Uh.... Lync Group Chat? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=12480
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] Perhaps something to supplement Lync We've got Lync 2010 Standard installed and running internally with IM and video conferencing. At some point we'll start to federate, but an engineering manager wants more, because we've got staff in Redmond and Brisbane, and are working with a firm in Toronto. Here's what he thinks he's looking for We communicate with [outside firm] in Cananda, devs upstairs and marketing in the work cells downstairs, with individuals in Australia, and need to be able to create permanent chat room (or their equivalent) with joinable membership. These rooms need to enable synchronous and asynchronous capabilities so those coming later can see the thread of what has been said and add to it. Think of it as a Jabber server. Lync does 1-1, not sure if it does many to many, and if it does whether the participants have to be re-added for each interaction (not good). This is a key collaboration tool that is needed. Right now we rely on email and it is clunky: we have to remember to add or remove people etc. Also, Jabber allows for private conversation within the chat room. This will also help those who are sick and can't come in to interact with the rest of the team. While Lync does do some of this, it doesn't seem to fit the rest of his requirements, and I'm not sure what would. Does anyone have recommendations for what he wants? Bonus points if it integrates with Lync, of course. Kurt
