Before starting your install
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- Check to see if Lync is already on your computer. If you're running Office 2013 on your PC or a newer version of Office for Mac 2011, there's a good chance it's installed.
- Find out if your computer equipment is on ITS CorePlus support. If so, contact the Solution Center (294-4000 or solution@iastate.edu) to have Lync automatically pushed to your computer.
Getting started
Here are some tips on using Lync for instant messaging and more.
Windows
- Ensure that you have 'admin' rights to your computer. You'll need them for the install.
- From the 'start' icon, click on 'computer,' then 'map network drive' at the top of the window.
- Select a drive letter and, in the 'folder' input box, type 'software.iastate.edusoftwareLync' and click 'finish' button.
- Click through these directories: 'Lync' > 'Install' > 'PC' > 'Lync 2013 with SP1.'
- To install the software, click 'setup.'
- To burn a CD image of the software for a later install, go back up to 'Lync 2013 with SP1,' then click 'DVD image' and save the enclosed file.
Mac
- Ensure that you have 'admin' rights to your computer. You'll need them for the install.
- From your desktop, simultaneously click command+K to access the 'connect to server' window
- In the server address blank, type 'smb://software.iastate.edu/software/Lync.'
- The software server icon will appear on your desktop. Click through these directories: 'Lync' > 'Install' > 'Macintosh' > 'Lync 2011 for Mac' > 'files.'
- To install, drag 'lync_14.0.10_141024.dmg' to your desktop and click it.
- To burn a CD image of the software for a later install, go back up to 'Lync 2011 for Mac,' click 'CD image' and save the enclosed file.
Today, I ran across the issue of some Lync clients not being able to connect up to our Lync 2010 server. They were receiving the following error:
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Sign in to Microsoft Lync failed because the service is not available or you may not be connected to the internet.
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Turned out this was caused by having an invalid SSL certificate. The reason the certificate was invalid was this particular Mac was not apart of the domain and therefore the root CA’s certificate was not trusted. Simply importing the root certificate into the keychain logged the user right in.