Lync is Microsoft's Unified communications Solution. Providing IM & Presence, Video conferencing, Enterprise voice, Office integration and Mobile apps as clients (iOS, Android, WP7, Symbian).
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How to mute someone?
Every morning Alice and I have a Lync conference call with Bob and Charlie from the other office. I sit next to Alice, so when she speaks, I can hear her twice—through the air and with a delay through ...
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Lync 2010 relationship is empty
In my lync 2010 i have 20+ contacts both inside and outside my organization. I can see them all in "Groups" and "Status" tabs, but when i switch to "Relationship" view nothing appears.
Even there is ...
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How to make Microsoft Lync instant messenger reliable?
This happens a lot. How to fix it? All those processes and no Lync window.
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Changing shortcut keys in Microsoft lync
I'm trying to change the default shortcuts in lync. My problem is that I use emacs. A LOT. And so my fingers instinctively press Ctrl-B to go backwards. This turns on bold. For reasons that I haven't ...
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Share screen to multiple users on lync?
Is it possible to share my screen with multiple users on lync ? I'm able to do this one-on-one but I can't initiate a screen share with 2+ people. Any suggestions/reasons ?
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Is it possible to give standing permission to screen share in Microsoft Lync 2013?
My company has been happily using Google Apps for almost a year now. However, we have a few remote computers that we periodically need to access - for that, we have been using the free version of ...
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How do I pin certain contacts to the taskbar?
I am using Lync 2013. There are certain contacts (or groups of contacts) that I talk to all the time. How can I pin those to the taskbar, so that I can just click on the icon and type?
If it's ...
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Can an employer read all messages sent through Lync?
With Microsoft email and messaging, Microsoft servers used to be located onsite, so it allowed employers to query the data sent by employees there.
Does Lync in its cloud version offer any way for ...
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How to prevent Microsoft Lync adding startup entry in Windows?
Microsoft lync makes my laptop boot very slowly and if I disable it from startup, the laptop boots fine and quick. However the issue is, if I start lync again, it puts an entry to startup. So I end up ...
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Sharing some process in Lync 2010 has black screen
Noticed that if I share WPF program or Visual Studio using Lync 2010, the recipient computer has black screen. If I share other programs, for example written by C/C++, it works well. What causes this?
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Can we share screen using UCMA 4.0?
Although Lync can set UISuppressionmode and doesn't allow Lync UI to display, it still requires user to install lync client. So I want to go for UCMA4.0. Our targets are:
1. Sharing desktop
2. ...
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How to add Lync contact to Windows Live Messenger
I'm really puzzled. I use Windows Live Messenger 2011. I wanted to add some contacts who use Lync. All these are from one company. Some of them were added (they got invitations) and I can see their ...
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From within a bash, bat, or powershell script is it possible to get the last IM message sent to you within Lync?
I use Outlook and Lync 2013. I have msys bash installed, and I have a script that runs a while(1) loop that sends Growl notifications whenever an IM is sent (it reads the ugly Lync log files).
I'd ...
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Is there a way to always receive a notification when a message is received in Lync?
I'm getting a bit frustrated with Lync. It seems to arbitrarily make a sound when a message is received. This depends on whether or not you have a current IM window open, the time of the last IM, and ...
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Accessing Lync from outside the domain
After working with my internal IT department, they've determined that the simple reason I cannot get to the Lync server from my home computer is because it is not a member of the domain. There are ...
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Is it possible to have scripts that trigger whenever an IM is received in Microsoft Lync?
I've just upgraded to Lync 2013, and I'm considering using it instead of Pidgin+SIPE. One of Pidgin's many nice features is Growl integration... and I would miss that.
There are no Growl plugins for ...
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Turn off auto complete /auto correct on Lync on Mac
We use Microsoft Lync as the chat application in my work place. Recently we migrated to using macs and I am seeing this problem which i didn't see on the windows version of lync which was the auto ...
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VOIP (Skype, Lync) 'stutters' with my ISP. How can I prove it?
When I am on VOIP calls (Skype or Lync) most of the time the calls suffer quality issues where the person on the other end cuts out. 4 perfect seconds, then 1 to 1/2 a second of what the other person ...
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How to stop Lync from appearing in frequent application list
I have Microsoft Lync 2010 installed on my Windows 7 computer and it is set to start when Windows starts.
This setting causes Lync to get in most frequent used application list in the start menu. ...
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Improve performance on Lync desktop sharing
I'm using Lync 2010 server to handle some clients communication and screen sharing. The biggest issue is the performance with screen sharing, it is of rather high quality but the frame rate is very ...
