IM client compatible with MS Lync?

[Mark Widdicombe]

Thanks to all who replied.  It looks as though the athentication
problem hasn't been solved, so I'll be forced to run Windows at work.

Regards,
Mark


On 20 February 2012 16:54, Ioannis Vranos <ioannis.vranos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Mark Widdicombe
> <markwiddicombe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Good day all,
>>
>> My company has a new communications policy in terms of which we are
>> required to use MS Lync instead of email for office communication.
>> I've been trying to get a client to work in Ububtu 10.04, but without
>> success.  Empathy does not have the option for office communicator
>> client and I keep getting a "Wrong password" error when trying to
>> connect with Pidgen, despite having configured it according to
>> instructions.  Has anyone on the list managed to successfully connect
>> to MS Lync?  And if so, how?
>
> Give a try to what others suggested. Also keep in mind that, when
> everything else fails, you have got virtualisation.
>
> VirtualBox is very lightweight. I am using it in a 400 euro on 2 years
> ago - laptop with 1 hard disk, with no issues.
>
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