Lync / Skype for Business: What Is Coming in 2015?

What is coming in 2015 for the Lync / Skype for Business world?

• In “the first half of 2015” The Next Version of  Lync Server Which Will Be Named Skype for Business is coming
• Official: http://blogs.skype.com/2014/11/11/introducing-skype-for-business/
• My thoughts: http://bit.ly/skype4b_firstlook
• The Skype for Business Client Will Get a New UI  to More Closely Match Skype (for Consumer)
• Details http://bit.ly/skype4b_firstlook
• Even More Efficient Connectivity with Skype Users and Constantly Growing Lync & Office365 Federation User Base
• more http://bit.ly/lyncfed
• Search for Skype users in Lync/Skype4B and no Microsoft Account requirement for connectivity in the future
• Office365 / Lync Online PSTN Connectivity Gets Closer
• At Lync Conf 2014 Gurdeep Singh Pall noted PSTN “this year” but apparently this milepost has moved
• http://windowspbx.blogspot.com/2014/02/matt-landis-lync-conference-2014-notes.html
• What was the Lync Conference will be at Microsoft Ignite May 4-8, 2015 Chicago http://ignite.microsoft.com
• See you there!
• I guarantee you the Lync/Skype4B Community Will Continue to Crank out a prolific and astonishing amount of cool tools and generally amazing amount of output
• Some recent examples
• Lync Admin Tools – Andrew Morpheth click here
• Profiles for Lync – Upgraded – Greig Sheridan  – click here
• Transition Year for Lync to Skype for Business Identity Move
• Social media: #Lync to #Skype4B
• Lync MVP’s will be what next year?
• Technical: EXEs, services, filename, cmdlets….
• The Journey Towards WebRTC is beginning
• http://blogs.skype.com/2014/10/27/bringing-interoperable-real-time-communications-to-the-web/
• First steps in Skype for Consumer http://blogs.skype.com/2014/11/14/please-welcome-skype-for-web-beta/
• Skype for Business Will Continue to Get Easier to Implement
• As more and more features make their way into Office 365