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Not to be confused with Microsoft Lync Server, Linq, or Lynx (disambiguation).
Microsoft Lync
Developer(s)Microsoft
Stable release
2010 / 14 November 2010; 13 years ago (2010-11-14)
Operating systemWindows 7
Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2
Windows Vista with Service Pack 2
Windows XP with Service Pack 3[1]
PlatformIA-32 (32-bit) and x86-64 (64-bit)
Size53 MB[1] – 55 MB[2]
TypeInstant Messaging and Collaborative software
LicenseShareware[1][2]
Websitewww.microsoft.com/en-us/lync/communicator.aspx
Lync for Mac
Stable release
2011
Operating systemMac OS X
TypeInstant Messaging and Collaborative software
LicenseProprietary commercial software (Volume licensing only)[3]
Websitewww.microsoft.com/mac/enterprise/lync

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 Communicator for Mac are enterprise software; unlike Windows Live Messenger, they have an expanded feature set that is targeted toward corporate environments.

History

As of 2011 Microsoft ships Microsoft Lync 2010. The previous version was Office Communicator 2007 R2. An even earlier version, "Office Communicator 2007" was released to manufacturing on 28 July 2007 and launched in October 2007.[4] Office Communicator 2007 is an Innovative Communications Alliance (ICA) product.[citation needed] The full-featured desktop version of the client requires Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or newer.[5]

Office Communicator was launched in Q2 2005 as Office Communicator 2005 (code-named Istanbul before public release).[citation needed]

Features

Basic features include instant messaging, Voice Over IP and Video Conferencing inside the client software. Advanced features are related to integration with other Microsoft software:

  • Availability of contacts is based on Microsoft Outlook calendars stored in a Microsoft Exchange Server
  • Contact lists can be retrieved from a local directory service, like Microsoft Exchange Server
  • Microsoft Office can show if other people are working on the same document[6]
  • All communication between the clients is done through a Microsoft Office Communications Server local server. This makes communications more secure, as messages do not need to leave the corporate intranet, unlike with the Internet based Windows Live Messenger. The server can be set to relay messages to other instant messaging networks, avoiding installation of extra software at the client side.
  • A number of client types are available in the Office Communicator 2007 R2 Edition, including a mobile client.
  • Uses SIP as the basis for its client communication protocol[7]
  • Offers support for TLS and SRTP to encrypt and secure signaling and media traffic.
  • Allows sharing files.

The main new features of this version are the addition of real-time multi-client Collaborative software capabilities, (which allow teams of people to see and simultaneously work on the same documents and communications session) . These features are implemented as follow:

  • Collaboration through Whiteboard documents, where the participants have great freedom to share text, drawing and graphical annotations.
  • Collaboration through Power Point documents, where the participants can control and see presentations, as well as allow everybody to add text, drawing and graphical annotations.
  • Polling lists, where Presenters can organize polls and all participants can vote and see results.
  • Desktop sharing, usually by allowing participants to see and collaborate on your windows screen.
  • Windows applications sharing, by allowing participants to see and collaborate on a specific application.

All collaboration sessions get automatically defined as conferences, where clients can invite more contacts. Conference initiators (usually called organizers) can either promote participants to act as presenters or demote them to act as attendees. They can also define some basic policies about what presenters and attendees are able to see and do. Deeper details of policy permissions are defined at server level.

Extensions

Office Communicator uses a number of extensions to the SIP/SIMPLE instant messaging protocol for some features. As is the case with most instant messaging platforms, non-Microsoft instant messaging clients[8] that have not implemented these publicly available extensions[7] may not work correctly or have complete functionality. Specifically, Office Communicator requires the format of DOMAIN\username for the username. Standard SIP/SIMPLE implementations do not allow the use of the backslash character, "\".[9] Office Communicator does offer solutions that allow for federated presence and IM to other popular instant message services such as AOL, Yahoo, MSN, and XMPP messengers. A limited web client is offered with Microsoft Office Communications Server as an alternative.

Although other IM protocols such as AIM and Yahoo! do have wider support by third-party clients, these protocols have been largely reverse engineered by outside developers. Microsoft does offer details of its extensions on MSDN and provides an API kit to help developers build platforms that can interoperate with Office Communications Server 2007.[citation needed]

Microsoft is expected to add the ability to page other nodes: its absence has held up deployment in some educational environments as current PBX phone systems have this capability and need to retain it, whilst adding the other new functionality.[citation needed]

Microsoft Communicator Mobile

Microsoft has released three editions of Microsoft Lync for mobile phones, dubbed Microsoft Communicator Mobile.[10] There are three editions of this products: Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile,[11] Communicator Mobile for Java[12] and Communicator Mobile for Nokia[13]

Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia was released on 4 May 2010. This version of Microsoft Lync is made for S60 software platform 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2[13] and is initially made available for Nokia E72 and Nokia E52. This application is available from Nokia Ovi Store.[14][15] With the launch of Nokia E7-00, a supported Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia 2.0 has made into Symbian^3 operating system & it's available for download at Nokia Ovi Store.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Download details: Microsoft Lync 2010 Trial (32 Bit)". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Download details: Microsoft Lync 2010 Trial (64 Bit)". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 14 November 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Announcing Communicator for Mac". Office for Mac blog. Microsoft Corporation. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010. Communicator for Mac will be available to organizations that use the Office Communications Server. These enterprises, companies and education organizations will provide Communicator for Mac to their users as part of Office 2011. (Communicator for Mac will be available to volume licensing customers only.)
  4. ^ "Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Releases to Manufacturing". Lync Team Blog. Microsoft Corporation. 28 July 2007.
  5. ^ "Download details: Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 Trial Download". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 product overview". Microsoft Office. Microsoft. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 Protocol Documents". MSDN. Microsoft. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
  8. ^ "Pidgin project trouble ticket describing problems with Microsoft's SIP/Simple Implementation". Pidgin. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
  9. ^ "Adium Ticket #1541 New Enhancement". Adium.
  10. ^ Urban, Eric (3 August 2009). "Microsoft Communicator Mobile". Windows Phone Blog. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Communicator Mobile for Windows Mobile". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Communicator Mobile for Java". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Communicator Mobile for Nokia". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft Corporation. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011. Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for Nokia 1.0 is a new messaging client that is built on the Nokia S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (S60 3.2.3).
  14. ^ "Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia Debuts". Microsoft News Center. Redmond, Washington, United States: Microsoft Corporation. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  15. ^ King, Rachel (6 May 2010). "Microsoft and Nokia co-launch Microsoft Communicator Mobile". ZDNet. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

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