Installing Lync 2013 On Your Android Device (Tested with

Jelly Bean)Charles Cummings

4/3/2013

The Purpose Of This Tutorial

The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to install Lync 2013 on your Android mobile device.

By installing Lync 2013 on your Android device, you will be able to access all your contacts and communicate with your coworkers while you are mobile.

Before you begin this process it is important that you have added contacts on your contact list for your desktop version of Lync.

When you are finished with this tutorial you will have Lync 2013 installed on your Android device and will be able to connect to your colleagues while you are mobile.

Step One: Download Lync 2013

You’ll need to access the Google Play Store on your Android device to download Lync 2013 to your Android phone. Please find the Google Play Store icon on your Android device and click on it to access the Google Play Store.

Step Two: Locate Lync 2013 on Google Play Store

Once you’ve located the Google Play Store on your Android device, you will need to search for Lync 2013 in the Google Play Store.

Do this by clicking on the magnifying glass at the upper right-hand corner of the Google Play Store to initiate the Search function.

Step Three: Search for Lync 2013

You will now search for Lync 2013 on the Google Play Store. Type Lync 2013 into the search field.

When Lync 2013 appears, you will select it and load up Lync’s page on the Google Play Store.

Step Four: Install Lync 2013

Lync 2013 on the Google Play Store looks like this. When you have found it, click on the install button.

Please note that when you install any app to your smartphone that the app will ask your permission to access a variety of components on your phone (this may or may not directly impact your data plan for your smartphone provider).

Google Play will tell you when the program is installed onto your Android Device

You will be able to open Lync 2013 from the Google Play Store for the first time (subsequent times you will need to add the icon for Lync 2013 to your devices home screen).

Step Four: Install Lync 2013

Lync 2013 on the Google Play Store looks like this. When you have found it, click on the install button.

Please note that when you install any app to your smartphone that the app will ask your permission to access a variety of components on your phone (this may or may not directly impact your data plan limits set by your mobile provider).

Google Play will tell you when the program is installed onto your Android Device

You will be able to open Lync 2013 from the Google Play Store for the first time (subsequent times you will need to add the icon for Lync 2013 to your device’s home screen).. ‘

Step Four: Install Lync 2013

Lync 2013 on the Google Play Store looks like this. When you have found it, click on the install button.

Please note that when you install any app to your smartphone that the app will ask your permission to access a variety of components on your phone (this may or may not directly impact your data plan limits set by your mobile provider).

Google Play will tell you when the program is installed onto your Android Device

You will be able to open Lync 2013 from the Google Play Store for the first time (subsequent times you will need to add the icon for Lync 2013 to your device’s home screen).. ‘

Step Four: Install Lync 2013

Lync 2013 on the Google Play Store looks like this. When you have found it, click on the install button.

Please note that when you install any app to your smartphone that the app will ask your permission to access a variety of components on your phone (this may or may not directly impact your data plan limits set by your mobile provider).

Google Play will tell you when the program is installed onto your Android Device

You will be able to open Lync 2013 from the Google Play Store for the first time (subsequent times you will need to add the icon for Lync 2013 to your device’s home screen).. ‘

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Five: Running Lync 2013

You will know your install is successful when you encounter the Lync load screen.

As stated previously, it is important that Lync is already installed on your desktop as the two versions pair together in a number of ways.

You will now agree to the Terms of use for Lync 2013. Once you have read over them kindly click “Accept.”

You will now be prompted to enter your username and password. Please use your FLVS email and your password that you use to access your email.

Please take notice to the “Show Advanced Options” dropdown menu. You can use this menu to change your availability upon signing into Lync 2013.

You can select any one of these choices prior to your logging into Lync 2013. Once you have made your selection you can click “Sign In.”

Lync will attempt to redirect you to FLVS’s information. Kindly click “Continue.”

Your login is successful when you encounter this screen.

Step Six: Understanding Data Usage

Lync 2013 contains features that allow you to connect to your colleagues through VoIP (voice over internet protocol) calls and video calls.

Using these features to connect to your colleagues can impact your data limits set by your mobile provider.

The choices you make pertaining to managing data usage should work within the parameters of your data plan (unlimited v. capped data).

You can set Lync 2013 to require a wireless internet connection for VoIP (internet calling) to limit the amount of data you use on your mobile plan.

You can also set Lync 2013 to require a wireless internet connection for video calls to limit the amount of data you use on your mobile plan.

Step Seven: Adding Your Phone Number

Lync 2013 will prompt you to include your phone number to “Never Miss a Meeting.”

Adding your phone number to this allows other users to directly connect to your phone if they need to get a hold of you.

You can add either your personal number here or your Google Voice number.

When you have added your number you will click “Next.”

Step Eight: Sync Your Contacts

Lync 2013 will prompt you to sync your contacts. You will need to click on the checkbox attached to “Sync Contacts” to do this.

If you haven’t added contacts to your desktop version of Lync then you may not have any contacts to sync to your Android device.

You will have the ability later to sync new contacts to your Android device later in the application.

When you have added your number you will click “Next.”

Step Nine: Install Complete

Lync 2013 will notify you when your install is complete.

You can change any of the settings you selected in the application in the Options Menu.

Click “Done” to start Lync 2013

Navigating and Using Lync 2013 for Android

Lync 2013 for Android has four main tabs, a search function, and a numerical keypad built into the interface.

All of these options can be accessed when you are viewing the Contact Tab.

The Contact Tab

The Contact Tab is the default tab you will log into when you access Lync 2013 for Android.

Here you can view the availability of your contacts (virtually the same color scheme as Messenger) and determine a contact’s communication capabilities (Video Capable for Video Call).

Initiating Conversations

To initiate a chat conversation you will click on the call out icon.

To initiate a VoIP Phone Call you will click on the phone icon.

