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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 now delivers complete presence, instant messaging, conferencing and enterprise voice capabilities through a single, easy-to-use interface that is consistent across PC, browser, and mobile device. Administrators benefit from a single, consistent management infrastructure, new capabilities to increase availability, and interoperability with existing systems.

New Features and Functionality

Unified Experience
  • Get easy access to presence, instant messaging, voice, and audio, video, and Web conferencing—all from the new Microsoft Lync 2010 client.
  • Use one set of contacts across Lync 2010 and Office applications.
  • Communicate with context from within the applications you use most, including Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft SharePoint.
  • Deliver access to presence, instant messaging, and other capabilities for workers on the go via PCs, browsers, and mobile phones.


Connect and Collaborate
  • Find the right people, make connections, and communicate more effectively with new rich presence features including pictures and location.
  • Leverage internal expertise more effectively with Microsoft SharePoint-based Skill Search.


Simple, Essential, Reliable Conferencing
  • Collaborate more effectively with built-in desktop and application sharing, PowerPoint upload, and rich white boarding, including the ability to copy and paste images and other content.
  • Schedule and join meetings with a single click in Microsoft Outlook or the meeting reminder.
  • Place attendees in a virtual lobby for greater security and control over who can attend.


Complete Enterprise Voice Features
  • Delight your users with the features they need, a wide range of IP and USB devices, and the ability to work in the office, at home, or on the road.
  • Architect your deployment for high availability using data center resiliency and survivable branch appliances.
  • Manage bandwidth utilization and increase Quality of Experience with Call Admission Control, QoS markings, and an adaptive media stack that works well even on unmanaged networks like the Internet.
  • Meet North American regulatory requirements with flexible Enhanced 9-1-1 capability.


Powerful Deployment and Management Tools
  • Work with a PowerShell-based foundation for administration consistent with Exchange Server, Active Directory, and other Microsoft server products.
  • Get consolidated management tasks in one location with dramatically improved navigation through the new Silverlight-based, scenario -driven unified graphical management tool.
  • Improve security and administrative productivity with Role-based Access Control (RBAC) with built-in and customer-defined roles.
  • Get support for server virtualization of most OCS roles.


Extensibility
  • Easily embed Communicator UI elements in your applications, build your own client experience in .NET with open and documented APIs, and enhance contextual collaboration by launching applications right from Communicator.
  • Get platform support for sophisticated contact center and help desk scenarios, enable access to all UC-enabled services from any phone, and deliver state-of-the-art speech technology in 26 languages.
  • Significantly simplify deployment, operations, and interoperability with added features that improve provisioning, load-balancing, fail-over, and draining.
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