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From Lync to Teams: Carsten Lund Meilbak on the Evolution of Collaboration
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- May 26, 2026
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Summary
The world of enterprise communication has transformed dramatically over the last two decades — from traditional PBX systems and on-premises infrastructure to cloud collaboration, AI-powered meetings, and Microsoft Teams. In this episode of the M365 FM podcast, Mirko Peters is joined by Microsoft Teams MVP Carsten Lund Meilbak for an in-depth conversation about the evolution of collaboration technology and what the future of communication looks like inside Microsoft 365. Carsten shares his fascinating journey from the early days of PBX systems and telephony infrastructure to working with Microsoft Lync, Skype for Business, Teams Voice, Microsoft Teams Rooms, and AI-powered communication experiences. With decades of hands-on experience in unified communications, Carsten provides unique insights into how enterprise voice and collaboration platforms have evolved — and why Microsoft Teams has become the center of modern workplace communication. THE JOURNEY FROM PBX TO MICROSOFT TEAMS Before Microsoft Teams became the standard for collaboration, organizations relied heavily on traditional PBX systems, physical telephony hardware, and complex on-premises deployments. Carsten discusses how Microsoft disrupted the communication market with Lync and Skype for Business, even when those early products lacked many enterprise-grade capabilities at the beginning. The episode explores how unified communications slowly evolved from experimental cloud services into the fully integrated collaboration ecosystem we know today. THE EVOLUTION OF LYNC, SKYPE FOR BUSINESS, AND TEAMS The migration journey from Lync to Skype for Business and eventually Microsoft Teams was not always smooth. Mirko and Carsten revisit the challenges organizations faced during the transition period, including featu…