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A month after the first-ever Lync Conference, Microsoft is announcing new development for its business-oriented communications platform. Lync will expand to support new third-party video teleconferencing vendors over the next 18 months, and AT&T is adding Lync to its Unified Communications (UC) portfolio of collaboration solutions....More

Microsoft has released a major update to its Lync app for Windows Phone. The new version, Lync 2013, only runs on Windows Phone 8 and provides voice and video conferencing capabilities for users with Lync Server or Lync Online accounts through Office 365....More

In tandem with its launch of Office 365 Home Premium for consumers, Microsoft also launched an Office 365 University subscription for students that provides four years of service at an incredible price. But this week, the firm sweetened the deal even further, offering students the chance to get up to six months for free....More

In the latest episode of Microsoft’s Office Garage video series, Yoni Kirsh and Jeremy Chapman explain the differences between Windows Installer Package (MSI) and Click-to-Run package types, how to download Click-to-Run builds for use with software distribution tools, and when its necessary to provision user accounts in Office 365. Oh, and there’s skydiving....More

In the face of mounting criticism, Microsoft has reversed an onerous condition of its retail Office 2013 license agreement and will now allow customers to transfer the software to a second PC. The move should satisfy the complaints though it will ironically impact relatively few customers....More

In previous tips in this series, I looked at ways you can personalize your Office 2013 experience, focusing largely on settings that sync between PCs or are global to this suite of applications. But power users will want to make other changes to some Office 2013 applications, and some, like the focus of this tip, are configurable on an application-by-application basis....More

In the first full episode of Microsoft’s new Office Garage series, hosts Jeremy Chapman and Yoni Kirsh offer some introductory remarks about the new products and capabilities and step through some common misconceptions. If you’re an IT pro or simply want to learn more about Office, you don’t want to miss this....More

Looked at from a high-level, the single biggest change in Office 2013 when compared with previous versions is its deep connectivity with online services. This connectivity takes a number of forms, including the syncing of settings through SkyDrive and the ongoing updates that occur to subscription-based versions of the suite. But one of the more interesting ways in which you can customize and improve Office is to connect it to the services you use every day....More

As the patron saint of small business at Windows IT Pro, I figured I should chime in with a few thoughts about the expanded Office 365 small business offerings. You see, you now have a very interesting choice to make....More

In a previous tip, I explained how you can sign in with a Microsoft account, and choose an Office theme and Office background to personalize your Office 2013 experience. But there many other ways to personalize Office. And for those that don’t wish to display the full ribbon or spend time navigating between multiple ribbon tabs, you can place your most frequently-used commands in the Quick Access Toolbar, which is always visible....More