<p>While it is clearly a good UC choice for customers with needs that align with Lync's strengths, it's not yet a platform that can jump in readily to replace traditional PBXs in environments heavily reliant on traditional desktop phones, experts say.</p><p>BACKGROUND: Microsoft Lync: What you need to know</p><p>Still, Lync is getting closer and its new features are bringing it into closer parity with UC leaders such as Cisco and Avaya, they say.</p><p>In touting upgrades to Lync 2013 - no release date has been set - Microsoft highlights its adoption of H.264 scalable video coding (SVC), a video codec standard that makes it relatively simple to display video on a range of devices, meaning Lync can support participants on screens ranging from smartphones to room displays, says BJ Haberkorn, director of product marketing, Microsoft Lync.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerworld.in/news/microsoft-unified-communications-lync-system-moves-close-replace-traditional-pbx-31562012">Keep reading...</a></p>