Presented by Tom Arbuthnot at MUCUGL January 2012

1. Lync Community Update
Tom Arbuthnot
Consultant, Modality Systems and Lync MVP
@tomarbuthnot
http://www.lyncdup.com
tom@lyncdup.com

2. Lync News Roundup
• Microsoft at CES
• Lync Contact Manager
• InfoWorld Award
• New Case Studies
• Lync Hosting Pack
• Modality Supertoast
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3. Microsoft at CES
• Skype team confirm they are working on Lync
Integration
• Kinect for Windows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ldGb11XVG8
http://www.egyptnetwork.com/lynckin.aspx
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4. Lync Contact Manager Released
• Free Trial on Technet
• http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Lync-Contact-Migrator-5b47a429
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5. Lync wins InfoWorld product of the year
“Microsoft Lync 2010 takes a dramatically different approach to live
communications, weaving presence throughout the Microsoft Office experience."
http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/24605/infoworlds-2012-technology-the-year-award-winners-
183313#slide16
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6. New Lync Case studies
• University of the West of England
– UWE Bristol Boosts Competitive Edge, Enhances Education with
Unified Communications
• The Open University
– The Open University makes significant cost and efficiency savings
through the use of Microsoft Lync 2010
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
– CBA deployed Microsoft Lync Server 2010 and experienced 60%
adoption rate within 24 hours
• Swisscom
– Swiss Telecom Firm Reduces Costs and Builds Confidence with
Communications Upgrade
• http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/
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7. Lync Hosting pack launched
• Likely to see more hosted Lync offerings
• BT First off the mark
• “ The Lync Voice pilot will be offered to BT's U.S. customers out of the company's Texas
Operations Center and will be available under a 90-day trial period. Customers participating
in the pilot trial will be offered the opportunity to test a complete range of Lync functions.
Lync features and functionality will be modelled and tested under customer-specific
conditions.”
• http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=F20F5008-5C3F-4102-821B-
2A2DC3C6F07A
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8. Modality Systems Supertoast
• Free Lync Add-on available for download now
• What people say: “An easy to deploy, easy to use solution
to a nagging irritation. Now my boss and my boss’s boss
are no longer complaining about the fact that they miss
instant messages – so my life is happy.”
• http://www.modalitysystems.com/software/super-toast/
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9. Thank You
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