It supports a number of email accounts you can integrate with Google Apps and Exchange. In case your files are stored on Google Drive or Dropbox, the app has an attachment option for them as well. It’s very easy to send attachments with an easy drag and drop of your files to your email. Email client for mac.
I’ve put together one central place for Lync for Mac 2011 resources so you’ve got one-stop-shop for information on the client. Whether it’s a problem you’ve encountered, device compatibility or you just need to know what the client looks like, you’ll find it here. Start off with my post Lync for Mac 2011 – A First Look.
The Enterprise Voice story on Lync for Mac 2011 is on par with the Windows client and enables your Mac users to enjoy the same great Lync experience as the rest of your organisation. As the Lync voice story develops on Mac, more scenarios are being discovered that are worth documenting, especially around devices.
Microsoft Lync is the new rich client for Lync users on the Mac platform and offers integrated functionality for instant messaging, presence, conferencing and voice. Lync for Mac is designed to work with both Lync Server 2010 and Lync Online to help you. Before you install the Lync for Mac 2011 14.3.3 update on your computer, you must uninstall any version of Lync for Mac 2011 that is earlier than Lync for Mac 2011 14.0.4. Additionally, you must make sure that the computer is running Mac OS X 10.5 or a later version of the Mac OS X operating system.
Lync for Mac 2011 Devices TechNet Wiki (thanks to Tom Laciano for putting this together)
There’s also a few really helpful articles on the Office for Mac 2011 website. Check these links out to dive a bit deeper into how the Mac client works.
I’ll keep this page updated with new information as it comes to hand. If you’ve got suggestions or questions, please make a comment below.
Looking to set configuration preferences in Lync for mac? The office for mac site has a good overview of the settings here
From their site:
Certain features and behaviors that are available to Lync Server 2010 clients are determined by preference settings on the client. You can standardize the settings for Lync for Mac in your organization by configuring preferences for the application and then deploying these preferences to users on the network.
The Lync Server 2010 preferences are stored in the /Library/Preferences/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.plist or the User/username/Library/Preferences/ByHost/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB-xxxx.plist. The /Library/Preferences/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.plist corresponds to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE keys on a Windows-based computer. This means every user on the computer shares the same set of settings. You need Administrator privileges on the computer to modify the file in this folder.
The User/username//Library/Preferences/ByHost/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB-xxxx.plist corresponds to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER keys on a Windows-based computer. This means that users who are using the same computer can have different Lync settings. The keys documented below are supported in either of these .plist files. However, the /Library/Preferences/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.plist key will override the ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB-xxxx.plist file, if available.
To add a new preference, in the /Library/Preferences/MicrosoftLyncRegistrationDB.plist file, use the following syntax: hkey_local_machinesoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftlync<preferencename>. Use all lowercase letters for the preference entry. Before you add a new preference in the file, you must create the following default preference entries with the specified values in this .plist file:
| Value | |
| Backward_Compatible_Version | 1 |
| Current_Version | 1 |
| hkey_local_machinesoftwarepoliciesmicrosoftlync | <<MacRegNoValue>> |
Note To edit a .plist file, you can use a property list (plist) editor. A plist editor is available as part of the Apple XCode tool set. The default location for the plist editor on the hard disk is /Developer/Applications/Utilities/Property List Editor. Various third-party plist editors are also available.
The following table lists the Lync Server 2010 preferences available for Lync for Mac.
