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Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Instant messaging (IM: 1:1 and multi-party) and presence (online availability status) |
| Lync to Lync calling (1:1 voice and HD video) |
| Microsoft Lync federation for connecting to users in other organizations that use Lync |
| Lync-Skype connectivity for communicating with millions of Skype users worldwide |
| Lync mobile clients for flexibility to work across multiple platforms, devices, and online services |
| Lync web app for joining meetings through a web-based browser |
| Persistent chat for creating topic-based discussion rooms that persist over time |
| Lync skills search to allow users to search SharePoint My Site pages for names, keywords or specific skills |
| Content sharing through screen sharing, virtual whiteboards and PowerPoint |
| Ability to initiate ad-hoc and scheduled meetings |
| Ability to initiate multi-party Lync audio/video sessions |
| Meeting controls for setting up the organizer, lobby experience and join from |
| OneNote sharing for enhanced in-meeting note taking |
| Lync audio conferencing |
| Interoperability with 3rd party audio conferencing providers |
| Lync multi-party video |
| Enterprise voice functionality including malicious call trace, E911 and call park |
| 24/7 Microsoft IT-level phone support |
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| Clients for Lync Online |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Lync 2013 |
| Lync 2013 Basic |
| Lync Windows Store App |
| Lync for Mac2011 |
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| CONTACTS MANAGEMENT |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Contact card configuration |
| Picture configuration |
| Contact list configuration |
| Unified contact store |
| Address book search |
| Distribution list expansion |
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| LYNC-TO-LYNC AUDIO, VIDEO AND MEDIA |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Desktop sharing |
| Application sharing |
| File transfer |
| Voice |
| Video |
| Media path optimization |
| Network quality of service (QoS) - Differentiated services code point (DSCP) |
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| FEDERATION AND PUBLIC IM CONNECTIVITY |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Office communications server 2007 R2 and Lync server 2010 (IM, presence, audio, video, conferencing) |
| XMPP (used by Google talk for example) and Sametime federation |
| Windows live messenger and skype federation |
| AOL and Yahoo federation |
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| LYNC MEETINGS |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Ad-hoc and schedule audio conferencing |
| Ad-hoc and schedule video conferencing |
| Active speaker video |
| H.264 encoding and decoding |
| Multi-party video |
| High definition video or pictures of attendees |
| Presenter controls |
| Participant selected view |
| OneNote sharing |
| Ad-hoc and schedule web conferencing |
| Dial-in PSTN conferencing via certified audio conferencing provider (ACP) |
| Desktop sharing |
| Application sharing |
| PowerPoint sharing |
| File transfer |
| Whiteboard and annotations |
| PowerPoint upload |
| Polling |
| Client-side recording and playback |
| Server-side recording and playback |
| Meeting lobby |
| Participant anonymous join with Lync web app |
| Schedule Lync meetings in Outlook |
| Schedule Lync meetings in Outlook on behalf of others (delegation) |
| Schedule Lync meetings with web scheduler |
| Schedule online meetings in Outlook web app |
| Outlook delegation for scheduling meetings |
| Create public meetings with static meeting IDs from Outlook |
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| SECURITY AND ARCHIVING |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| IM and media encryption |
| IM and file filtering |
| Client version control |
| IM content archiving |
| Conference content archiving |
| Application sharing and desktop sharing archiving |
| User level archiving configuration |
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| EXCHANGE AND SHAREPOINT INTEROPERABILITY |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Presence Interoperability with Exchange server |
| Presence interoperability with Exchange online |
| Unified messaging interoperability with Exchange server |
| Unified messaging interoperability with Exchange online |
| Outlook web app interoperability |
| Archiving interoperability with Exchange server |
| Archiving interoperability with Exchange online |
| Skill search with SharePoint server |
| Skill search with SharePoint online |
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| LYNC ONLINE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT |
Lync Online Plan 1 |
Lync Online Plan 2 |
| Microsoft Office 365 portal |
| Microsoft Office 365 admin center |
| Lync admin center |
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