Lync Team Blog
Lync Team blog being consolidated
To all the loyal Lync enthusiasts who have come to know and love the Lync Team Blog, thank you for...
Date: 05/01/2014
Update on Lync Phones
As Lync continues to experience incredible momentum in the market, our partner ecosystem is growing...
Date: 04/22/2014
Update your firewall now with this new CRL endpoint
The Lync team has recently discovered additional steps for Lync Online admins to take to ensure...
Date: 04/16/2014
March update to Lync Windows Store App now available
Date: 03/20/2014
February 2014 Update for the Lync Desktop Client
Nikolay Muravlyannikov, Lync Program Manager II Debbie Arbeeny, Lync Program Manager II Tim Woo,...
Date: 02/25/2014
To Lync Conference 2014: Thank you!
To the folks who couldn't be here, thank you for engaging with us over social, watching the keynote,...
Date: 02/20/2014
Behind the Scenes at the Lync Conference 2014 Keynote Demo
By Tim Woo, Technical Product Manager and Lync Demo Lead Day One of Lync Conference 2014 is over and...
Date: 02/19/2014
Lync Mobile update for Android phones: Rejoin and Conversation Continuum
Written by: Barak Manor As we stated in our last Lync Mobile blog, we are not leaving Android...
Date: 02/11/2014
SDN at the Lync Conference: Wi-FI with Aruba
By Jamie Stark, Sr Product Manager, Lync In just one week, the worldwide Lync Community will be...
Date: 02/10/2014
Lync Mobile update for iOS and Windows Phone: Viewing Uploaded PowerPoint presentations, Voice Commands on Windows Phone and a new look for iOS7
Written by Barak Manor The latest release of Lync mobile for Windows Phone and iOS7 devices adds the...
Date: 01/23/2014
Lync and Software-Defined Networking
By Jamie Stark, Sr Product Marketing Mgr, LyncA little-known fact about the engineering team for...
Date: 12/16/2013
New Lync app for Windows 8.1 now available
Many of you have installed the Windows update and are enjoying the new, cool features of Windows...
Date: 12/03/2013
Improving Quality of Meeting Recordings
By Tolga Kilicli, Product Owner, Microsoft We released the Lync 2013 client for Windows almost a...
Date: 12/02/2013
Emergency Services (E9-1-1) is not supported in Lync Windows Store App
Like the Lync mobile apps, the Lync Windows Store App should not be used for contacting an emergency...
Date: 11/15/2013
November 2013 Update for the Lync 2013 Desktop Client
Nikolay Muravlyannikov, Lync Program Manager IIDebbie Arbeeny, Lync Program Manager IITim Woo, Lync...
Date: 11/12/2013
Lync voice leading in enterprise shipments
Some people were skeptical at our Unified Communications Launch in 2007, when Bill Gates said that...
Date: 10/21/2013
New Features Available for Windows Phone, iPhone and iPad Lync mobile apps
When we announced our latest Lync Online and Lync Server 2013 mobile clients earlier this year, we...
Date: 10/08/2013
Microsoft Lync 2013 Secures Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) Certification
Yesterday on the Fire Hose blog, we announced Lync 2013 has achieved JITC certification for Voice,...
Date: 09/27/2013
Lync 2013 Mobile: Get more from your meetings
By Angela Chin, Program Manager, Lync Mobile Team The recent updates for Lync for Windows Phone and...
Date: 08/26/2013
Guided walk-through for troubleshooting communication between Lync Online users and their federated contacts
Need help setting up communication between Lync online users and their federated contacts in other...
Date: 08/13/2013
Thank you for our momentous year -- a recap of the Worldwide Partner Conference
Last week at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, I got the chance to talk about our...
Date: 07/21/2013
New Lync features available to make meetings even better
By Shelly Marston, Technical Product Manager, Lync Customers often tell me that meetings are among...
