

Thus, it's only natural that Microsoft would eventually combine these efforts into one business-class voice over IP (VoIP) solution, renaming Microsoft Lync as Microsoft Skype for Business Online.

However, Microsoft had already seen some success on an enterprise communications platform of its own at the time (dubbed "Microsoft Lync"). Microsoft's acquisition of Skype in 2011 brought them into the forefront of the Internet telephony game as Skype was leading the trend of ubiquitous Internet voice and video chat.

