WolfLync news for week of Oct. 8

Welcome to the exciting world of Lync! This powerful communication tool gives you the ability to instant message your colleagues, as well as collaborate with shared desktops, add voice and video and even take your extension and make it mobile. Have you ever wanted to be able to create online meetings right from within Outlook? Now you can! Need an easy way to hold virtual office hours with your students? Lync can do that as well.  See below for the latest news in the world of Lync.

Attention all Mac Lync users: Make sure that you have the latest addition of the Mac Client, 14.0.2. This update fixes bug issues and also allows Mac users to share and view shared desktops with other Lync users. You can download the update here.

Training: Be sure to take advantage of our Lync training sessions. Learn how to create and conduct online meetings with colleagues, students and participants outside of the university. Have you ever wondered what a particular button on your Lync client does? Is it possible to see shared PowerPoint slides on an iPad? Get answers to these questions and more with our interactive Lync training. Community campus users can participate as well. You must sign up for training! Click here.

Skype integration (coming soon): Lync will soon be able to federate with Skype, meaning that you will be able to see presence and make calls to Skype users with Lync. Stay tuned to WolfLync news for updates on when this feature will be available. We expect this feature to be available in the spring.