| absusage | |
| Value: | 0,1,20 = WebSearchAndFileDownload |
| 1 = WebSearchOnly | |
| 2 = FileDownloadOnly | |
| Description: | Can be set to download the Address Book only, use Address Book web search only, or use both. |
| ConfigurationMode | |
| Value: | 0 = automatic server detection (default) |
| 1 = manual server configuration | |
| Description: | Specify how Lync identifies the transport and server to use during sign-in. If you enable this policy setting, you must specify ServerAddressInternal, ServerAddressExternal, and Transport. |
| ConfigurationModeServerAddressInternal | |
| Value: | 0 = automatic server detection (default) |
| 1 = manual server configuration | |
| Description: | If you enable ConfigurationMode, you must configure this setting, which specifies the server name or IP address used when clients connect from inside the organization’s firewall. |
| ConfigurationModeServerAddressExternal | |
| Value: | 0 = automatic server detection (default) |
| 1 = manual server configuration | |
| Description: | If you enable ConfigurationMode, you must configure this setting, which specifies the server name or IP address used by clients and federated contacts when connecting from outside the external firewall. |
| ConfigurationModeTransport | |
| Value: | 0 = automatic server detection (default) |
| 1 = manual server configuration | |
| Description: | If you enable ConfigurationMode, you must specify either Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or Transport Layer Security (TLS). |
| DisableAVConferencing | |
| Value: | 0 = enabled (default) |
| 1= disabled | |
| Description: | Disables audio and video conferencing |
| DisableCalendarPresence | |
| Value: | 0 (or not set) = Calendar data is published as per the option set in the Personal Tab (Update my status based on calendar data). The user will switch to “In a meeting” based on calendar data. (default) |
| 1 = Feature is disabled and Calendar data is not published; UI is disabled. The user will not switch to “In a meeting” based on calendar data. | |
| Description: | Disables calendar presence. |
| DisableEmoticons | |
| Value: | 0 (or not present) = enabled (default) |
| 1 = disabled | |
| Description: | Disables emoticons in instant messages. |
| DisableFreeBusyInfo | |
| Value: | 0 = Enabled (default) |
| 1= Disabled | |
| Description: | Enables or disables publishing free/busy information. |
| DisablePC2PCVideo | |
| Value: | 0 (or not present) = Enabled (default) |
| 1= Disabled | |
| Description: | Disable video functionalities |
| DisablePhonePresence | |
| Value: | 0 = Phone call (3PCC, VOIP, and Conference) states are published |
| 1 = Phone call states are not published to presence (default) | |
| Description: | Disables call presence |
| EnableAppearOffline | |
| Value: | 0 = Not set (default) |
| 1 = User can publish an Appear Offline state when they are still active on an endpoint. | |
| Description: | Enables the state Appear Offline |
| EnableURL | |
| Value: | 0 = Disabled |
| 1= Enables (default) | |
| Description: | Enables or disables hyperlinks in instant messages |
| MaximumNumberOfContacts | |
| Value: | MIN 0 |
| MAX 1000 (default) | |
| Description: | Indicates the maximum number of contacts a user is allowed to have. The maximum contacts can be set to any integer value between 0 and 1000, inclusive. When set to 0, that prevents the user from having any contacts. |
| ucEnableSIPSecurityMode | |
| Value: | 0 = Security is low |
| 1 = Security is high (default) | |
| 2 = Security is medium | |
| Description: | In high security mode: TCP transport mode is disabled, and only NTLM / Kerberos / certificate authentication is enabled. |
| In medium security mode: Under TLS, all authentication modes are enabled (above ones + basic & digest). Under TCP, only NTLM / Kerberos / certificate authentication is enabled. | |
| In low security mode: All authentication modes are enabled under both TCP and TLS. | |
| ucMaxAppSharingPort | |
| Value: | 1024-65535 |
| Default is 65000 | |
| Description: | Maximum port range used by application sharing |
| ucMaxAudioPort | |
| Value: | 1024-65535 |
| Description: | Maximum port range used by audio |
| ucMaxVideoPort | |
| Value: | 1024-65535 |
| Description: | Maximum port used by video |
| ucMinAppSharingPort | |
| Value: | 1024-65535 |
| Description: | Minimum port used by application sharing |
| ucMinAudioPort | |
| Value: | 1024-65535 |
| Description: | Minimum port range used by audio |
| ucMinVideoPort | |
| Value: | 1024-65535 |
| Description: | Minimum port range used by video |
| VideoBitrate | |
| Value: | 0-2000 (0 to 2 Mbps) |
| Description: | Limit bandwidth used by video to this bit rate |