Lync 2013 CU1–February 2013

It’s here! There’s a CU1 for Lync 2013 already!! Released separately, the client updates (two of them) were released on Feb 11th, with the server side arriving on the 26th. Client Updates The client updates are detailed here, and this package includes a handful of feature enhancements, as well as the expected bugfixes. One such …

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Federating Skype and Lync

One of the highlights of the Lync Conference in San Diego (Feb 2013) was the demonstration and revelation of much of the workings of the long-awaited Lync Federation with Skype. Here’s a bullet-point summary of what I took from the sessions: Federation will require an update to the Skype client (to v6.x – release TBD). …

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Hey, UM, Don’t Record Messages – I’m on Holidays!

Coming back from holidays and finding your Inbox with hundreds of new messages is something I think we all dread, especially when you KNOW many of them are no longer relevant because the sender received your OOF message and took their issue elsewhere. (Thankfully Outlook 2010’s “MailTips” have helped to reduce that figure). If you’re …

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