Lync add-ons for Outlook.

Question

Other tools have a social media plugin to Outlook, like XING, LinkedIn or Facebook.
It would be cool to have such a plugin for LYNC, than I could do everything directly from Outlook and would not need a stand alone client. Does that exist?

Answer 1

Yes, there is an add-on available that you can use with any Office tool, including Outlook. To add this add-on into Outlook, open it, go to File > Options > Add-ins > Manage > COM Add-ins > Go. In the COM add-ins dialog box, select Lync Meeting Add-in for Microsoft Office 2013 check-box and then click OK. You need to have installed Outlook 2013 and be logged in with an Administrator account. to activate the add-on.