[MeganC]

Microsoft Office Communications Server is also better known as Lync and it’s an instant messaging system that is not designed to store conversations.

[IamConservative]

I have a “Saved Conversations” folder in Outlook that is a local copy of my Lync conversations.

[markomalley]

” Microsoft Office Communications Server is also better known as Lync and it’s an instant messaging system that is not designed to store conversations.”

Sorry, but IMs sure can be stored and per NARA are supposed to be.

See this Technet article:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj204900.aspx

[Scutter]

Microsoft Office Communications Server is also better known as Lync and it’s an instant messaging system that is not designed to store conversations.

Wrong. OCS can indeed archive messages. Many companies do this, including Microsoft.