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Lync for OS X: group order
Is there a way to change the order in which groups are displayed in the Lync contact list?
I am using Lync 14.0.2.
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notification when a user comes online
Is there a way to configure Microsoft Lync 2010 to produce a notification when a specific user comes online? Or becomes available?
For example, I want to be notified when John Doe logs into Lync or ...
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Lync for IT support - problems with UAC prompts
I want to do IT-Support with Microsoft Lync Desktop sharing. Only problem, I have to disable UAC, because if UAC is enabled I get a black screen and the user has to click to accept, what I want to do.
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Lync vs Skype in SME [closed]
I'm trying to help an SME assess whether they should be using Lync or Skype to communicate between their sites. Can anyone provide pros & cons of each for an SME to help us decide?
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Combine Messenger and Lync
Is there a way to combine Windows Live Messenger and Lync somehow to use both contact lists in one or the other application?
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How can I paste space-formatted tables in Lync without losing the formatting?
Multiple spaces are replaced by a single space character. Too bad when doing things as such:
|#|Name |
|-+---------|
|1|John Paul|
|2|John |
|3|Robert |
|4|Jimmy |
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Can Microsoft's Lync VOIP functionality be scripted?
My employer uses Lync for all of our desk phones, and one of the features of Lync is that you can set your phone number to forward to another, say your cell or home phone.
To do so, you have to ...
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Endless connect to Lync
We are running a Lync server in our network and some people can login just fine. But others try to connect and nothing happens. The Lync Client tries to connect forever and does not stop with an error ...
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Lync: send messages from app
We have a tool to monitor our network. This tool has the possibility to execute a cmd or call up an url whenever there is an outage.
I would like to use these features to send a message through Lync ...
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Is it possible to dock the Lync contact list as a taskbar?
The question is in the title. I don't see anything in Options, and dragging to the edges just gives me normal Windows edge-maximize behavior.
I'm using Windows 7 x64 if it makes a difference.
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Error when installing Lync Server, “Installing OcsCore.msi(Feature_LocalMgmtStore)…failure code 1603”
Im battling to install Lync Server in a test environment and are at the "Install Local Configuration Store" step. The prerequisites seems alright but bombs when installing the OcsCore.msi
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Can the 'Other Contacts' group be hidden in Lync?
Is there a way to hide the 'Other Contacts' Group that appears by default in Lync?
I can "Rename" or "Delete" any Group that I've made on my own, but 'Other Contacts' doesn't offer those commands ...
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Lync client 2010 and VPN firewall rule
I am running Lync client 2010 (4.0.7577.4598) on Windows 7 x64. The server for this is a corporate one, and in parallel I use a Juniper VPN to access the corporate intranet and other resources.
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How can I paste text without format in a lync chat window?
Is there any way to disable the paste-with-format feature on lync? I'd like to paste only the text instead of having something like this:
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Using Lync client in Office Communications Server 2007 R2 environment, is it possible?
Is there really a way to use Lync client in a OCS 2007 R2 environment?
I've found a registry hack but it does not seem to work.
Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator
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“Call” Button in Lync Contact List
Does anybody know of a way to hide or otherwise remove the "Call" button that appears on the right-hand side when hovering over a contact in the Contact List in Lync?
A stray mouse click rings the ...
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Strike-through text: Microsoft Lync
Somehow I hit a magic key combination in Microsoft Lync that is sending strike-through text. When I look at the "A" icon (text properties), I don't see an option for strike-through.
How can I ...
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Change Lync 2010 shortcut keys [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to change the Microsoft Lync keyboard shortcuts?
Is there anyway that I can change the Lync default shortcuts? I am currently using the Windows+q for ...
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Integrate Lync with iChat
I am using MS Lync and I was wondering if it is possible to setup an Account in iChat (or Messages in the future) for Lync?
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Is it possible to change the Microsoft Lync keyboard shortcuts?
Pressing the Windows Logo Key + Q key combination currently opens the minimized Lync client. I want to remove that mapping. Is it possible to change it? If so, how?
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How can I share my desktop audio with Lync?
In a Lync desktop (or Application) sharing session, is there any way to share the audio too? A simple example would be Winamp. If I share Winamp, can the people I share the application with hear it? ...
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Unable to contact MSN contact for IM from Lync
My corporate IT department has mandated a change to Microsoft's Lync for instant messaging, among other purposes. I installed it and launched; it automatically found the server it needed, since my ...
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microsoft lync linux client
we are currently evaluating Microsoft Lync server (previously Microsoft Office Communications Server).
It talks sip over TLS (TCP 5061) with SIMPLEmessaging,
what linux client would you suggest to ...
