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Lync Online: Office 365 Small Business Admins: Action May Be Required to Turn on Lync-Skype Connectivity

NextHop — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:32:00 GMT

Microsoft recently announced the availability of Lync Skype connectivity . If you’re an Office 365 Small Business admin and want your users to be able to add Skype users to their Lync Contacts list, you may need to toggle the External Communications...(read more)

Announcing the Release of Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack

NextHop — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:09:00 GMT

The Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack enables service providers to sell value-added, Lync-based solutions to small and midsized customers. The hosting pack topology, based on Lync Online, enables partners to offer a more cost-effective topology...(read more)

Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Jump Start

NextHop — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:20:00 GMT

Attend the Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013 JumpStart series live on June 13-14, and get your questions answered. There will even be some surprises! Author : Rui Maximo Published : June 11, 2013 Product version...(read more)

Upload Multiple Lync Phone Edition Firmware Updates to Single or Multiple Pools with New PowerShell Script

NextHop — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:04:00 GMT

If you’re having trouble staying on top of updates for Lync Phone Edition devices, this is your lucky day. Lync MVP, Pat Richard of Ehlo World! blog fame, has created a new PowerShell script that does the heavy lifting for you. With this script...(read more)

Lync Online: Troubleshooting Lync-Skype Connectivity

NextHop — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:00:00 GMT

With the recent release of Lync-Skype connectivity, Lync unified communications capabilities are now extended to hundreds of millions of Skype users. And there are of course lots of questions. Check out this Lync Online article for tips, tricks, and workarounds...(read more)

Lync Server 2010 and 2013 Bandwidth Calculator Version 2.0

NextHop — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:30:00 GMT

With this latest version of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and 2013 Bandwidth Calculator, you can enter information about your users and the Lync Server features that you want to deploy, and the Bandwidth Calculator will determine bandwidth requirements...(read more)

Lync for Mac 14.0.5

NextHop — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:30:00 GMT

This article describes a number of new customer requested fixes and enhancements to the latest version of Microsoft Lync for Mac 14.0.5. Author : Terry Adams, Microsoft Program Manager Published : June 7, 2013 Product version : Lync for Mac 14...(read more)

Migrating from Group Chat Server 2010 to Persistent Chat Server 2013

NextHop — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:00:00 GMT

Persistent Chat Server is a Lync Server 2013 component that provides chat services and enable users to take part in multiparty topic-based chat sessions. The added value of Persistent Chat Server 2013, compared to the earlier Group Chat Server, is the...(read more)

Lync Server 2013 Networking Guide: Network Planning, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting with Microsoft Lync Server

NextHop — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:20:00 GMT

The Lync Server 2013 Networking Guide: Network Planning, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting with Microsoft Lync Server white paper is now available from the Microsoft Download Center. This white paper provides a model for managing the network infrastructure...(read more)

Hot Off the Press: Microsoft Lync 2013 Unified Communications: From Telephony to Real Time Communication in the Digital Age

NextHop — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Hi, I’m Desmond Lee, Lync MVP and author of leedesmond’s blog . This past year, I had the opportunity to contribute to the technical review for the newly released book, Microsoft Lync 2013 Unified Communications: From Telephony to Real Time...(read more)