Microsoft announced on Monday that it has eliminated its "hybrid voice" feature from its Lync Online service. The rationale for the product change wasn't explained too deeply, but the feature ...

Still, Lync is getting closer and its new features are bringing it into closer parity with UC leaders such as Cisco and Avaya, they say. In touting upgrades to Lync 2013 – no release date has been set ...

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 ...

Actiance, a provider of compliance, security, archiving and e-Discovery for all critical business communications, launched newly-released Vantage for Lync features to help enterprises efficiently ...

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 ...

How do you integrate Lync with legacy communications infrastructure? One useful element may be session management. Enterprise Connect recently ran a webinar, sponsored by Acme Packet, that addressed ...

Where did the “L" Lync icon go? You‘ll notice right away that the application icon will change to the Skype for Business “S” icon instead of the Lync ”L” icon If you have automatic updates for ...

While Microsoft continues to support Lync-optimized phones, it's stymieing the development of new models. In my recent slide show on Lync desk phones, I detailed the difference between optimized and ...