Microsoft is offering in-person training to help people learn to use the recently launched, ‘Skype for Business.’ In-person events will be held in Amsterdam, Johannesburg, Mexico City, and Sao Paulo.

Cloud-based Lync won’t be immediately available, but could eventually be a viable alternative to in-house software. Microsoft’s overhauled unified communications platform — Lync — will soon hit the ...

Lync 2013 has a variety of benefits that businesses can take advantage of to make internal and external communications more effective and efficient. Lync, which comes bundled with Office 365 business ...

Microsoft will be launching the Microsoft-hosted version of its Lync unified-communications server, known as Lync Online, alongside the rest of Office 365 this summer. At the Microsoft TechEd 2011 ...

Entering a phoneless world when switching over to VoIP and a unifed communications suite has cultural and technical challenges. The Marquette University IT group offers three tips on transitioning ...

Microsoft announced plans this week to rename Lync, its unified communications platform for organizations. The next version of Lync -- both Lync Server and the Office 365 service called Lync Online -- ...

Microsoft's Lync communication platform has been waiting for a mobile client for some time. It's been a significant hole in the Redmond giant's offering, especially given the importance of Lync as a ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft updated its Lync collaboration software for Windows 8.1, a relatively minor update that still makes one wonder why Lync and Microsoft’s Skype aren’t a single product. Upgrading ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 13, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release candidate of Microsoft Lync, the next generation of Microsoft’s unified communications software that enables people to ...