Lync Server 2010 User Tips, Tricks and Tweaks for Better Productivity
The Lync community has produced tons of posts and guides on how to configure stuff and how to set things up in Lync Server 2010, helping admins out there to do their job. But not as many posts are dedicated to how end users actually can use Lync 2010 to work smarter.
Inspired by Ståle Hansen (Wiki: Lync Server 2010 Features and How to Configure Them) and the blog series on productivity by Matt Landis and Tommy Clarke, I wanted to create this collection of productivity tips on how to work smarter with Lync 2010.
*Please fill in with your blog posts, videos, links and whatever else you find useful in your daily life working with Lync Server 010.
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From Tommy Clarke @ http://www.ultimate-communications.com/
- Privacy tips: Use presentation mode when you don’t want someone to see the content of an IM in the toast.
- Productivity tips: Use presentation mode when you don’t want to be disturbed.
- How I use #Lync and #Office365 as a power user – When I travel
- How I use Lync on my mobile devices – #Lync
- Lync Keyboard shortcuts – #Lync
From Matt Landis @ http://windowspbx.blogspot.com/
- Lync User QuickTip #1: Did You Know You Can Copy and Paste DTMF?
- Lync User QuickTip #2: Commenting On A Status or Photo Update Made A Little Easier By Lync
- Lync User QuickTip #3: Quickest Way to Pin a Contact From an Open Instant Message Window?
- Lync User QuickTip #4: Running Lync Twice on the Same PC
- Lync User QuickTip #5: Update Lync, Twitter and Linked-In Status In One Fell Swoop
- Lync User QuickTip #6: How to Add More Callers To A Call (aka Doing a Conference Call With Lync)
- Lync User QuickTip #7: Spell Checker for Lync IM (and everything else in Lync)
- Lync User QuickTip #8: Lync Makes Dialing PhoneWords So Simple (example: 1800-Flowers)
- Lync User QuickTip #9: Windows+Q Pops Up Lync…and Other Lync Keyboard Shortcuts
- Lync User QuickTip #10: Testing Voice Call Quality BEFORE the Important Call (guru tip as well)
- Lync User QuickTip #11: Want Mobile Devices to Attend the Visual Part of Your Next Lync Meeting? Here’s How
- Lync User QuickTip #12: Free Add-on to Popup New Instant Message
- Lync User QuickTip #13: What if Your Phone Would Tell What Time it is for Person You are Calling? Lync Does!
- Lync User QuickTip #14: On Lync Mobile for Windows Phone and Want to Change User?
- Lync User QuickTip #15: Adding VoIP Calling to Lync Mobile for iOS in 10 Minutes #iphone #ipad #ios #lync
- Lync User QuickTip #16: Leaving the Office? Move The Call To Your Mobile and Continue Call
- Lync User QuickTip #17: Lync Browser Pages Prompting for Credentials? How to Avoid Unnecessary Credentials Typing
- Lync User QuickTip #18: How To Get Lync 2010 Call and Conversation History On Lync Mobile Device
- Lync User QuickTip #19: Understanding Lync to Outlook Calendar Based Presence Integration
- Lync User QuickTip #20: How to Record Lync to PSTN Calls (With No Addon)
- Lync User QuickTip #21: One Button Shortcut to IM or Voice Call a Contact
- Lync User QuickTip #22: Lync Select Dial: Bringing “Click-To-Dial” To Every Windows App
- Lync User QuickTip #23: Optimizing Blind Call Transfer To One or Two Clicks in Microsoft Lync 2010
- Lync User QuickTip #24: Make Outlook Signature Phone Numbers and Lync Addresses Clickable
- Lync User QuickTip #25: Instant Message Using Lync and Windows Speech Recognition
- Lync User QuickTip #26: Lync Instant Message to Any SMS Enabled USA Mobile Phone (for Free, In 1 Minute)
- Lync User QuickTip #27: Pickup With USB Headset From PC or Lync Phone Edition Handset With Better Together
- Lync User QuickTip #28: Lync 2013 Now Will Easily Check If Domain Has Federation Enabled
- Lync User QuickTip #29: Free Service Will Make Audio Call To Any Federated Lync User
- Lync User QuickTip #30: How to Instant Message ScreenShots
- Lync User QuickTip #31: Playing Video From PowerPoint In Lync Meetings
From Jeff Schertz @ http://blog.schertz.name
From Nexthop @ http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/
From The Lync Team Blog @ Lync Team Blog
- Staying Active
- The new and improved Contact List
- Preparing your System for a Lync Web App Meeting
- Joining Meeting Audio From Lync Web App
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Accessibility
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Frequently Used Keyboard shortcuts
- Setting up your Speed-Dial to quickly & automatically call into your meetings
NOTE (The "Cool tip of the day" was a blog post series covering tips for Communicator 2007 R2 but some of them still applies to Lync 2010)
- Cool Tip of the Day 10: Manage Your Contacts and Contact List
- Cool Tip of the Day 12: Your Presence Information and Access Levels
- Cool Tip of the Day 13: Contact List Etiquette
- Cool Tip of the Day 14: Control Access to Your Presence Information
- Cool Tip of the Day 17: Share Your Desktop
- Cool Tip of the Day 18: Add a Contact to the Contact List
- Cool Tip of the Day 19: Manually Set Your Presence Status
- Cool Tip of the Day 20: View a Contact’s Status and Contact Information
- Cool Tip of the Day 22: Invite New Participants to a Conversation
- Cool Tip of the Day 27: Give Control of a Shared Desktop
- Cool Tip of the Day 34: Answering an Incoming Call
- Cool Tip of the Day 35: Make an Outgoing Call
- Cool Tip of the Day 37: Redirect a Call
- Cool Tip of the Day 39: Adding Contacts During a Conference Call
- Cool Tip of the Day 40: Search for a Contact
- Cool Tip of the Day 32: Set Message Notifications And Use Short Keys
- Cool Tip of the Day 41: Transfer a Call or Instant Message
- Cool Tip of the Day 51: Manage Your Own Presence Status
- Cool Tip of the Day 52: About Automatic Presence Status
- Cool Tip of the Day 53: About Personal Status Notes
- Cool Tip of the Day 55: Signing In and Setting Up Your PIN
- Cool Tip of the Day 56: Settings
- Cool Tip of the Day 57: Manage Your Contacts and Contact Lists
- Cool Tip of the Day 58: Instant Messaging
- Cool Tip of the Day 59: Get Started With Office Communicator 2007 R2 Phone and Video
- Cool Tip of the Day 60: Make Phone Calls
- Cool Tip of the Day 61: Receive Phone Calls
And finally, official end user content from the Microsoft Download Center
- Lync 2010 Quick Start Guides
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Training Download Package
- Lync 2010 Work Smart Guides
- Lync Adoption and Training Downloads
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Self-Paced Training Videos
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Training
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Quick Reference Cards
- Microsoft Lync 2010 Adoption and Training Kit: Lync Custom Intranet Site