Microsoft's Office Communication Server "14" is now known as Microsoft Lync 2010, and it's due to hit the market by year's end, said Kirk Gregersen, senior director of Microsoft Office product ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to discontinue Skype and direct the service’s users to Microsoft Teams, its flagship communications platform. Skype will officially shut down on May 5.

Microsoft's system for unified communications in the enterprise. It includes instant messaging (IM), voice over IP (VoIP) and Web conferencing both within the organization and externally.