Microsoft Lync Online Plan Comparison
| Instant messaging (IM: 1:1 and multi-party) and presence (online availability status) |
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| Lync to Lync calling (1:1 voice and HD video) |
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| Microsoft Lync federation for connecting to users in other organizations that use Lync |
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| Lync-Skype connectivity for communicating with millions of Skype users worldwide |
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| Lync mobile clients for flexibility to work across multiple platforms, devices, and online services |
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| Lync web app for joining meetings through a web-based browser |
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| Persistent chat for creating topic-based discussion rooms that persist over time |
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| Lync skills search to allow users to search SharePoint My Site pages for names, keywords or specific skills |
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| Content sharing through screen sharing, virtual whiteboards and PowerPoint |
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| Ability to initiate ad-hoc and scheduled meetings |
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| Ability to initiate multi-party Lync audio/video sessions |
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| Meeting controls for setting up the organizer, lobby experience and join from |
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| OneNote sharing for enhanced in-meeting note taking |
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| Lync audio conferencing |
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| Lync audio conferencing |
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| Lync multi-party video |
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| Enterprise voice functionality including malicious call trace, E911 and call park |
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| 24/7 Microsoft IT-level phone support |
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| Lync 2013 |
Supported, but not included |
Supported, but not included |
| Lync 2013 Basic |
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| Lync Windows Store App |
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| Lync for Mac2011 |
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| Contact card configuration |
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| Picture configuration |
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| Contact list configuration |
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| Unified contact store |
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| Address book search |
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| Distribution list expansion |
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| Desktop sharing |
May participate if invited |
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| Application sharing |
May participate if invited |
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| File transfer |
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| Voice |
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| Video |
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| Media path optimization |
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| Network quality of service (QoS) - Differentiated services code point (DSCP) |
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| Office communications server 2007 R2 and Lync server 2010 (IM, presence, audio, video, conferencing) |
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| XMPP (used by Google talk for example) and Sametime federation |
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| XMPP (used by Google talk for example) and Sametime federation |
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| AOL and Yahoo federation |
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| Ad-hoc and schedule audio conferencing |
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| Ad-hoc and schedule video conferencing |
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| Active speaker video |
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| H.264 encoding and decoding |
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| Multi-party video |
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| High definition video or pictures of attendees |
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| Presenter controls |
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| Participant selected view |
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| OneNote sharing |
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| Ad-hoc and schedule web conferencing |
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| Dial-in PSTN conferencing via certified audio conferencing provider (ACP) |
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| Desktop sharing |
May participate if invited |
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| Application sharing |
May participate if invited |
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| PowerPoint sharing |
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| File transfer |
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| Whiteboard and annotations |
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| PowerPoint upload |
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| Polling |
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| Client-side recording and playback |
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| Server-side recording and playback |
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| Meeting lobby |
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| Participant anonymous join with Lync web app |
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| Schedule Lync meetings in Outlook |
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| Schedule Lync meetings in Outlook on behalf of others (delegation) |
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| Schedule Lync meetings with web scheduler |
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| Schedule online meetings in Outlook web app |
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| Outlook delegation for scheduling meetings |
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| Create public meetings with static meeting IDs from Outlook |
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| IM and media encryption |
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| IM and file filtering |
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| Client version control |
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| IM content archiving |
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| Conference content archiving |
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| Application sharing and desktop sharing archiving |
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| User level archiving configuration |
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| Presence Interoperability with Exchange server |
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| Presence interoperability with Exchange online |
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| Unified messaging interoperability with Exchange server |
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| Unified messaging interoperability with Exchange online |
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| Outlook web app interoperability |
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| Archiving interoperability with Exchange server |
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| Archiving interoperability with Exchange online |
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| Skill search with SharePoint server |
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| Skill search with SharePoint online |
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| Microsoft 365 portal |
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| Microsoft 365 admin center |
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| Lync admin center |
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