Originally Posted by
mgcsinc
Man, I continue to be amazed at Microsoft's inability to develop appealing names for its products. I googled this and received a bunch of IT gobbledygook that seems to translate roughly to "like Google Voice, but elevendy times as expensive because we've labeled it a 'solution'."
I think Lync is basically a corporate version of the old messenger that works for internal connections. I know the company I used to work at used it - we could use it for IM, to send/receive files, screen share, online meetings, etc.