I want a USB headset to share between my work laptop and my home PC. The work machine has MS Lync and at home I use Hangouts.
It turns out headsets come in two flavours:
- MS, which is "optimised for MS Skype for Business"
- UC, which is for anything else.
How different are these? Will each work with the other, or must the match be exact? Is one or the other going to work better overall across both platforms?
This is not about which headset make or model. Both headsets which I am considering come in MS and UC options, so which option do I choose?
Best Answer
UC stands for Unified Communications.
In the context of a computer headset, it means the headset is optimized for soft phones, or programs on your computer that connect to the office telephone system and pretend to be a real telephone. Functionally, the differences between an MS and UC certified headset should be slight if any.
Really, these certifications are for marketing purposes more than anything else. A headset is a headset is a headset. They have their strengths and weaknesses, but these are not due to the certification.