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Skype on Office 365, Outlook.com and Lync

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When Microsoft acquired Skype they were not only looking at improving the Skype user experience on PCs and mobile devices but also realized there were opportunities to enable Skype-enriched communications within other Microsoft platforms such as Office Online, incorporating Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail), Office, and Lync. At the same time Microsoft was rebuilding Skype's back end infrastructure to facilitate the completion of these integrations.

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Courtney, J. (2015). Skype on Office 365, Outlook.com and Lync. In: Experience Skype to the Max. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0656-0_12

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