Integration with Microsoft Office

On the client side, integration between Lync and Microsoft Office has provided valuable features with previous versions of Lync, and that will continue to be the case with Lync Server 2013. Some of the more compelling features provided through the integration of Lync and Microsoft Office are the following:

• Lync automatically updates the user’s Presence status based on information in the user’s Outlook calendar.

• The Online Meeting Add-in for Lync allows users to create a Lync conference from the Outlook client and automatically schedule the meeting in the user’s calendar, providing a single interface to service all meeting requirements.

• Presence information is automatically displayed wherever mail recipients are shown in Outlook.

• Lync IM conversations are recorded in the Conversation History folder in Outlook, and can be viewed and searched along with other Outlook data.

• The Office Sharing Add-in for Lync allows users to view Presence status, initiate a Lync IM, and initiate a collaborative document-sharing session from within Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (versions 2007 and above are required).

• The Lync client can be used to record personal notes regarding a meeting that are stored in a OneNote 2013 notebook.

• The Lync client can be used to open a shared OneNote 2013 notebook and distribute a link to connect to the shared notebook for all meeting participants.