MS Lync

[jc1875]

Tried a search but its broken, so apologies if there's another Lync thread i've not spotted.

Anyone else installed (or upgraded from OCS)?
We had a small pilot running last year which worked well, and integrated enterprise voice over the summer.
So much simpler to use than the old meridian/nortal system we had.

The head perfromed a job interview with an applicant in Spain and it worked well. Vocemail/UM features working well.
Federation is a doddle and works really well.

I dont think I could go back to using a standard 'old style' phone system.

[RabbieBurns]

Is lync included in the EES agreement or is there extra licensing / CALS required?

[jc1875]

Is lync included in the EES agreement or is there extra licensing / CALS required?

For staff its included in the ees agreement.
if you go enterprise voice, you need to add that as a plus cal (ours was £4.06 per staff member)

If we move pupils to office 365 we dont have to pay for their exchange external access and we could offer them lync at 0 cost (have staff onsite, pupils offsite)

[jc1875]

new Lync clients for WM and android are very slick. Just waiting on iPhone, iPad, Nokia symbian and BBerry clients.
No VOIP or video (yet?) but very slick.

[MatthewL]

Is there much between OCS and the new Lync software, it is something I don't know too much about.

[jc1875]

Is there much between OCS and the new Lync software, it is something I don't know too much about.

OCS wasnt a PBX replacement. Lync is.
We've been running it for almost a year now (summer '11 install). The feature that high on the 'what do i need that for' list, was presence. Now when you ask staff what they like most, you guessed it, is presence!