Microsoft Lync… Of course It’s the new OCS:)

I am thrilled to share with you this announcement from our UC team about the next release of OCS (Microsoft Lync)… Yes, Lync is the new name for the next generation of our real-time communications products, known until today as Communications Server and Communicator. Lync will continue on our UC vision by unifying enterprise voice, instant messaging and web, audio and video conferencing into a new, connected communications experience that you will enjoy using, playing and working with it…

I’ve been using Lync since it’s in early beta stage and I was really happy with the facilities, features and the audio quality. With the 2010 release, we will use Lync as the ‘family’ brand and within each of our communications products:

Product	2010 Release	2007 Release
Family	Microsoft Lync	Microsoft Office Communications
The server	Microsoft Lync Server 2010	Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2
The client	Microsoft Lync 2010	Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2
The service	Microsoft Lync Online	Microsoft Office Communications Online
The web client	Microsoft Lync Web App	Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access

Go ahead and read the official announcement at the UC team blog here https://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/09/13/introducing-microsoft-lync-the-next-ocs.aspx

The press release https://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/sep10/LyncPR.mspx

Download the RC version from here https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=29366ba5-498f-4d21-bc3e-0b4e8ba58fb1 and enjoy having fun with it…