Proper Procedures for Polite Presence Protocol and Perfect Propriety —From Mr. Presence Dear Mr. Presence, Microsoft Office Communicator provides me fantastic ways to connect with other people! I can call them, send them an instant message, send files or even see them on video. The problem is, with all these easy ways to connect with people, I find my colleagues are interrupting me at inopportune times. How can I keep my private time private? Overly Interrupted...

You can use Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007 R2 to make one-click phone calls to contacts in your Contact List. You can also call optional numbers by clicking the options arrow to the right of the Call button. Make a one-click phone call In the Contact List, click the contact’s Call button. Call an alternate phone number In the Contact List, click the arrow to the right of the Call button, and then click the number you want to call. Enter a...

For audio (phone) conferencing, you need a headset, or speaker and microphone, or USB audio device connected to your computer For audio/video conferencing, you need a webcam connected to your computer. Adjust phone and video Microsoft® Office Communicator 2007 R2 automatically detects and selects the preferred phone and video devices for you. However, before you start placing and receiving calls, you may want to adjust your phone and video devices. Click...

In Microsoft® Office Communicator for Java, to send an instant message to someone who is in your Contact List do one of the following: From Online Contacts select Options , select Send IM. From Online Contacts, select the person, select Details, and then select Send Instant message and select Send IM. To select between conversations From the Conversation window, select Options. Choose Contact List . This option is only available if you are...

Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 (aka Communicator) has made it easier to work with a variety of different audio and video devices. In majority of the cases, if you simply attach a device to the computer, Communicator automatically detects your new device and selects it as the preferred device if it is more capable than the other devices already plugged into the system. In case you do need change a device selection or if you simply want to test and tune...

Microsoft Lync Web App can be used to join Lync meetings from a web browser on Windows and Mac operating systems. One of the first steps most users would perform after joining a meeting is to connect to meeting audio. Lync Web App supports users joining meeting audio via a PSTN phone, or via a previous version of Communicator like Communicator 2007 R2. The following screenshots illustrate the steps a user joining a Lync meeting as Guest (unauthenticated) via the Lync Web App...

The Red Bang (Exclamation Mark) that appears in the Office Communicator Notifications region (top right corner) can indicate one of several different underlying problems. Communicator uses the Red Bang to notify you that something needs your attention. Clicking on that button opens a menu listing errors or other notifications. Common causes of the red bang are missed calls/instant messages, Outlook integration errors, and address book synchronization (ABS) errors. In this...

Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 is almost ready to be shipped to customers, so now is the perfect time to present this Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) client that makes it easy to stay connected from a mobile phone. The Communicator Mobile project was conducted in parallel with the other OCS 2007 projects. The goal was to elevate mobile devices to first-class participants in Microsoft’s Unified Communications (UC)...

By default everyone in your company is able to see your Office Communicator Presence. This is a great feature, because you don't have to have someone on your contact list and you can still see his or her availability in other applications (e.g. Office Outlook or Office Sharepoint Server). This empowers you to use the benefits of Unified Communications and to decide – based on your colleague’s status – whether it’s better to write an email, start an IM or...

Dear Mr. Presence, I love the contact details and presence information that Lync provides to me about all my colleagues! However, sometimes I’d just like to see someone’s face to remind me who they are before I call them. Is there a way to see someone’s picture in Lync? And how can I control my own picture? -Missing the Big Picture Dear Missing the Big Picture, You are in luck! With Lync 2010 you can view pictures for all your colleagues and...