Where the two products differ substantially is their billing model. ![]() ![]() Even before buying Skype, Microsoft had software that did essentially everything that Skype does Skype just brought users and a number of contractual agreements with telephone services around the world to provide PSTN functionality. The functional overlap here is hard to overstate. Skype's integration is less automatic a plugin was recently released for 32-bit Outlook that provides comparable facilities. Lync's is neatly integrated into Outlook, automatically showing you as unavailable when you have a meeting or are on a call. Lync can bridge to Microsoft's Messenger network if administrators choose to enable the option, and Microsoft is currently merging the Skype and Messenger networks.įinally, they both have a "presence" system to indicate when you're available to talk.
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