Almost a year after the release of Lync Microsoft has this week released the server code and supporting documentation for Lync mobile clients, with clients to follow sometime next week. While the lack of voice and video capabilities has disappointed some within the community I think this release is a good start. I emphasise that
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No Comments » Official details of the Lync mobile clients are drip feeding their way. Nokia blogged this week that they will have a Lync client for Symbian here. Windows Phone 7 Mango imminent release will have a Lync client. Blackberry support Lync with BES5 SP3, with the client available to downloaded on RIM’s app store. That just
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In a popular move for Mac and Lync users, MS this week have announced that a fully featured Lync client will be included in Office for Mac 2011 from October 1st. This will be a big win for IT departments wanting to convince senior executives on the value of deploying Lync. While we know that
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I’ve written before that I can see why Microsoft bought Skype at such a high valuation and it has to be based on selling advertising to the billions of potential Skype clients in the future. What I didn’t fully appreciate at the time is the potential benefit it could have for Lync. After speaking with
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I’m not sure how many orgainsations will have Lync (with an Edge Server) and BES 5 SP3 in their environment but if you do you are now be able to access Blackberry’s official Lync client. Unlike Microsoft’s Lync mobile clients which are coming this year the Blackberry client does not require the ‘Mobile’ server, although
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While there is still no definitive date set by Microsoft for the official release of Lync mobile client support the smoke signals currently puffing out of Redmond seem to be pointing towards a Q4 2011 release. It’s looking likely there will not be direct support for Lync mobile clients from the Edge server and a new
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Wow – two months sure flies by. I guess nothing much happened while I’ve been on a post hiatus? Oh wait… Microsoft buy Skype Google release Google+ Microsoft release their Kinect SDK Apple announce icloud and Lion Apple announce details of iOS5 Microsoft release more details of Windows 8, beta could be available this year
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Microsoft yesterday confirmed that their next major release of Windows Phone (7.5) will add an official Lync client. The video below provides a quick overview of some of the features available. As mentioned before Microsoft are focusing on IM/Presence and Click to Call in this release and will look to add VoiP and Video in
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In a prelude to a busy 6-9 months for Lync mobile clients the small team developing the unofficial Windows Phone client have released the necessary server to complement the Marketplace application. The REST server can be found here Implementing a dedicated server to push out information such as updates and AD is likely to be a
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Microsoft keynote at Enterprise Connect has just shown off the Lync mobile client for iPhone and it will be called iLync. Unfortunately there was no release date within the presentation other than 2011 but we are one step closer having an official Lync mobile client and it’s on the iPhone.
