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 ...

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 ...

On May 29, Microsoft made available the first phase of its promised integration between its Lync and Skype communications services. As of today, according to Microsoft, users of the two services can ...

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 ...

[Update, Tuesday morning: Microsoft’s Office 365 announcement is now out, detailing the updates to the subscription service, but the company isn’t providing any update on Microsoft’s plans for Lync ...

Previous versions of Microsoft’s IP PBX were called Office Communications Server (OCS), but with the new Office 2010 version, the company came up with the new name of name Lync. Trial versions of Lync ...

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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 ...

On Monday, Microsoft made available its Lync 2010 client app for Windows Phone. The smartphone app for enterprise users can now be downloaded at the Windows Marketplace Web site. Microsoft indicated ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...