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 ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft updated its Lync collaboration software for Windows 8.1, a relatively minor update that still makes one wonder why Lync and Microsoft’s Skype aren’t a single product. Upgrading ...

Lync 2013 has a variety of benefits that businesses can take advantage of to make internal and external communications more effective and efficient. Lync, which comes bundled with Office 365 business ...

One of the main news stories from last week's Lync Conference in Las Vegas was that the next release of Lync would support not just Skype audio and IM, but also video. The intention is to provide ...

Microsoft made a lot of announcements at the Lync conference this week. First up, it's adding an Android tablet Lync client to the iOS, Windows Phone and Windows clients that are already available. It ...

Microsoft today announced it has completed the integration of its enterprise-focused Lync tool into the consumer-based Skype service. As a result, Lync and Skype users around the world can now connect ...

As an IT admin, I like to think I’m pretty flexible. I like learning new things, and I’m always happy to play with new technology. But I’ve had a hard time with Lync, Micxrosoft’s videoconferencing ...

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 ...

Microsoft Lync, which is available in a trial download to anyone and will be available to business customers on Dec. 1 in 38 languages and 150 countries, weaves together enterprise VoIP, instant ...

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Microsoft's Lync communications server is to be rebranded. The next version, due to be released next year, will be named instead Skype for Business. It will retain Lync's infrastructure—the ability to ...