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 ...

Microsoft is rebranding its Lync unified communication products as "Skype for Business." The company announced the name change, as well as some target dates for the next versions of the offering on ...

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 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 ...

The instant messaging client for Lync Server, which was a unified enterprise communications system from Microsoft. Lync included messaging (IM), voice over IP (VoIP) and Web conferencing. Previously ...

Skype and Microsoft Lync are now connected, and it means those who use the Microsoft communications network can now reach out to a wider audience of Skype users. Microsoft bought Skype in 2011, and ...

Microsoft today announced it will be replacing its enterprise-focused instant messaging app Lync with a new Skype for Business tool. The company is promising Skype for Business will remain an Office ...

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 ...

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 will rebrand Lync, its enterprise communications tool ‘Skype for Business.’ The change will see Lync’s interface harmonized to something close to the current Skype’s interface. Skype for ...

Microsoft this week will launch Lync, the latest version of its unified communications and collaboration platform that, like competitive products, promises to change the way businesses do business by ...

According to Yanzhao Zhang, a program manager on the Lync team, the new reporting solution will enable IT users see what kinds of devices were used to take part in peer-to-peer communications or ...