Is this the fault of Google, or MS, or both (lack of cooperation between the 2 behemoths)?

Was there any proper warning spread by MS and properly communicated to Lync admins over the planet before issuing such a drastic change? Was the Technet page \ supported browsers for LWA updated, and highlighted with red background color because this is something that was working 23 months before (since RTM 2012 September) but got broken the moment the CU is applied?

Some of my questions are purely rhetoric (as I know already the answer: for example Technet page is outdated, no warning sign and says Chrome still supported for LWA: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425820.aspx ).

If that is a way to move users away from Google Chrome, I think it's a wrong way..

Opening meeting URL in Chrome showed me disable plugin mark next to bookmark star. Clicking on it and enabling plugin made it work again. Check that. (My Chrome version is 39.0.2171.95 m)

This is so wrong, not supporting such a dominant browser.

Face it Google lovers, Microsoft doesn't have to support everything Google has. You think Google supports Microsoft products the same way? I am guessing it is more like something that Google isn't doing to follow standards. Does Google follow standards? Nope. If you install the Chrome browser in windows, it doesn't require UAC as it installs into the user's profile - not Program Files. That is two no-nos.

While they may not get along... from a user perspective, we don't care. If Microsoft wants Lync (or Skype for Business) to be a great communications product, they need to support the dominant browsers in the industry.

This is really not helpful... Can we at least have an explanation? I've spent a lot of time and effort pushing Lync as a highly interoperable and vendor agnostic solution, and I really believed that Microsoft had turned a corner on this. Is this the beginning of a new strategic direction or just down to a temporary technical issue?

Google no longer supports this feature; not vice versa. Microsoft would like to get its product in front of as many people as possible, as proven by their office apps on iOS and Android devices, Salesforce, and Dropbox compatibility.

Was going to move our 100 seats of Lync/Exchange 2013 to Office 365 after MS made repeated promises of cross-platform compatibility directly to us. Obviously that's not true- farewell Exchange and Lync, MS I'm kicking you to the curb.

Want a platform that works on any major OS and Platform (including linux and mac), checkout Google Apps.

Google seems to do whatever they want, including making Chrome do whatever works for them. They are an advertising company driven by clicks.

>Google no longer supports this feature; not vice versa.
Google does not support HTML5, H264 and streaming audio? What a plot twist! I bet they switched to Internet Explorer!