The feature enhancements and additions are obviously too numerous to do them any justice in a single blog post. Outlook Presence New features in Lync 2013 Meeting tools are added to Outlook, presence is connected to SharePoint as well as Outlook, and new in Lync 2013, Exchange server allows for a unified contact store with user information and even high-res photos so you can put a face to the name. Lync also integrates with other Microsoft products to quickly and easily connect with anyone. The same is true for telecommute workers using their own computers with the Lync client installed without having to create a VPN connection into the network. This allows mobile clients on devices such as Android, iPhone, and Windows Mobile to connect and utilize all of the features as if they were connected to the local network. You can quickly and easily set up screen sharing, add other users to an existing conference, and even utilize dial-in connections for audio making Lync extremely effective facilitating the connection of any and all types of users.Įdge servers can be deployed into the DMZ to allow remote connections to Lync. Web, audio, video, and IM conferencing are all supported natively in Lync. Users can also answer phone calls, transfer, and divert incoming calls directly from their client. Used to replace or augment current PBX systems, it is a complete telephony system that provides presence integration as I mentioned above.

Microsoft Lync is also an enterprise voice solution.

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