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 ...

The third of Microsoft's new Office servers available in public beta (Customer Preview) form is its next-generation unified-communications product, Lync Server 2013. Microsoft officials have said ...

The Office 365 services and the Office Web Apps aren't the only parts of Office getting regular updates under Microsoft's new 'continuous development' approach: there are new tools coming to Office ...

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 ...

Lync Server is a powerful communications platform, but there are several things you can do to further improve its performance. Microsoft Lync Server is a highly effective platform for voice and video ...

The load balancing requirements for Lync 2013 will be quite similar to those of Microsoft's previous-generation server for unified communications. At least that's the viewpoint of an expert with Kemp ...

Microsoft announced today that two of its big-name communications services – consumer-facing Skype and enterprise-ready Lync – will now interoperate, meaning users can access their Lync contacts via ...

Skype, Messenger, Facebook and other apps provide endless ways to stay in touch, but for the professional business person, there is generally Lync, as mandated by the IT department happily glued to ...

Microsoft Lync Server 2013 does a commendable job building on the features introduced in Lync Server 2010, making the transition to this new version compelling for IT managers and unified ...

The new Lync app, slated for release at the end of October 2012, will be optimized for touchscreen devices (which at this point covers virtually any mobile device released in the last few years) and ...

Microsoft is at it again, preparing to roll out new versions of its suite of business servers. Last week, I detailed eight great new features in the forthcoming Exchange 2013. This week, I turn my ...

Microsoft has rolled out the first phase of integrating Lync and Skype. Merging the two together makes both services better, but an even better solution would be to eliminate one of them altogether.