To initiate a Video Call you will click on the camera icon.

To send your colleague a text from your phone you will click on the envelope icon. (Texts are sent via your default texting program on your Android device).

To send your colleague an email you will click on grey letter icon. (Emails are sent through your default email account on your Android device).

Initiating Conversations

To initiate a chat conversation you will click on the call out icon.

To initiate a VoIP Phone Call you will click on the phone icon.

To initiate a Video Call you will click on the camera icon.

To send your colleague a text from your phone you will click on the envelope icon. (Texts are sent via your default texting program on your Android device).

To send your colleague an email you will click on grey letter icon. (Emails are sent through your default email account on your Android device).

Initiating Conversations

To initiate a chat conversation you will click on the call out icon.

To initiate a VoIP Phone Call you will click on the phone icon.

To initiate a Video Call you will click on the camera icon.

To send your colleague a text from your phone you will click on the envelope icon. (Texts are sent via your default texting program on your Android device).

To send your colleague an email you will click on grey letter icon. (Emails are sent through your default email account on your Android device).

Initiating Conversations

To initiate a chat conversation you will click on the call out icon.

To initiate a VoIP Phone Call you will click on the phone icon.

To initiate a Video Call you will click on the camera icon.

To send your colleague a text from your phone you will click on the envelope icon. (Texts are sent via your default texting program on your Android device).

To send your colleague an email you will click on grey letter icon. (Emails are sent through your default email account on your Android device).

Initiating Conversations

To initiate a chat conversation you will click on the call out icon.

To initiate a VoIP Phone Call you will click on the phone icon.

To initiate a Video Call you will click on the camera icon.

To send your colleague a text from your phone you will click on the envelope icon. (Texts are sent via your default texting program on your Android device).

To send your colleague an email you will click on grey letter icon. (Emails are sent through your default email account on your Android device).

The Contact Tab

When you are on the Contact Tab you will notice a Search Button and a Dialer Button.

You can use the Search Button on the Contacts Tab to search through the employee database on Outlook to connect with your colleagues on Lync.

You can use the Dialer Button to place a VoIP call to a contact on link.

Searching

You can use the Search Button to find contacts in the organization that are not on your Contact List and communicate with them.

To begin your search, type in a first or last name in the search bar at the top of the screen.

A list of potential contacts will populate below.

Select your contact and begin the conversation.

Search will tell you if someone is online, offline, or if their “presence is unknown.” A person’s presence is unknown because they may or may not have updated to Lync as a messenger service.

The Status Tab

To the left of the Contact Tab is the Status Tab

By Clicking on the Status Tab you can change and modify your status on Lync

You can update a status message in the blue call out box by clicking on it, typing your new status message, and selecting “OK”

You can also set your status from Available to Busy and everything in between.

The Status Tab

To the left of the Contact Tab is the Status Tab

By Clicking on the Status Tab you can change and modify your status on Lync

You can update a status message in the blue call out box by clicking on it, typing your new status message, and selecting “OK”

You can also set your status from Available to Busy and everything in between.

The Status Tab

To the left of the Contact Tab is the Status Tab

By Clicking on the Status Tab you can change and modify your status on Lync

You can update a status message in the blue call out box by clicking on it, typing your new status message, and selecting “OK”

You can also click on the status dropdown menu and change your status, as well as Sign Out from Lync 2013 for Android.

The Conversation Tab

To the right of the Contact Tab is the Conversation Tab

By Clicking on the Conversation Tab you can view a log of conversations you have on through Lync

Here you can visit active conversations you are having on Lync and you can connect to your colleague in other ways as well by using the Conversation, Phone, and Video Call buttons at the bottom of your screen.

The Conversation Tab

To the right of the Contact Tab is the Conversation Tab

By Clicking on the Conversation Tab you can view a log of conversations you have on through Lync

Here you can visit active conversations you are having on Lync and you can connect to your colleague by VoIP Phone and Video Call.

Phone Call Connection

The Phone Connection Button can will connect you to your colleague if they are on Lync and have the ability to receive VoIP calls.

The Video Connection Button will allow you to connect to your colleague for a video call if they have the capability to do so (you can check this by looking at their available capabilities on the Contact Tab.

Video Call Connection

The Phone Connection Button can will connect you to your colleague if they are Lync and have the ability to receive VoIP calls.

The Video Connection Button will allow you to connect to your colleague for a video call if they have the capability to do so (you can check this by looking at their available capabilities on the Contact Tab).

The Calendar Tab

To the right of the Conversation Tab is the Calendar Tab

By Clicking on the Calendar Tab you can view any appointments you have logged in your Calendar on your Android device.

Clicking on the event gives you the summary of the event that was provided to you in Outlook.

Other Notes

Adding contacts on your desktop version of Lync is the key to success with using Lync 2013 for Android.

This was tested using a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 using Android 4.1.2 otherwise known as Jellybean. (I personally recommend this device for any FLVS Instructor looking for a phone/tablet/phablet that positions you to instruct while mobile.

During conversations participants may leave the conversation. They haven’t really left – it’s a connection thing.

The video quality is best when you are connected to Wi-Fi or have a 4G connection running on both ends.

VoIP Calls do not connect to land lines of phone numbers not associated with Lync (Just like Skype where the user has to have a phone number associated with their username).

Lync will keep you logged in on your phone even when you leave the program. You can sign out from Lync using the Status Tab and selecting a Status.

This tutorial may or may not be beneficial to iOS6 users.

Questions, Comments, Concerns

I hope this tutorial helps you become a bit more mobile in you instructional practices.

If you have any further questions, comments, or concerns please feel free to add my on Lync (Charles Cummings) and I will be glad to help you!

Charles Cummings US Government/US History InstructorTeam Harris – FLVSPhone:727-688-8435