Saturday, August 2, 2014

Lync Server vs Lync Online


Again, Customer ask me about cloud and on-premise. I know everyone has a question in your mind. I share customer question below

1.       Do you have the compare datasheet between Lync Server 2013 and Lync Online?
[Answer]
Lync Online Service Description
Client Comparison Tables
When to Use Lync Server VS. When to Use Lync Online
2.       If customer would like to know how to integrate Lync and Exchange Server 2010, which’ s better Lync Server or Lync Online? What’s the limitation?
[Answer]
Based on our experience, Lync server is better, and the integration features limitation show as below:
Lync and Exchange integration features
Outlook integration (EWS, MAPI)
Outlook Web App integration (IM/P)
Outlook Web App online meetings (scheduling)
Unified Contact Store
High-resolution contact photos
Lync Server 2013 only
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Lync Online only
Supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Supported




3.       From customer existing software, customer should upgrade or not? What’s the limitation?
[Answer]
·         Exchange 2010 is supported to integrated with Lync server 2013
·         There is no public document for integrate Exchange 2010 with Lync online, all existing information point to integrate Exchange 2013 with Lync online.
4. Can customer do Lync Server and Lync Online for Coexistence and Exchange Server 2010? How do they do?
[Answer]
Lync server 2013 integrate with Exchange server 2010 :
Lync 2013 Integration with Exchange 2010 OWA for IM
Lync online integrate with Exchange 2013:
How to integrate Exchange Server 2013 with Lync Server 2013, Lync Online, or a Lync Server 2013 hybrid deployment
Good Lucks :)

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