Jajah Voice Service for Office 365 & Lync To Be Discontinued August 31, 2013

An alert reader noted that Jajah now has a public notice that it’s Jajah Voice for Office 365 will be discontinued:

https://voice4lync-us.jajah.com/home

via Walter with HealthWare

More Details on Lync-to-phone Features of Office365 Jajah Service for #Lync

 

Some quick things I notice:

• Appears you need Office 365 E3 Plan at $20/user/month to get voicemail (or Lync Online Plan 3)
• Jajah plans range from $13.99 to $29.99 for unlimited
• Voice features supported (source)
  • click to call
  • Call Via Work
  • Forward call to mobile devices
  • Exchange Online Voicemail preview/transcription
  • Drag and drop Conference Calling
  • Auto Attendant through Exchange Online voicemail
  • Delegate
  • Team Call

Some Features NOT in Lync-to-Phone

• Call Admission Control
• Interop with PBX
• Response Groups
• Branch office resiliency
• Lync IP phones
• Exchange Auto Attendants

Office365/Jajah FAQ:
http://jajah-en.custhelp.com/

Jajah SignUp:
https://voice4lync-us.jajah.com/registration/reg-plan-and-account-info

Office 365 Plans:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/all-plans.aspx#fbid=Om7h2H0L3gM
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/compare-plans.aspx#fbid=Om7h2H0L3gM

More Sources:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/lystavlen/archive/2012/07/05/lync-to-phone.aspx