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 ...

Microsoft is rebranding its Lync unified communication products as "Skype for Business." The company announced the name change, as well as some target dates for the next versions of the offering on ...

Microsoft Lync will provide a host of new opportunities for the channel, but the pressure is on partners to rethink how they consult on and deploy unified communications (UC) solutions if they're ...

Microsoft’s Lync product group today rounded out its lineup of mobile apps with the release of apps for iPhone and iPad, bringing a core component of business communications lineup to the Apple ...

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 ...

Skype and Microsoft Lync are now connected, and it means those who use the Microsoft communications network can now reach out to a wider audience of Skype users. Microsoft bought Skype in 2011, and ...

Microsoft will be launching the Microsoft-hosted version of its Lync unified-communications server, known as Lync Online, alongside the rest of Office 365 this summer. At the Microsoft TechEd 2011 ...

In a blog post last week, Microsoft’s corporate VP for Skype Gurdeep Pall revealed changes for Microsoft Lync with a new name, a new user interface, and new features. In his blog, Pall said, “In the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft this week will launch Lync, the latest version of its unified communications and collaboration platform that, like competitive products, promises to change the way businesses do business by ...