Lync Basic 2013 provides all the basic functionality that’s available in the full version of Lync (Lync 2013).
Again this is not even factoring in the additional costs to support, maintain and upgrade the server. With Lync Server 2013, it is possible to create one or more rules that assist in manipulating the calling number prior to routing it to the trunk. The annual costs of this are only 2,760 per year so the on-premise installation costs the same as eight years on Lync Online. Lync integrates with other Office programs and is available for Windows, Mac, Windows Phone, iPhone, iPod, Android, and Office 365 subscribers. In your first year the cost of running Lync Online would be 3,155 (monthly costs + setup).
Exam 70-337: Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013. You’ll find a link to the latest version of this client on my Lync 2013 Resource Toolkit page.With Lync, you can keep track of your contacts’ availability send an instant message and start or join an audio call, video call, or online meeting-all through a consistent, familiar interface. Youll sit the following exams needed to get your MCSE: Communication certification: Exam 70-336: Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013. (I wonder if it has a separate build number so Administrators of on-prem deployments can block this through Client Version Policy?) Download Whether it takes off beyond the Office365 community remains to be seen, but it’s likely to come in handy for those who sometimes work from home and might want to login to the corporate Lync from their home PC. (I’m expecting a free-standing VL version of the client will materialise eventually). Interestingly, when you launch it, it first comes up as just Lync (in the title bar) before a second or so later revising that to Lync Basic:Īt the moment this is the first free-standing Lync 2013 client, so it has a particular market in us early-adopters. Thankfully it’ll also happily co-reside with Lync 2010, and works with Profiles For Lync 2013 as well.
Quick launch deployment includes a 60-day trial license for Lync Server 2013.
It reports itself to Windows 8 as Lync 2013, without any qualification: Lync Server 2013 architecture shown in Figure 1 in your AWS account in about 15 minutes.
I chose Customize, but let it install the defaults for that option.
Next came the Licence agreement, which I didn’t bother to capture. Microsoft Lync Basic 2013 gives you instant messaging (IM), audio and video calls, online meetings, availability (presence) information, and sharing capabilities all from one, easy-to-use program. Installation walk-throughįirst off, if you have the Lync 2013 Preview client installed, it’ll need to go.Īfter you run Setup (and agree to the UAC popup), you’re reminded that Lync is an Office 2013 application: Microsoft’s kindly provided a client comparison table that highlights the differences. And Tools / Options / Call Forwarding confirms the team calling and forwarding options have indeed gone: The loss of Gallery video view is probably the most noticeable loss for me.