A team of expert Lync consultants and implementers bring together in-the-trenches guidance for all facets of planning, integration, deployment, and administration. The company is far from done - Microsoft has already disclosed what’s in the pipeline for the next few months: enterprise voice and new devices for meetings. Lync Server 2013 Unleashed is the most comprehensive, realistic, and useful guide to Microsoft Lync Server 2013, todays leading Unified Communications system. Now Microsoft has delivered, after releasing a technical preview in March. The company promised Skype for Business would remain an Office 365 service when it launched sometime “in the first half of 2015.” Skype for Business is essentially Skype with Lync’s enterprise security, compliance, and control features.īack in November, Microsoft announced it would be replacing its enterprise-focused instant messaging app Lync with a new Skype for Business tool. Microsoft says transferring a call now takes only one touch or click instead of three (why this could only be done as part of a rebrand is beyond us).īecause Skype for Business is built right into Office, features like presence, IM, online meetings, and voice and video calls are all integrated into the company’s productivity apps.
Skype for Business builds on all of the capabilities of Lync, including content sharing and telephony. Microsoft Lync, formerly known as Microsoft Office Communicator, uses Microsoft Lync Server, the software infrastructure for enterprise instant messaging, presence, VoIP, conferencing, and so on.
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Details on how to switch to Lync mode are available on Microsoft’s TechNet and Office Support pages.
If this sounds like it’s a little too fast for your business, don’t worry Microsoft will be offering the ability for administrators to switch between Skype for Business and the traditional Lync user interface.