Inline pictures of sender and receiver in IM window (not available for Skype for Business Online)Įscalate a Persistent Chat room to a Skype for Business Meeting with one click (On-premises Skype for Business Server and on-premises SharePoint 2013 are required for skill search.) Skill search (with SharePoint Server integration) ✔If server side conversation history is turned on Navigate among multiple IM conversations/Track multiple conversations in a single tabbed window This table covers features related to IM support.
Sort contacts by Group, Relationship, or New (people who've added you to their Contacts list) (not available in Skype for Business Online)ĭisplay alternate contact views (for example, tile) Feature/capabilityĮxpand distribution groups and Microsoft 365 Groups This table covers the features relating to managing IM and Presence contacts. You can use Lync for Mac with Lync Server 2010 and Lync Online (the Office 365 offering). I don’t have a Mac to test this on, but the interface shots mirror Lync almost exactly.
It’s got pretty much everything Lync for PC does: IM/Presence, voice and video, conferencing, desktop sharing, you name it. Today, I ran some tests with the Lync 2011 for Mac connecting to a Lync 2013 server. Microsoft has Lync 2011 client for a Mac. As with Windows, Mac users have the choice of joining meetings using a the Lync 2011 desktop application or using their web browser with the Skype for Business/Lync web app, but there are more limitations for Mac users. But in practice, lots of system files remain on your Mac, taking up disk space and slowing. This is basically how most users remove Lync or any other app from a Mac. Now go to the Applications folder and move Lync to Trash.
Press ⌘+Q or go to Menu bar → Lync → Quit Lync. Close Lync and all its processes which may work in the background. To create an online meeting from Outlook, you must open a new Outlook meeting request. Cannot convert an appointment in Outlook to an online meeting. A device using Lync for Mac 2011 with desktop sharing cannot request control or give control to another device. Cannot request control on a desktop that is being shared by a user using Lync for Mac. This list contains a total of 25+ apps similar to Microsoft Lync.
Filter by license to discover only free or Open Source alternatives. To use AutoUpdate, open Microsoft Lync, and then on the Help menu, click Check for Updates.Alternatives to Microsoft Lync for Web, Windows, Mac, Android, Linux and more.
Note: This update is also available from Microsoft AutoUpdate, an application that can automatically keep your Microsoft software up to date. To remove the update installer, first drag the Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011 update volume to the Trash, and then drag the file that you downloaded to the Trash. If the installation finishes successfully, you can remove the update installer from your hard disk.In the Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011 Update volume window, double-click the Lync for Mac 2011 Update application to start the update process, and then follow the instructions on the screen.This step might have been performed for you. Double-click the file that you downloaded in step 5 to place the Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011 Update volume on your desktop, and then double-click the volume to open it.To check your preferences, on the Safari menu, click Preferences, and then click General. If you are using Safari, the downloaded file is saved to the desktop unless you specified a different location in the Preferences dialog box of Safari. Follow the instructions on the screen to save the file to your hard disk.Click Download, or click the link for the language version that you want.Make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements.Quit any applications that are running, including all Office applications, Microsoft Messenger, and Office Notifications, because they might interfere with the installation.Print this page if you want to use it as a reference when you are offline.