Microsoft Lync Online is a next-generation Cloud communications service that connects people in new ways, anytime, from anywhere. Lync Online provides intuitive communications capabilities across presence, instant messaging, audio/video calling and a rich online meeting experience including PC-audio, video and web conferencing. Microsoft Lync Online transforms your interactions with colleagues, customers and partners from today’s hit-and-miss communication to a more collaborative, engaging, and effective experience.
What’s new in Lync Online:
- IM and Presence across firewalls
- Online meeting with desktop sharing
- Activity feeds
- Contact photos
- Click to communicate from Office contact cards
- Windows Live federation
The Key benefits of Lync Online are:
- Connect with others through Lync contact photos, activity update feed and interactive contact card in Microsoft Office
- Move easily from instant messaging into ad-hoc online meetings including audio, video and screen sharing
- Conduct online presentations to customers and colleagues including audio, video, screen sharing and a virtual whiteboard
- Invite external contacts to easily join online meetings via a native or web-based client
- Connect with customers and partners through instant messaging, audio and video federation
- Feature rich desktop client and web based interfaces
- Reply to an email with an instant message or an audio call for quicker and more effective resolution of issues
- Instant message with Windows Live contacts View presence status and click-to-communicate from within Outlook, SharePoint and other Office applications
- Financially-backed, guaranteed 99.9% uptime Service Level Agreement
Download the Lync Online summary, and the Lync Online technical overview.