Lync for Mac 2011 and Public Instant Messaging Clients

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Applies to: Office for Mac 2011

Topic Last Modified: 2016-12-16

If you have configured your server for public IM connectivity, Lync supports the following capabilities with public IM networks. Presence status is filtered to those presence states supported by the public IM client.

Client	Supported Capabilities
Windows Live Messenger	IM, basic presence, audio/video (A/V)
AOL	IM and basic presence
Yahoo!	IM and basic presence

Note

Audio/Video (A/V) is supported with the latest version of Windows Live Messenger. If you are implementing A/V federation with Windows Live Messenger, you must also modify the Lync Server encryption level. By default, the encryption level is Required. You must change this setting to Supported by using the Lync Server Management Shell. For details, see Prepare for Support of Public IM Connectivity documentation.