So on the whole, Lync is Microsoft’s new communication application that ties together text, audio, video, contacts, VOIP, meetings, whiteboards, desktop sharing, current status, smartphones, Outlook, contacts, and Office 365. You could use whiteboard in just a normal text chat meeting, or you could use it in an audio or video call as well. There are quite a few features tied into the whole Lync platform, and while I can name them all individually the nice thing is that they can often be tied together and used in combination. Most of these are features that can be had via other services or VOIP providers, but if your organization is already a heavy user of Lync for Office 365, it can be extremely convenient to have it all integrated into one platform. You can allow others to make and receive calls on your behalf, as well as get voicemail and voicemail transcription through Exchange Online voice mail. It integrates with smartphones so that work calls can be received and made from your smartphone (using your office number) and you can transfer your calls to your smartphone mid-call. This allows you to make calls from any computer with Lync and you can easily click to call contacts within Outlook and other external programs. Lync to phone allows you to make calls to all phone numbers (not just other Lync users in your organization) as well as attach a phone number to Lync so anyone can call you. Microsoft provides a partner list for phone providers at the bottom of this page. This won’t be for everyone as it requires a higher level Lync subscription plan, you have to subscribe to a phone provider to use it, and since it would probably be used to replace your current phone or VOIP provider/system/setup.
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This basically turns Lync into a full VOIP client. One of its final but possibly most important features (to some organizations) is Lync to Phone.
You can also invite outsiders or people without Lync installed to Lync meetings via the web app. Other nice meeting features include creating polls, distributing files, running a powerpoint presentation, and sharing a specific program (rather than your desktop). It doesn’t have to be a whiteboard though – desktop sharing is available as well.
For example you could import an image and then use basic editing tools to manipulate or draw on it while it is shared in real time with all the meeting’s participants. Here you can allow all your meeting participants to view and manipulate a shared space. Invite in the users you want, and then you can make use of another great feature – the whiteboard. Lync can also do meetings, either scheduled or on the fly. The phone will start ringing on their end and they can join up to your call. This can be done on individuals or entire groups of people. You can also conference other people into your audio calls by just dragging and dropping them in.
You can call anyone on your contacts list and chat with them either just over audio or over webcam. Next it allows for audio and video calls and conferencing.
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