Date: 07/16/2013
July 2013 Updates for the Lync 2013 Desktop Client
By Debbie Arbeeny, Lync Program Manager II Article updated 03/14/14. We are pleased to introduce...
Date: 07/16/2013
The Lync Windows Store App keeps getting better!
By Phil Garding, Sr Program Manager, Lync Many thanks to all who have downloaded the Lync Windows...
Date: 06/24/2013
Lync-Skype connectivity available today
By BJ Haberkorn, Director Lync Product Marketing We are thrilled to announce the availability of...
Date: 05/23/2013
Lync Mobile Push Notifications
By Girija Bhagavatula, Senior Program Manager, Lync Server Team If you are a Lync Mobile user on...
Date: 05/02/2013
Viewing Shared Media Content in Lync 2013 for iPad
By Roshin Lal Ramesan, Senior Program Manager, Lync Mobile Team When you’re in a Lync online meeting...
Date: 03/28/2013
2013 is the Year to Move Forward with Lync Enterprise Voice
By Giovanni Mezgec, GM, Lync MarketingLast week, I attended Enterprise Connect 2013, the largest...
Date: 03/26/2013
Lync 2013 Mobile: Starting, adding and switching between communication methods
By Angela Chin, Program Manager, Lync Mobile Team Lync’s mobile clients now have voice and video...
Date: 03/19/2013
Video Interop in Lync
By Shelly Marston, Senior Product Marketing Manager, LyncIn my role on the Lync Marketing team, I...
Date: 03/16/2013
Lync 2013 March VDI Update
The first update to the Lync VDI feature since Lync 2013 shipped is now available! If you use Lync...
Date: 03/13/2013
Why is Lync 2013 Mobile asking me to use Lync 2010?
By Jason Lewis, Program Manager, Lync Mobile TeamWe have been seeing some feedback asking “Why...
Date: 03/12/2013
Lync 2013 Mobile Apps Available for Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad and Android
By Jason Lewis, Program Manager, Lync Mobile Team Last month at Lync Conference we showed our Lync...
Date: 03/11/2013
Here's how we've improved the Windows Store Lync App!
by Phillip Garding, Senior Program Manager, Lync Team One of the things we announced at Lync...
Date: 03/04/2013
Lync-Skype Connectivity Arriving by June 2013
By Blake Shepard, Senior Business Planner, LyncOn February 19th Tony Bates, President of...
Date: 02/28/2013
The Lync Room System (LRS)
“If only someone would build Lync for a conference room” Lync is at the center of one of...
Date: 02/19/2013
Don’t miss the Virtual Launch Event for the New Office 365 for Business
Join us at our Virtual Launch Event on February 27th as we celebrate the availability of a major new...
Date: 02/15/2013
Lync 2013 - February 2013 Update
The Lync Desktop 2013 February update is now available for download! Click on the below link to get...
Date: 02/14/2013
Client Side Recording: Lync 2013
Meeting recordings are a core component of Microsoft’s Unified Communications solution. They...
Date: 01/08/2013
Lync 2013 Contact List Enhancements
The contact list is one of the most beloved features in Lync. In every release, the goal is to...
Date: 12/04/2012
What is Lync Persistent Chat?
What is Lync Persistent Chat?Have you ever wanted a single place where you can easily communicate...
Date: 11/30/2012
Lync and Yahoo! Federation End-of-Life
April 2013 Update: Service shut down date confirmed as June 30, 2014.As of September 1st, 2012, the...
Date: 11/26/2012
Finding Call Handling Features in Lync 2013
Call handling options are displayed differently in Lync 2013 than in Lync 2010. With the new...
Date: 11/12/2012
Lync Federation will continue as Windows Live Messenger transitions to Skype
Beginning this month, Microsoft will start helping Windows Live Messenger (WLM) users move to Skype,...
Date: 11/09/2012
Persistent Chat Features
As you know, Lync Persistent Chat Rooms make it easy for you to collaborate with the people you care...
Date: 11/08/2012