New Version, New Name

September 13, 2010

The press releases went up a few minutes ago so I can finally share this. The overly long winded name Microsoft Office Communications Server is no more. The entire product line (including Office Communicator) has been rebranded as “Lync”. The new product line will include:

You can read the full press release here: http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2010/sep10/LyncPR.mspx UPDATE: The UC Team has released some more details on their blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/uc/archive/2010/09/13/introducing-microsoft-lync-the-next-ocs.aspx