Professional instant Messaging.
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 (and later on Skype), they have a different feature set that is targeted toward corporate environments.
The hardware visio conference.
The IT department’s challenge is to make video meetings in conference rooms more effective, reduce video support calls and eliminate the need for “in room” video support services to get video meetings started.
For Microsoft® Lync® users, the Polycom® CX5100 unified conference station answers these challenges with a truly unique around-the-table video collaboration solution whom offers a 360 degrees view.
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At a business meeting at a computer store for a presentation on Office 365, the commercials showed us the possibilities offered by the Office WebApps OnLine.
Topics included on the Exchange email, work simultaneously on shared files, Share Point, the storage spaces ... but the theme that has most caught our attention was Microsoft Lync, and then a conference station offering a panoramic 360.
The company has subsidiaries and wants to reduce the blows of travel and optimize the exchange via the various entities of the enterprise.
Used for instant messaging, Lync can also be used for telephony and eliminates PABX / IPBX traditional, architecture enterprise telephony to Lync Server 2013 is designed to provide a high level availability data centers thanks to the resilience of remote servers and appliances through sites.
(iretrieved information on: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Lync_Server)
During the commercial presentation has explained that the 5100 Polycom allowed to make automatic zooming on the person who spoke to attract the attention of other participants.