Lync Tool Belt #4: How to Federate with Other Lync Users
This is a very useful tool that Microsfot included in Lync. I not only can have a list of all my co-workers on my Lync interface, but also other people outside my organization that have Lync implemented as well. This makes getting a hold of vendors or other clients just as easy as contacting someone at my office.
To federate with other Lync users:
- Click on the search bar above your contact list
- Start typing in the name of the person you would like to ferderate with
- A search should automatically pop up with choices of people to federate with
- Find the person that you want to federate with
- Hover over the contact and click the drop down menu next to the + button
- Select which list you would like that contact to be listed under
- This contact will now show up in your Lync interface, revealing their presence and ways to contact them
-Andrea Leonhardt, PEI
