Preparing Client Systems for Lync Online

The preparation of client systems for Lync Online is largely a matter of installing the Lync client on each system. However, there are several additional requirements for client systems to be compatible with Office 365:

• The Microsoft Online Services Sign In Assistant must be installed to enable Lync to authenticate to Microsoft Online Services. Much like the Lync client, this software is provided in the form of a Windows Installer file, and it can therefore be installed using any of the standard deployment methods.

• Although not an absolute requirement, it is highly recommended to run the Microsoft Office 365 Desktop Setup utility on each client system, because the tool automatically detects and installs ...

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