Microsoft Lync and Skype for Business have a rich set of .NET APIs which make it easy to extend the platform and integrate it with other applications. This blog helps explain how to use those APIs.

UCMA 4.0 Async Extension Methods

Posted: October 26th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: UCMA 4.0 | Tags: , , , , , , , | 9 Comments »

To make it easier for developers to use the new multithreading techniques from .NET 4.5 in UCMA 4.0 applications, I’ve put together a set of extension methods that turn pairs of Begin/End methods (such as BeginEstablish/EndEstablish) into Task objects that can be used with the awaitkeyword.

The collection of extension methods is available on CodePlex. Let me know if you have questions or suggestions.


What’s new in UCMA 4.0?

Posted: August 14th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: UCMA 4.0 | Tags: , | No Comments »

With the preview of Lync Server 2013 now available, you may be wondering what’s new in the good old Unified Communications Managed API. You may even have located the UCMA 4.0 SDK and downloaded it to check it out yourself. Since the final documentation is not yet available for UCMA 4.0, it may not be immediately clear what’s new and what isn’t. Continue reading “What’s new in UCMA 4.0?” »