Ummm…Redmond – we’ve got a problem. I’ve taken the position forever that Lync was the weakest link in Office 365. I don’t like it. I’ve had more messed-up meeting inside and outside Microsoft using Lync. It was a case of the “not ready for prime time players” (yea – kids won’t get that). Bottom line – I never felt Microsoft was a telecom and I have Response Point wounds to prove it. Lync only extended my belief.
So the news is this, starting in 2015, Lync will be known as Skype for Business. I contend Skype was a wise acquisition back in May 2011 (for $8.5 billion USD). It was unified communications for the small business (and I had hoped it would merge with Response Point. Never happened and then an enterprise-level UC play called Lync emerged.
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