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.

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 ...

Previous versions of Microsoft’s IP PBX were called Office Communications Server (OCS), but with the new Office 2010 version, the company came up with the new name of name Lync. Trial versions of Lync ...

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 ...

A range of scenarios is available for making Lync work alongside, or together with, the other elements of your communications architecture. Microsoft Lync arguably supports the largest number of ...

Does anyone out there have experience with either of these products in a large enterprise or multi-tenant environment? We're in the process of planning to deploy unified communications technology ...

i want to know what is exactly the difference between microsoft lync 2010 standard and enterprise edtions. Is it the difference in the number of users only ? or the difference is also in the features ...

Lync is Microsoft’s enterprise communication tool. With Lync, users can video or audio call, and instant message their contacts. This capability is becoming more and more pervasive in business as the ...

Watch a slideshow of what we love about Lync That’s all history with Microsoft Lync 2010, which officially ships on Dec. 1, and replaces OCS. We’ve been testing the software for several weeks and we ...