Integration with Exchange

Probably the coolest of the new integrations with Exchange is that Exchange 2010 Outlook Web App (OWA) now has Presence and IM integration built in. This provides useful features such as

• Presence for internal and federated Lync Server contacts

• The capability to start and maintain chat sessions directly from OWA

• Lync Server contact list integration, including adding and removing contacts and groups

• The capability to control the presence state from OWA

Lync Server also integrates into the meeting creation process, enabling you to create a voice and/or video conference at the time of the meeting creation. This gives users a one-stop shop to service meeting needs.

Lync Server also integrates with the Unified Messaging role in Exchange that enables Lync Server to use Exchange as the storage for voice mail messages.