Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2īecause it would create an enormous article to list all the new features, we will now have a look at just a few of the more interesting ones offered by Microsoft Lync Server 2010. In this table, we give the “new” names of all the members of the product family: On the 17th of November Lync reached the General Availability (GA) Status. Lync is a combination of “link” and “sync” and is chosen because Microsoft wanted a new name that reflected the major transformation of the product. On this Technet Blog Kirk Gregersen, Senior Director Microsoft Communications, explains how they have chosen the name. Some people might think “Why Lync?” That was my reaction too.

Together with the release candidate (RC), Microsoft also revealed the official new name of their product: Lync. A number of rumors about the new name spread around the internet: Among the possibilities that were mentioned were ‘Office Communications Server 2010’ and ‘Communications Server 10’. RebrandĬommunications Server “14” or Wave “14” were just code names for the new version. On the 13th of September Microsoft released the release candidate (RC) of Communications Server “14” also then known as Wave “14”. These were then published on TechEd online. Many presentations were given that included demos. In June 2010 Microsoft gave a lot more information at TechEd North America, which was held in Orlando. In the background a Technology Adoption Program (TAP) program had already started with several customers and partners. Some features were presented to the public: Call Admission Control, Location Awareness, Branch Office Survivability and tighter integration with SharePoint, Office and Exchange. On the 22nd of March 2010 at VoiceCon Microsoft officially announced Lync, at that moment called Wave “14”. It works with Office, SharePoint and Exchange: It makes it possible to converse with other people, such as the users of Windows Live Messenger.

Lync, just like OCS, manages various forms of communication from a single user-interface: voice calls, video calls, instant messages, meetings, and shared whiteboard sessions. Microsoft Lync 2010 is the replacement for Office Communications Server (OCS).

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