Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) [Paperback]

George Durzi (Author), Michael Greenlee (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 23, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0470939036 | ISBN-13: 978-0470939031 | Edition: 1

Get the tools you need to build real software solutions on the UC platform

Whether you want to embed context into conversations or build sophisticated server side communication solutions, this book shows you how to integrate the right functionality into your applications. 

It goes beyond simple samples to demonstrate how to create real software solutions on the Unified Communications (UC) platform. You'll quickly progressfrom a basic understanding of custom UC development to using the Microsoft Lync APIs to help streamline communications and collaboration. 

You'll also discover how to extend and customize your existing messaging and voice infrastructure to adapt to your changing business needs. 

Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010:

• Dives into building communication clients in Microsoft Lync 2010 
• Explores the classes and operations in the UCMA API that can be used to control presence, audio and IM sessions, conferences, and more 
• Explains the SIP messaging that UCMA uses behind the scenes to perform various operations
• Walks you through several useful troubleshooting techniques and solutions to specific common issues
• Covers how to build interactive voice or IM applications using communication workflows and custom communication workflow activities

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From the Back Cover

Get the tools you need to ride the next communication waveWhether you want to embed context into conversations or build sophisticated server-side communications solutions, this guide shows you how to integrate the right functionality into your applications. It goes beyond simple examples to demonstrate how to create real software solutions on the Unified Communications (UC) platform. You'll quickly progress from a basic understanding of custom UC development to using the Microsoft Lync APIs to help streamline communications and collaboration. By the end of this helpful guide, you'll discover how to extend and customize your existing messaging and voice infrastructure to your changing business needs.
Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010:

• Dives into building communication clients in Microsoft Lync 2010 and building solutions with Microsoft Lync Server 2010.
  
• Explores the classes and operations in the UCMA API that can be used to control presence, audio, and IM sessions, conferences, and more
  
• Explains the SIP messaging that UCMA uses behind the scenes to perform various operations
  
• Walks you through several useful troubleshooting techniques and solutions to specific common issues
  
• Covers how to build interactive voice or IM applications using communication workflows and custom communication workflow activities
  

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About the Author

George Durzi is a Principal Consultant at Clarity Consulting where he focuses on building solutions on the Microsoft platform. He helped build the developer training content for Microsoft Lync Server 2010.

Michael Greenlee is an implementation manager for Clarity Connect, a next-generation contact center platform developed by Clarity Consulting on the Microsoft Unified Communications platform.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Wrox; 1 edition (May 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470939036
• ISBN-13: 978-0470939031
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #95 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Networking

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last something for developers, May 20, 2011

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This review is from: Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

I just received this book 2 days ago and I have been devouring it ever since. As someone who makes his living developing for OCS and now Lync Server 2010 I have anxiously been waiting for this and I am not disappointed.

The chapters are well organized and things are well explained. I like the small code snippets and explanation of each control. I've downloaded the source code and I'm impressed with it too. I like source code as it is easy to copy and paste snippets into my own applications so seeing well written source excites me. Chapters progress well and allow you to build on what you have learned. At the same time the different APIs are independent so if you aren't interested in user interface and controls you can skip that and concentrate on the server side UCMA stuff.

I have both the paper and electronic versions. Yes the electronic version may be more expensive but I can't understand giving a book a bad rating just because the electronic version costs more.

In conclusion, I am recommending this book to other Lync developers.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid book on Lync development, May 20, 2011

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Chicago Dev (Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

Lync info is still relatively hard to come by which makes this book exceptionally useful and timely. The book is well organized and topical. George Durzi and Michael Greenlee are way ahead of the curve when it comes to Lync development. Great to see they put their know-how into print! As another reviewer pointed out, the book is chock full of examples and source code, and the sample code is very good. Don't skip the "About the Author" section...Michael Greenlee is a witty dude.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on UCMA 3.0 and Lync APIs available, October 10, 2011

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This review is from: Professional Unified Communications Development with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) (Paperback)

I got a copy of this book and didn't have time to read it until recently. Knowledgeable in UCMA since 2.0 (as I had already developed several applications), and the other Lync APIs (MSPL, Server APIs, and Lync Controls) where I also developed several projects using them, I already had a point of comparison. I was pleasantly surprised to discovered how well written and easy it was to read this book.

George and Michael really did an excellent job explaining the concepts for how to use these APIs. Based on their recommendations, I could immediately tell they had personal experience using these APIs. This book helped enrich my development skills beyond what's available in the SDK.

I previously read many of Michael's past articles on UC Blog. So, it helped that I was familiar with his writting. So, I didn't hesitate to read his book.

It's nice to see another book on the topic of Lync APIs come after the only other book that covers the previous version of these APIs, Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2. As far as I'm aware, this is the only programming book covering Lync's APIs.

I've been using George and Michael's book as reference when developing my own Lync projects. Excellent work guys!