Lync 2013 does not natively support the showing of video clips. Some have tried using desktop sharing to display a video but this does not work very well because the refresh rate of application and desktop sharing in Lync 2013 is set low to reduce network bandwidth consumption. This results is very jerky and almost…

As most people know, Microsoft Lync meetings are normally scheduled using Microsoft Outlook. They can also be scheduled using the Outlook Web App (OWA) in Microsoft Office 365. For this example, we will use Microsoft Outlook. In Microsoft Outlook, select the Calendar view and either create a New Meeting, or use the New Lync Meeting…

When you record a Lync meeting, Microsoft Lync 2013 saves meeting recordings as MPeg4 (MP4) files. It is possible to edit these recordings and save them in a variety of formats for different uses. To edit and convert Lync recordings I use Microsoft Windows Movie Maker, which is part of the Windows Live Essentials bundle….

In this series of blog posts I’ll be discussing ways to run meetings effectively using Microsoft Lync 2013. Microsoft Lync is designed as a very easy to use collaboration tool with IM, Presence, Audio, Video and Content Sharing easily accessible. It is simple to hold impromptu meetings. With a bit of planning it is also…

At long last I've been able to publish two white papers: Managing Large and Structured Meetings with Lync 2010 and Managing Large and Structured Meetings with Lync 2013 Both papers cover a lot more than I can cover in these blog posts about running large meetings. We have run many successful Large Meetings in the…