I came across an excellent tutorial on installing and integrating Microsoft Lync 2010, Asterisk and Skype. The tutorial covers installing AsteriskNOW within a virtual machine on Windows, so you don't ...

Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 R2, which was released in early 2009, does a credible job of providing presence awareness, instant messaging, conferencing and voice capabilities.

Microsoft recently released Lync 2010 for iPad v4.2. Features include rich presence, instant messaging, audio conferencing, and calling features, but surprisingly no VoIP or video conferencing.

You may not have noticed, but Microsoft is making a strong play for a lucrative piece of the unified communications (UC) pie with Microsoft Lync 2010, its next-generation Office Communications Server.

Despite the name change and hype around its dramatic release candidate and RTM version, the net significance of Microsoft’s Lync 2010 release is that it brings the company’s unified communications and ...

"This combination of the best of both products will enable customers to connect and collaborate without constraints from suppliers, customers and partners with the reach of Skype and the controls, ...