This article over on The Three UC Amigos blog gives a great comparison of OCS 2007 R2 vs Lync 2010, both on-premise & Online versions:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ucedsg/archive/2010/11/09/should-i-deploy-lync-server-2010-on-prem-or-wait-for-lync-online.aspx
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The official roadmap for BPOS
Further to our previous posting about what’s comming in BPOS, this posting over at ZDnet reports on the official roadmap of BPOS:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-shares-officially-its-future-bpos-plans/6857?tag=mantle_skin;content
What’s coming in the next version of BPOS
A blog post from the Microsoft Online Services Team Blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msonline/archive/2010/07/12/next-generation-bpos.aspx
Some of the exciting features are:
- Office Web Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote)
- Exchange 2010 features (unified messaging, archiving, retention policies, transport rules, multi-mailbox search, free/busy between cloud & on-prem, native migration tools, remote PowerShell, etc.)
- SharePoint 2010 features (portal site templates, extranet & anonymous access, Office 2010 integration, tagging and social networking, better search, improved features & functionality, Visio & Excel Services, sandboxed solutions, improved workflows, SharePoint Designer 2010 access, better control of FQDNs, etc.)
- OCS 2010 features (P2P audio/video & file transfer across firewalls, presence with pictures, federation, IM with Windows Live)
- General updates (single sign-on, identity federation, redesigned admin interface, more administration and access control)
Service descriptions for Microsoft Online Services (standard)
Microsoft last week released updated service descriptions for Microsoft Online Services which consolidate all of the relevant information into a few easy downloads. You can get access to these documents here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=c60c0af0-10cc-4b11-bcef-b989c1f168b0
