Microsoft Lync 2010 |
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Stable release | 2010 / 14 November 2010 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows,[1] Windows Phone 7, Android, iPhone and iPad running iOS 4.3 or later, and Symbian[2] |
| Platform | IA-32 and x86-64 |
| Size | 53 MB[1] – 55 MB[3] |
| Type | Instant Messaging and Collaborative software |
| License | Shareware[1][3] |
| Website | lync.microsoft.com |
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Microsoft Lync for Mac |
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Stable release | 2011 |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later[4][5][6] |
| Type | Instant Messaging and Collaborative software |
| License | Proprietary commercial software (Volume licensing only)[7] |
| Website | www.microsoft.com/mac/enterprise/lync |
Microsoft Lync (formerly Microsoft Office Communicator) and Microsoft Lync for Mac are instant messaging clients used with Microsoft Lync Server or Lync Online available with Microsoft Office 365 and Live@Edu. They are replacements for Windows Messenger which was used with Microsoft Exchange Server.
Both Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Lync for Mac are enterprise software; unlike Windows Live Messenger, they have an expanded feature set that is targeted toward corporate environments.
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As of January 25, 2011 Microsoft Lync 2010 was generally available.[8] The previous version was Office Communicator 2007 R2, released on March 19, 2009.[9] An even earlier version, "Office Communicator 2007" was released to manufacturing on 28 July 2007 and launched on October 27, 2007.[10] The full-featured desktop version of the client requires Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or newer.[11]
Microsoft Lync 2010 was released for iOS platform in Dec 2011[12]
There are a number of updates that have come out since the original release of the Lync client.
Basic features include instant messaging, Voice Over IP and Video Conferencing inside the client software. Advanced features are related to integration with other Microsoft software:
The main new features of this version are the addition of real-time multi-client Collaborative software capabilities, (which allow teams of people to see and simultaneously work on the same documents and communications session). These features are implemented as follow:
All collaboration sessions get automatically defined as conferences, where clients can invite more contacts. Conference initiators (usually called organizers) can either promote participants to act as presenters or demote them to act as attendees. They can also define some basic policies about what presenters and attendees are able to see and do. Deeper details of policy permissions are defined at server level.
Following Microsoft's $8.5billion acquisition of Skype in May 2011, the company plans to deploy the VoIP technology within Lync, as well as its Windows Live Messenger and Xbox Live services.
Lync uses a number of extensions to the SIP/SIMPLE instant messaging protocol for some features. As is the case with most instant messaging platforms, non-Microsoft instant messaging clients[15] that have not implemented these publicly available extensions[14] may not work correctly or have complete functionality. Lync supports federated presence and IM to other popular instant message services such as AOL, Yahoo, MSN, and any service using the XMPP protocol. Text instant messaging in a web browser is available via Lync integration within Exchange Outlook Web App.
Although other IM protocols such as AIM and Yahoo! do have wider support by third-party clients, these protocols have been largely reverse engineered by outside developers. Microsoft does offer details of its extensions on MSDN and provides an API kit to help developers build platforms that can interoperate with Lync Server and clients.
Microsoft is expected to add the ability to page other nodes: its absence has held up deployment in some educational environments as current PBX phone systems have this capability and need to retain it, whilst adding the other new functionality.
Microsoft has released three editions of Microsoft Communicator for mobile phones, dubbed Microsoft Communicator Mobile.[16] There are three editions of this products: Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile,[17] Communicator Mobile for Java[18] and Communicator Mobile for Nokia[19]
Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia was released on 4 May 2010. This version of Microsoft Communicator is made for S60 software platform 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2[19] and is initially made available for Nokia E72 and Nokia E52. This application is available from Nokia Ovi Store.[20][21] With the launch of Nokia E7-00, a supported Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia 2.0 has made into Symbian^3 operating system & it's available for download at Nokia Ovi Store.
Microsoft has also released a Lync client for the Windows Phone and Android. A Lync client for the iPhone and iPad was released on December 21, 2011. This requires running iOS 4.3 or later. [2]
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