Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack
Microsoft has released the MS Lync Server 2010 Multitenant Pack.
Microsoft®Lync™ Server 2010 Multitenant Pack for Partner Hosting is a unified communications (UC) solution for telecom and hosting providers. Unified communications is a way for telecom and hosting providers to expand their service offering to their current customers.
The Deployment Guide can be downloaded here
Note: Please be aware that some features such as Call Park and Public IM is not supported!
Features Comparision:
| Lync Server feature | Lync Multitenant Hosting Pack | Lync Online |
| Presence | ||
| Contacts list | Yes | Yes |
| Address Book Service Web Query service | Yes | Yes |
| Distribution List Expansion protocol (DLX) | Yes | Yes |
| Instant Messaging (IM) | ||
| Point-to-point IM | Yes | Yes |
| Multiparty/Group IM | Yes | Yes |
| Group Chat | No | No |
| Client Support | ||
| Lync desktop client | Yes | Yes |
| Mac Messenger | Yes | Yes |
| Attendee (meeting only) | Yes | Yes |
| Lync Mobile on:
iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone 7, Android |
Yes | Yes |
| Conferencing and Sharing | ||
| Point-to-point audio/video | Yes | Yes |
| Video conferencing over IP | Yes | Yes |
| Audio conferencing over IP only | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting recording | Yes | Yes |
| Ad-hoc audio dial-out conferencing | Yes
via SIP Trunk |
Yes
via SIP Trunk |
| “Meet now” audio dial-out conferencing | Yes
via ACP |
Yes
via ACP |
| Scheduled audio dial-out conferencing | Yes
via ACP |
Yes
via ACP |
| Sharing | ||
| Point-to-point/multiparty data conference (white boarding) | Yes | Yes |
| Point-to-point/multiparty file share | Yes | Yes |
| Point-to-point/multiparty desktop and application sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Point-to-point/multiparty Microsoft PowerPoint® slide sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Polling | Yes | Yes |
| Integration | ||
| Microsoft Outlook integration for IM, presence, calendar
(with users on the same hosting partner) |
Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft SharePoint® integration for IM, presence
(with users on the same hosting partner) |
Yes | Yes |
| PIC and Federation | ||
| Intertenant federation | Yes | Yes |
| Federation with Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) | No | No |
| Public IM connectivity and presence
Windows Live®, AOL®, Yahoo!® |
No | Yes |
| Public IM connectivity audio/video
Windows Live |
No | Yes |
| Basic calling features | ||
| Public switched telephone network (PSTN) calling via Lync
incoming and outgoing |
Yes | Yes |
| Call controls
hold, transfer, forward, simultaneous ring |
Yes | Yes |
| Voice policies | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced calling features | ||
| Team call | No | No |
| Response groups | No | No |
| Delegation | No | No |
| Private line (secondary Direct Inward Dialing (DID)) | No | No |
| Call park | No | No |
| Outgoing DID manipulation | No | No |
| Voice features | ||
| Private dial plans | No | No |
| Hosted Exchange Unified Messaging (UM) for voice mail | Yes | Yes |
/Tim