This document provides instructions for connecting a Microsoft Lync account to a Skype account in 3 steps: 1) Create an Outlook.com email address to get a Microsoft authentication for Skype; 2) Use the Outlook.com email to create a new Skype account while keeping contacts from an old Skype account; 3) Search for contacts by their Outlook.com or Lync email in Skype, send an invitation which the contact must accept to connect the accounts and allow calls between Lync and Skype.

1. Quick Help Card: How to connect from Microsoft Lync to Skype. See also blog post.
1
Create an
Email Address at
Outlook.com.
This is needed
In order to get a
Microsft
Authentication for
Skype.
Lync and Skype belong
to Microsoft.
2
Create a new
Skype Account
with your new
Outlook.com
Email Address.
Skype will ask you
later in the
registration
process if you
want to merge
your old Skype
account with the
new one. This
way you keep
your contacts.
3
In Skype do a contact search with the email address
that you use or the person you want to
contact is using to sign into the Microsoft Lync
Account and connect.
4
Once the person appears in the contacts list click on
the name and this person will recieve an invitation to
connect.
Now this person with Microsoft Lync Account needs
to accept your invitation to connect send from Skype.
Tick the box next to Add to this contact group.
Firstname.lastname@company.com
Firstname.lastname@cutlook.com
5 Click Ok. Done. Now you can make calls between
Microsoft Lync and Skype.