{"id":811,"date":"2014-02-02T19:04:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T17:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lync2013.org\/?p=811"},"modified":"2014-05-13T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T10:20:47","slug":"much-spend-bring-microsoft-lync-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modern-workplace.uk\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"How Much do I Have to Spend to Bring Microsoft Lync in My Company? (Talking About Lync Costs)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have just published a review dedicated to Microsoft Lync 2013 adoption costs on IT Central Station.<\/p>\n

How Much do I Have to Spend to Bring Microsoft Lync in My Company?<\/a><\/p>\n

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The costs related to Microsoft Lync are something that I have talked about more than once but this is the first time I try to summarize information in a single document. I will limit my reflections to\u00a0on-premises<\/strong>\u00a0organizations, because as I am writing,\u00a0Lync Online<\/strong>\u00a0has no serious support for\u00a0Enterprise Voice<\/strong>\u00a0(i.e.\u00a0VOIP<\/strong>) and this makes the Cloud version of Lync less flexible (and somewhat less interesting) than the more traditional, corporate deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Your House, Your Rules<\/strong><\/h5>\n

A starting point for all cost-related considerations is to understand which kind of service we need. Lync Server 2013 supports solutions ranging from a single, all-in-one box (with a mandatory\u00a0Office Web Apps\u00a0<\/strong>server required to share PowerPoint presentations) to hundreds of servers geographically dispersed. Let us list some parameters.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Number of Users<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n

The first parameter you have to establish is the number of users that will require Lync services. Lync 2013\u00a0Standard …<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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