Lync Community Update January 2012
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Presented by Tom Arbuthnot at MUCUGL January 2012
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Lync Community Update January 2012
- 1. Lync Community Update Tom Arbuthnot Consultant, Modality Systems and Lync MVP @tomarbuthnot http://www.lyncdup.com tom@lyncdup.com
- 2. Lync News Roundup • Microsoft at CES • Lync Contact Manager • InfoWorld Award • New Case Studies • Lync Hosting Pack • Modality Supertoast 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 2
- 3. Microsoft at CES • Skype team confirm they are working on Lync Integration • Kinect for Windows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ldGb11XVG8 http://www.egyptnetwork.com/lynckin.aspx 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 3
- 4. Lync Contact Manager Released • Free Trial on Technet • http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Lync-Contact-Migrator-5b47a429 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 4
- 5. Lync wins InfoWorld product of the year “Microsoft Lync 2010 takes a dramatically different approach to live communications, weaving presence throughout the Microsoft Office experience." http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/24605/infoworlds-2012-technology-the-year-award-winners- 183313#slide16 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 5
- 6. New Lync Case studies • University of the West of England – UWE Bristol Boosts Competitive Edge, Enhances Education with Unified Communications • The Open University – The Open University makes significant cost and efficiency savings through the use of Microsoft Lync 2010 • Commonwealth Bank of Australia – CBA deployed Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and experienced 60% adoption rate within 24 hours • Swisscom – Swiss Telecom Firm Reduces Costs and Builds Confidence with Communications Upgrade • http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/ 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 6
- 7. Lync Hosting pack launched • Likely to see more hosted Lync offerings • BT First off the mark • “ The Lync Voice pilot will be offered to BT's U.S. customers out of the company's Texas Operations Center and will be available under a 90-day trial period. Customers participating in the pilot trial will be offered the opportunity to test a complete range of Lync functions. Lync features and functionality will be modelled and tested under customer-specific conditions.” • http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=F20F5008-5C3F-4102-821B- 2A2DC3C6F07A 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 7
- 8. Modality Systems Supertoast • Free Lync Add-on available for download now • What people say: “An easy to deploy, easy to use solution to a nagging irritation. Now my boss and my boss’s boss are no longer complaining about the fact that they miss instant messages – so my life is happy.” • http://www.modalitysystems.com/software/super-toast/ 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 8
- 9. Thank You 19/01/2012 Microsoft Unified Communications User Group London (MUCUGL) 9