> Without an on-premise option you wouldn't be able to get in to most organisations that have Lync deployed. I used to think that, too, but with the rise of cl

> Without an on-premise option you wouldn't be able to get in to most organisations that have Lync deployed. I used to think that, too, but with the rise of cloud offerings like Office 365, many orgs are starting to see that running your own servers for Sharepoint/Exchange/Unified Communication isn't worth it anymore.