The Benefits of Microsoft Lync:
Tom Moore, Microsoft Business Development Manager summarizes the benefits of Microsoft Lync integration.

4/4/11 

 As you may already know, Microsoft Lync is a unified communications solution that brings together IM/presence, audio/video conferencing, and voice.  What you may not know is SOURCE is now offering Lync pilot programs so customers can test the real product, in real environments. So what's unique is...

3/17/11 

You can find me speaking this weekend, Saturday 3/19/11 at the 2011 Tampa IT Camp! I’m presenting a comprehensive overview of Microsoft Lync Server 2010.

3/04/11  

Cameron Evans, national technology officer and CTO for Microsoft Education in the US, reports that Microsoft Lync is now approved for E-rate funding.

2/22/11  

Many organizations choose to integrate Microsoft Lync with an existing PBX, at least on a temporary basis. This integration could be used as part of a pilot to test Lync or to temporarily leverage an existing PBX investment until end of maintenance. Sometimes integration is required only on a short-term basis as the organization migrates to Lync Enterprise Voice. Whatever the reason, some key points need to be considered when planning your integration.

2/18/11  

Multiple manufacturers are supporting Microsoft Lync and developing some very smart and efficent end points. For example the Snom 300 with Snom OCS firmware is the first open-SIP-based IP desktop phone to natively register to the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Lync.

11/18/10

Yesterday, 11/17/10 was the worldwide launch of Microsoft Lync*, its newly rebranded unified communications platform.  The virtual media event was broadcast from New York and was impressive. A link to the replay is available here; Microsoft Lync worldwide lauch replay.

11/09/10

Time to tell you about another code camp. This one is in Tampa Florida, my home state.   The event is free and if you live in the area, you can register here.

11/05/10

It's official! The worldwide release of Office Communications Server and Communicator, now called Microsoft Lync, has been announced.

10/04/10

I'd like to invite all my readers to an educational overview of Microsoft’s next generation of unified communications software - Microsoft Lync*, this Thursday, October 7, 2010.