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Upgrading Lync to Skype for Business in 5 Steps

Posted by Tom on Mar 9, 2015 in Development, Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

As part of the Office365 Summit series, weâre finding out lots of really useful information about the upcoming Skype for Business release, the replacement to...

Skype for Business – Full List of Emoticons

Posted by Tom on Mar 4, 2015 in Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

Skype for Business is still pre-release software. This is my best guess of what the emoticons are going to be. Once the software is released and I’m sure,...

Skype for Business Server: System Hardware Requirements

Posted by Tom on Mar 4, 2015 in Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

As part of the Office365 Summit series, we’re finding out lots of really useful information about the upcoming Skype for Business release, the replacement to...

Pausing Lync when on a call using the Lync Client SDK

Posted by Tom on Feb 20, 2015 in Development, Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

This is a simple example of how to use the Lync Client SDK to solve a small problem, which was annoying me. Lync is pretty clever, in that when you receive a new call,...

Skype for iPhone update 5.10 – Skype Call URIs are back!

Posted by Tom on Feb 9, 2015 in Development

Really quick blog post but this is good news for developers writing iPhone applications. The latest release of Skype for iPhone (version 5.10) now supports the...

I’m speaking at NorDev in March

Posted by Tom on Feb 3, 2015 in Development, Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

I’m pleased to be able to say that I’ll be speaking at the Norfolk Developers event on Wednesday, March 25, at The King’s Centre, Norwich. The title...

Connecting IFTTT to Lync – getting IMs when stuff happens

Posted by Tom on Jan 31, 2015 in Development, Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

It’s been a while since I posted anything technical. I’m actually working on something pretty cool which I can’t show you yet, but in the meantime I...

Being a Developer on the Cheap – Pros and Cons

Posted by Tom on Jan 20, 2015 in Development, Everything Else

Skippable: this is a non-technological rant post, you can safely ignore it. It’s not directly related to Microsoft Lync / Skype for Business. This is a...

Skype for Business Technical Training at Office 365 Summit

Posted by Tom on Jan 15, 2015 in Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

As I’m sure you now know, Lync is going to be known as Skype for Business. Microsoft have just announced a series of training sessions at the Office 365 Summit...

AutoAssist: an Announcement

Posted by Tom on Dec 15, 2014 in Skype for BusinessÂ® (LyncÂ®)

I am excited to announce that Modality Systems have agreed to add AutoAssist to their portfolio of Lync Add-ons, and develop it with me into a commercial product. This...

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