Lync Community Update

Tom ArbuthnotConsultant, Modality Systems and Lync MVP

@tomarbuthnot

http://www.lyncdup.com

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Lync News Roundup

• Microsoft at CES• Lync Contact Manager• InfoWorld Award• New Case Studies• Lync Hosting Pack• Modality Supertoast

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Microsoft at CES

• Skype team confirm they are working on Lync Integration

• Kinect for Windows

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ldGb11XVG8http://www.egyptnetwork.com/lynckin.aspx

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Lync Contact Manager Released

• Free Trial on Technet• http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Lync-Contact-Migrator-5b47a429

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Lync wins InfoWorld product of the year

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“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

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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

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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

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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

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Thank You

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