Microsoft Sri Lanka has
released Microsoft Lync, the
next generation of
communications that
connects people in new ways.
Starting today, Lync is
available to all business
customers in the country.
Recently released by
Microsoft Corp. in the US
markets, Lync is a single
platform that integrates
instant messaging, presence,
audio, video and web
conferencing and voice to
bring people together in the
ways they communicate best.
Lync provides one interface
that works with applications
that businesses know and use
today, including Microsoft
Office, Microsoft SharePoint
and Microsoft Exchange.
Microsoft Lync is now known
as the new family brand for
the products formerly known
as Microsoft Communications
Server, Microsoft Office
Communications Online and
Microsoft Office
Communicator which now
also includes Microsoft Lync
Web App and Microsoft Lync
Online.
“Lync delivers on Microsoft’s
vision to unify all of the areas
of modern business
communication, giving
people a more collaborative
experience with features like
HD video conference
recording activity feeds,” said
Mr. Pubudu Basnayake –
SMS&P Director, Microsoft
Sri Lanka. “In addition to
transforming how people
communicate, IT
departments can also benefit
from Lync and evolve their
infrastructure while
enhancing or eliminating
their traditional PBX systems,
saving time and money. ”
Microsoft Lync can make
every engagement a virtual
face-to-face meeting,
because any interaction can
include video and audio
conferencing, application and
desktop sharing, instant
messaging, and telephony.
Lync has been designed from
the ground up to work with
Microsoft Office, SharePoint
and Exchange, which helps
reduce end-user adoption
hurdles and increase return
on investment. People can
also stay connected to others
on a wide range of devices
while away from the office
and manage their
communications and calls in
new ways, such as easily
moving a call from a PC to a
mobile device while leaving
the office without disrupting
the conversation.
Microsoft Lync is now
available as a hosted
solution. Microsoft recently
announced Office 365, an
always-up-to-date cloud
service that brings together
Lync, SharePoint, Exchange,
and Office. IM, presence and
conferencing will be
available in Office 365 via
Lync Online, which will be
available later this year.
Office 365 gives people the
power of Office with the
capabilities of Microsoft ’s
market-leading servers – all
in a single cloud service.
Office 365 is considered to be
a new approach to cloud
applications altogether. It
brings Office desktop
software and Office Web
Apps to business cloud
services for the first time. It
also entails more complete
versions of Exchange,
SharePoint and Lync and a
new platform with single sign
in, federated identity,
scripting and more.
The Lync
Web App is a browser-based
application that enables
people to either join a
meeting through the browser
or download the client to
their desktop.
Lync Online is
a rich application that
includes IM, Presence, web
conferencing and peer-to-
peer audio (PC to PC). It has
all of the Lync Server
functionality (integration into
Office, SharePoint, and
Exchange) and collaboration
tools (desktop sharing,
document sharing,
whiteboard, etc.).
The Microsoft Office
Communicator Mobile offers
a variety of features that
extend far beyond those
offered by others in the
industry. Users of Office
Communicator Mobile can
“ hand off” a call to an
alternate number such as a
home phone or mobile
phone when answered or
redirect the call when it
rings. Some of the other
features are that voicemails
appear as emails and a
preview transcription
accompanies the voicemail
ready to play on the mobile
device. Enterprise Cellular
Telephony (ECT) allows calls
made to a user’s desk phone
to automatically generate an
“ incoming call” notification
on their Communicator
Mobile phone and Instant
Messaging and presence
allows users to see status of
availability of their contacts
and provides access levels to
control the amount and type
of presence information is
available to them.
In order to make Microsoft
Lync as user friendly as
possible, today, Lync is
already available on IE, Safari
and Firefox. Microsoft
pledges that it will continue
to evaluate other browsers
based on customer demand
so that Lync can be used on
competitive browsers as well.
In keeping with the intention
of being user friendly
Microsoft Lync is available
for business customers
worldwide in over 150
countries and in more than
38 languages.
Microsoft Lync 2010 and
Microsoft Lync Server 2010 is
available for purchase in Sri
Lanka.
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