Web Conferencing

Probably the biggest driving force behind companies implementing Lync Server 2010 is replacing outsourced web conferencing services. Many companies spend tens of thousands of dollars a month on services such as Webex or GoToMeeting. Although there might be situations where a company running Lync Server 2010 needs to create a conference so large that its infrastructure isn’t sufficient, the other 95% of the time it can use a platform it owns rather than paying an external company for the services. In many environments, OCS 2007 R2 implementations paid for themselves in 6 to 12 months for this reason. Lync Server 2010 looks to offer similar return on investment for companies in need of web conferencing.

Web conferences are not supported on the Macintosh Communicator client. There is no option to create one and trying to invite a contact using the Macintosh Communicator client through a PC client results in a notification that “Sharing is not supported with this contact.” The only way to get into a web conference from a Macintosh is from the Silverlight client.