Lync/Skype4B Improvement Suggestions Lync Server

Change the PIN system to be a REAL single PIN, shared between Lync and Exchange, like the Active Directory Account Password

In fact it is not directly a Lync feature, but more an Exchange function.

It should be possible for users to upload personalized voicemail greetings for example as a wav- or mp3-file. This would enable the use of professionally produced greetings.

One of the challenges with Exchange UM Auto Attendants is that you cannot have both accept "Key Mapping" and "Dial Extension Number" using the same time Auto Attendant. Would be nice if this functionality could be add to AA's.

 

Here is a more indepth explanation of the challenge and a work around:

http://windowspbx.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-achieve-dial-by-extension-with.html

The Silverlight LCP is awful, I think could be a good idea to switch to a GUI interface like the Exchange 2013 Control Panel.

This graphic uniformity can also give to customer a better idea of integration between Lync and Exchange

I had fun writing this post last night and pushing the boundaries of Lync in OWA.
It got me thinking. The addition of a 'Meet Now' button on the Contact card, right beside "Schedule a meeting", would be perfect. It could create the meeting space, log you into the Lync Online meeting in your browser and send an invite to your Lync contact to join the meeting. The new Lync Online experience in the browser makes good use... more »

Like Exchange Server Unified Messaging, Lync Server should use the msDS-PhoneticDisplayName attribute instead of the DisplayName attribute to modify the way it announces names during meetings.

Having only the numbers 1-9 available as key mapping options is fairly restrictive. It would be extremely helpful if the Exchange UM Auto Attendant could recognize two digit key mappings.

I would like to see Lync 2013 updated to have the ability to work properly in an environment that has both Exchange 2007 and 2013 running in a coexistence scenario. Currently if pointed to Exch 2013 but your mailbox is not migrated yet, Exch 2013 does a fine job at being a proxy and not causing an outage to the end user. However Lync constantly prompts with "Exchange needs your credentials". No matter what you enter... more »