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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft says its renamed unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) platform – Lync – is ready to replace corporate PBXs, generating savings by centralizing call control and other phone ...

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 ...