To learn about Lync Meeting room features, including your options for audio, video, presentations, participants, and layouts, see Introduction to Lync Meeting room or details about the meeting room for Lync Basic 2013 users. In your meeting request, click Join Lync Meeting. Use Lync (full audio and video experience) Select your audio connection from the Join Meeting Audio window. Use this option if your computer has built-in mics and speakers, or you have a headset connected. You don’t have to use a camera, but you can still see other attendees’ videos. Select Call me at, if you want Lync to call you at any number, such as your home or cell phone. Just type a new number or use the ones listed, which are pulled from the Phones options, if they’re already set up. To call in to the meeting from a phone, or connect to audio later, chooseĭon’t join audio. The audio numbers and conference ID are in the meeting request. Meetings view lets you quickly check your upcoming meetings for the day, without having to go to your calendar.
You can even join a Lync Meeting right from the Meetings tab, if the meeting was set up by an organizer inside your company. In the Lync main window, click the Meetings tab, and then right click a Lync Meeting to join. Lync Web App is an alternative way to join the meeting if you don’t have Lync installed. It opens automatically to connect you to the meeting. For more information click Join a Skype meeting with Skype for Business Web App. If you’re on the road or if you don’t have access to a computer, you just call into the meeting with a phone.
If you don’t hear audio, or people can’t hear you, test your audio device first: Make sure you grab the conference numbers and IDs from the meeting request before the meeting. Hover over the phone/mic icon in the meeting, and then click the Plug in your headset or use your computer’s mic and speakers. Select the audio device and adjust your speaker and unmute your mic. Make sure to unmute your computer speakers as well. Where are the conference call numbers and passcodes? Tip: You can call in for audio with a phone, if your computer doesn’t have mic and speakers, or you prefer not to use computer audio. If you prefer to call in with a phone, instead of using computer audio, you can find the conference numbers and ID in the meeting request. You can also click Find a local number in the meeting request if you’re traveling. You only need a PIN if you are calling into the meeting as the presenter from a public or cell phone, or if the meeting is set with high security. Otherwise you don’t need a PIN, just dial in and wait to get connected. If you need a PIN and don’t remember what it is, clickįorgot your Dial-in PIN? in the meeting request, and follow the instructions on the page to reset.Īudio quality depends on the network and the device you use. Use a wired network connection and switch off wireless on your computer. If you have to use wireless, make sure you have a strong signal. Also use a high-quality headset for better audio. For more information, see Phones and Devices Qualified for Microsoft Skype for Business (Lync).Before you can configure Lync Server 2013 to use Office Web Apps Server, Office Web Apps Server must be deployed and configured.
See the document Guide to Deploying Office Web Apps Server and Office Web Apps for detail information on how to install and configure a single Office Web Apps Server, or for information on how to install and configure an Office Web Apps Server Farm for high availability.Īfter Office Web Apps Server has been successfully installed and your Web farm correctly configured, you must then configure Lync Server to communicate with the new server this is done by adding the Office Web Apps Server discovery URL to your Lync Server topology. To add Office Web Apps Server to your topology, complete the following steps:Ĭlick Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2013, and then click Lync Server Topology Builder.
In the Topology Builder dialog box, select Download Topology from existing deployment and then click OK. In the Save Topology As dialog box, type a name for your topology document (for example, PreWebAppsServerTopology) in the File name box and then click Save. This topology can later be retrieved and republished if you encounter problems with your new topology.