very beginning of this project. Trying to get enough information together to make a proposal.

The Office 365 services and the Office Web Apps aren't the only parts of Office getting regular updates under Microsoft's new 'continuous development' approach: there are new tools coming to Office ...

Imagine not having to listen to voicemail messages any longer, or having a transparent view into colleagues’ availability status so you don’t have to wonder if they’re free to talk. Lync 2010, the ...