Consolidating Communications Channels
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I had a meeting a few weeks ago with Microsoft people and they don't use Lync themselves because of stability issues. They use Skype as well.
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@Minion-Queen said:
I had a meeting a few weeks ago with Microsoft people and they don't use Lync themselves because of stability issues. They use Skype as well.
I thought Skype was going to be branded as the new Lync? http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/11/7192929/skype-for-business-lync-replacement Not sure if this is relevant or not.
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@coliver said:
@Minion-Queen said:
I had a meeting a few weeks ago with Microsoft people and they don't use Lync themselves because of stability issues. They use Skype as well.
I thought Skype was going to be branded as the new Lync? http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/11/7192929/skype-for-business-lync-replacement Not sure if this is relevant or not.
That's what I was told.
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Yes it is from what I am hearing in all my partner meetings. Skype business is slated to be on the market this next year. They are moving away from the Lync Platform and to the Skype one.
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I think you guys have Elastix as your PBX would a jabber/xmpp client work for that type of communication? Or would that be just another method of communication that people would be confused over?
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Elastics used to have open fire in it (not sure now). It was more stable than Lync but wasn't as robust as Skype for things like video and screen sharing.
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@coliver said:
I think you guys have Elastix as your PBX would a jabber/xmpp client work for that type of communication? Or would that be just another method of communication that people would be confused over?
Used to. We have FreePBX now. We used to run OpenFire commercial as an IM hoster. It's a great product and we could totally use that and integrate it with AD and everything, but we need something a bit "more" than just that and, while I hate Skype, Skype seems to fit the bill better for the broader scope.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
I think you guys have Elastix as your PBX would a jabber/xmpp client work for that type of communication? Or would that be just another method of communication that people would be confused over?
Used to. We have FreePBX now. We used to run OpenFire commercial as an IM hoster. It's a great product and we could totally use that and integrate it with AD and everything, but we need something a bit "more" than just that and, while I hate Skype, Skype seems to fit the bill better for the broader scope.
Ah, good to know. I know openfire is a solid product but if you need something "more" as you said then Skype may be your only option for IM/Video/Screen Sharing... at least without having three different products to fill those niches. I just don't like Skype... too much of a resource hog for me.
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You can now use Skype (Facebook and Goggle Messanger as well) through the People web app. That has been really nice to use on my Chromebook. I think you can also do Lync as well through it but maybe that is via OWA.
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Following this has me a little disappointed in LYNC.. While I haven't used it much since we moved to O365, I had higher expectations - at least for a few people to be able to use to contact me. sigh Oh well,.. nothing is ever perfect.
Since I am still just getting started on SharePoint implementation, I can't offer much. My attempt to start using it without reading any whitepapers hasn't go exactly quite as I had hoped - Right off all I want to do is give everyone the 2015 Company Holiday Calendar...
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Don't worry too much. Lync sucks BUT Microsoft is addressing the situation by migrating people over to Skype and merging the two products.
