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’s Lync product group today rounded out its lineup of mobile apps with the release of apps for iPhone and iPad, bringing a core component of business communications lineup to the Apple ...

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 ...

Microsoft has completed the first phase of the integration between its enterprise unified communications (UC) Lync server and its Skype consumer IM and IP telephony network. The company announced on ...

Microsoft provided an updated roadmap for its Lync unified-communications platform on February 19, the opening day of the company's first Lync Conference in San Diego ...

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 ...

Alyson Behr has more than 15 years of experience writing about technology and has been a contributing editor for leading product-testing labs. Want a flexible, enterprise-ready unified messaging ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. In a move that further blurs the boundaries of work and home, Microsoft is ...

Microsoft has taken a fundamentally different approach in some key areas, and it's required some adjustment by enterprises. Most premises-based communications solutions are architecturally similar to ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft has released Lync 2010 for multiple mobile platforms. Lync is Microsoft’s corporate communication app ...

Company chairman and co-founder Bill Gates helps demo Microsoft's newest communication product, which combines IM, audio and video chat, and a voice service. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now ...

Microsoft today launched Lync 2010, the next generation of Office Communications Server (OCS). Unlike OCS, Lync manages various forms of communication from one UI: instant messages, voice calls, video ...