Microsoft even provides templates to work off and with the new Microsoft Lync controls for Microsoft Visual Studio, developers can simply drag and drop items like the cool Lync Contact Card, search bar, and other controls directly to the development canvas. The Microsoft Lync platform is a developers dream! If you are a Visual Studio developer, you need to start looking at the UCMA API and the Lync SDKs now, I mean right now! The ability to create the lightest of solutions by enabling the contact card and UC modalities within your existing applications is simple, but the ability to create your own customized Lync solution is just freaking awesome. This feature I believe is configurable (off/on) but from an application development perspective writing customer support applications, this is perfect for agent routing based on location/region which takes me to my next set of feedback. I also like the new dial pad and the contact status updates, but what's really cool is the ability to locate. This is great when you have more than one monitor like I do, especially awesome if you are a financial trader and have a plethora of them (Hefei, do you know what a plethora means?). Other stand-out features include the ability to separate out the video window from the client which provides better manipulation of the real estate of the screen. The Contact Card feature which is almost like a digital business card is present through the Lync 2010 client and throughout my Microsoft Outlook 2010 inbox as well as within our SharePoint Server 2010 Internet and Intranet portal sites wherever a contact is present. The interface is clean, sharp, HD-esque, and contacts are visible by photo instead of just a list of SIP addresses.
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The client upgrade from Communicator is hands down the best UI Microsoft has provided in 7 years since Windows Messenger.
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We have already connected an Intelepeer SIP Trunk to replace our existing SIP Trunking solution and are already using the full workload of features including voice, IM, audio/video, and web-conferencing through the new Microsoft Lync 2010 client.
My team and I have been part of the Microsoft Development and Infrastructure Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and have been working with Microsoft Lync through various beta stages and the current Release Candidate is simply awesome. Microsoft Lync Online (Hosted UC Service)
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The Microsoft Lync 2010 platform will include the following software products: Adding the development capabilities through Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 enhances the combined platform even further to the limit of imagination by providing solutions that integrate communication and collaboration functionality within line of business applications to help companies season their existing unique business processes. Partners already in the Microsoft Lync Development Technology Adoption Program will be releasing new CEBP software for the platform ready for the Lync official release with vertical industry and cross horizontal solutions.Īnother important note is that this release marks a milestone for Microsoft in the ability to truly connect its server platform architectures together like by providing a connected and integrated Unified Communications & Collaboration architecture by combining the power of the Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Exchange, and Microsoft SharePoint server environments offering customers within any industry the ability to collaborate and communicate like never before.
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In addition to the new platform features, and something that is near and dear to me personally, a complete update to the Microsoft Unified Communications Managed API, Lync client SDKs, and Lync Server SDKs will also be included. Since 2003, Microsoft has been working on developing the most innovative and feature rich unified communications platform starting with Instant Messaging with Office Live Communications Server 2003 - 2005, adding voice with Office Live Communications Server 2005 SP1 and Office Communications Server 2007 and the R2 release with the combining of the Microsoft RTC and Microsoft Exchange teams to create the Unified Communications Group, and now finally with the 2010 release, a fully functional Unified Communications & Collaboration platform.
I think that is an important item to note in that this is not a Version 1 product release from Microsoft. Having been a part of this community since its inception and watching the community grow in terms of partners, providers, systems integrators, and even within the Microsoft Unified Communications group itself, this is a very important milestone as we are now finally out of incubation and ready for primetime. As of, the Microsoft Lync 2010 platform has been officially announced.
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