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Microsoft Lync 2013 Unified Communications: From Telephony to Real Time Communication in the Digital Age

By : Daniel Jonathan Valik, Daniel Valik
Book Image

Microsoft Lync 2013 Unified Communications: From Telephony to Real Time Communication in the Digital Age

By: Daniel Jonathan Valik, Daniel Valik

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Microsoft Lync 2013 Unified Communications: From Telephony to Real-time Communication in the Digital Age
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Innovation of Communication and Information Technologies
Appendix A.
Index

The great advantage of the unified communications platform


At this point, I would like to summarize the most important advantage of unified communications technologies: A single inbox that allows you access to everything; e-mail, voicemails, faxes, instant messaging, social networking components, and calendar events from your phones, computers, tablets, and any other devices in one single place. It also provides a seamless, user-friendly, and familiar interface across all devices to access your messages and to collaborate with customers or business partners.

Suddenly, videoconferencing with real-time documents or content sharing is not only possible, but even cheaper than a phone call and not to mention, the cost saving potential for business travels. When communication is faster and easier, it can significantly increase productivity and reduce travel costs.

A unified communication platform that integrates communication solutions, such as Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Lync server...