Remote Access

One of the strongest advantages of Lync Server is that it offers users a completely seamless and consistent user experience regardless of location. Users who travel and use a hotel’s public Wi-Fi have access to the same features as users in an office that uses the corporate network. This consistent experience is provided without a VPN connection or manual client configuration changes by the user, which allows all features to work from any location.

A Lync Server endpoint is aware whether it connects internally or externally by means of service records (SRV) in DNS, so users don’t need to make any changes to their client configurations depending on their locations. When a user is remote, the signaling is performed over the standard ...

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