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.

You may not have noticed, but Microsoft is making a strong play for a lucrative piece of the unified communications (UC) pie with Microsoft Lync 2010, its next-generation Office Communications Server.

Microsoft has launched Lync Server 2010, the latest release of Office Communications Server. A 180-day trial is available to everyone while businesses will be able to purchase the product starting on ...

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On resiliency, contact center, video, deployment challenges, and more. On July 27, we ran an Enterprise Connect webinar on the topic, "Microsoft Lync: Ready for Prime-Time for Large Enterprise ...

Despite the name change and hype around its dramatic release candidate and RTM version, the net significance of Microsoft’s Lync 2010 release is that it brings the company’s unified communications and ...

Microsoft has released a nearly completed preview version of its next-generation communications server and associated software, which the company has collectively renamed as Lync. This release ...

Options for Integrating Third-Party Video Solutions with Microsoft Lync There's been a lot of press and comment about the Skype acquisition, but the fact is that Lync is Microsoft's UC product of ...