Topic Last Modified: 2013-01-17
With Lync Online, you can stay in touch with colleagues, partners, and customers by using features such as instant messaging, audio and video conferences, and online meetings. For details, see Lync Online – Unified Communications in the Cloud.
Before setting up Lync Online for everyone in your organization, complete the following administrator tasks:
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Set up Office 365
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Plan for Lync Online
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Set up Lync Online
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Review adoption and training resources
Set up Office 365
| Task | Description | Learn more |
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| Set up Office 365 | Set up your own computer by installing Lync and the Microsoft Office 365 desktop setup program. | |
| Set up your own domain name | Set up the permanent domain name you plan to use for your Office 365 installation before making any other configuration changes. | |
| Add users | After setting up your domain name, add user accounts for everyone in your organization. |
Plan for Lync Online
| Task | Description | Lean more | ||
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| Review Lync Online system requirements | Computers running Lync Online must be able to support audio and video conversations. | |||
| Choose audio and video devices | Choose “Optimized for Lync” audio devices based on user preference and work location (for example, an open work area versus a private office).
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| Contact an audio conferencing provider and obtain accounts for your users | For Lync Online meetings that require dial-in access, set up dial-in conferencing accounts with an audio conferencing provider for your meeting organizers. |
Important: Set up Lync Online
| Task | Description | Learn more |
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| Review user settings | Decide if you want to change any of the default values for Lync Online settings. | |
| Set up your network for Lync Online | Set up your DNS server and external firewall to allow for Lync Online network traffic. | |
| Set up Lync for mobile devices | Set up your environment and your users for Lync for mobile devices. | |
| Set up users for dial-in conferencing | Add the information you received from your audio conferencing provider to the user accounts of your meeting organizers. | |
| Connect Lync to the telephone network (Lync Plan 3 only) | Set up an account with a Lync-to-phone provider so you can make calls to any telephone number. | Connect Lync Online to the telephone network with Lync-to-phone |
| Test your Lync Online installation | Save time and support calls by testing Lync Online features and audio devices before you deploy it to everyone in your organization. |
Review adoption and training resources
| Task | Description | Learn more |
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| Review adoption and training resources | Download end-user training and review online help topics. |
