And Introduction to Lync!

1. Introduction to Microsoft
Lync Online
This course covers the following:
• Overview of Microsoft Lync Online
• Customizing Lync Online

2. What is Microsoft Lync Online
Microsoft Lync Online is a communication service that connects people in new
ways, at any time, from anywhere.
 Connect with other people through instant messaging (IM), contact
photos, social updates, and interactive contact cards.
 View peoples’ presence status and click-to-communicate from within Office
applications.
 Move IMs into ad hoc online meetings with audio, video, and screen sharing.
 Schedule and conduct online presentations with customers and colleagues.
 Connect with external customers and partners through IM, audio and
video, and online meetings by using the Lync client or web-based
application.
 Connect with your Windows Live contacts using instant
messaging, audio, and video.

3. Lync Online Key Features
• Me Area provides quick access
to settings and information that
you want to share with other
people, such as
presence, picture, location, and
notes.
• Contacts offers presence and
availability
information, pictures, contact
cards, frequent contacts and
other information, enabling
personal connections with
colleagues and customers.

4. Lync Online Key Features
• Activity feed helps you build stronger
connections with your co-workers by staying
up-to-date on "social updates" and latest
activities, such as notes, picture, title, and
other information.
• Recent or missed conversation help you find
your recent instant messages, computer
calls and meetings, including ones you might
have missed.
 All - your 100 most recent conversations
 Missed - any missed conversation
 Calls - your 100 most recent calls

5. Lync Online Key Features
• Instant messaging provides
easy communication with
colleagues or contacts outside
your organization. Can be
changed into ad hoc online
meetings that include
audio, video, and screen
sharing.
• Public instant messaging lets
you to view your Windows
Live contacts presence, and to
communicate using instant
messaging, audio, and video.

6. Lync Online Key Features
• Integration with Office applications
 Outlook connects presence and real-time
collaboration features, including IM and
presence in Outlook Web App, out-of-office
messages in Lync, and click-to-communicate
from Outlook.
 Document backstage view lets you see who
view has recently updated the file, checked
their contact card, and easily start a
conversation.
 SharePoint: Lync Online connects presence
with SharePoint Online, allowing you to use
features such as instant messaging, directly
from a SharePoint site.

7. Lync Online Key Features
• Conferencing
 PC-based, multiparty audio, video, and web conferencing
 Online meeting scheduling from Outlook
 Ad hoc collaboration and impromptu meetings
 Integrated PSTN audio conferencing (Dial-in Conferencing) available as
a separate service from audio providers
 Rich and web clients for external
participants
 Desktop/application sharing,
presentations, virtual
whiteboards, polling, and file
transfer

8. Lync Online Options

9. Customize Your Lync Online Options
• Customize your Lync Online options for an optimized
experience.
 General options Formatting for your instant
messages, language, and emoticons
 Personal options Your sign-in settings, personal
information, location, and picture
 Status options How your availability status is viewed
 My Picture If enabled by your organization, choose a picture to display
 Video Device Webcam settings and configuration
 Alerts options Alerts and notifications that Lync Online displays
 File Saving Where you save files that you receive in Lync Online

10. Lync Options
• Open Lync, and then click the
Options button.
• On the left side of the Options
window, click the tabs to
customize the settings.
Lync Options

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