lync vs adobe connect

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Discover the Difference: Adobe® Connect™ vs. Microsoft Lync

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The Challenge: How can I fill the gaps when Live Meeting is gone?

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Microsoft is planning to

discontinue the Live Meeting

service and focus on Lync.

Can Lync support my training

program?

Can Lync support my webinar

program?

Will let me easily collaborate

outside my company’s firewall

and across devices?


Microsoft Live Meeting vs Lync Online

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Feature* Adobe Connect Microsoft

Lync Online

Meeting Capacity

(attendees) 1500 250

Branding & Meeting Room

Layout Customization o

Q&A/Surveys o

Breakout Rooms o

Testing & Grading o

Attendance Reporting o

Record Meetings to Server

for hosted replay o

Schedule Meetings Via

Web o

Video/rich media sharing o

Online attendee registration o


Why Customers Select Adobe Connect

Ease of

Access

(no attendee

download)

Rich

Experience

Secure &

Compliant

Extensible &

Easy to

Integrate

Complete

Solutions

Adobe Connect is an enterprise web conferencing solution for online meetings,

eLearning and webinars used by leading corporations and government agencies

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Rich

Experience

Extensible &

Easy to

Integrate

Complete

Solutions

Ease of Access

Secure &

Compliant



Let’s Get This Meeting Started! – MS Lync Online

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Lync Client

(Required to initiate meetings; Limited Mac Support)

Lync Attendee

(Full in-meeting functionality; Big download; No Mac

Support

Lync Web App

(No video, audio, PowerPoint sharing; Mac

Support)

For Internal Users

For External Users/Participants


No Waiting with Adobe Connect!

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Attendees Join Instantly - No Download Required


Adobe Connect Mobile

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Fully host, present, train, or collaborate - anytime, anywhere

• Host or join meetings, virtual classes, or webinars

• Share and present content from the cloud or the device itself

• Whiteboard with the tip of your finger

• Collaborate with multi-point video conferencing

• Available on iOS (iPad, iPhone) and Android


Web Conferencing Mobile Client Comparison

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Supports a variety of devices (iPad, iPhone, Android) Yes Yes

Multipoint videoconferences to visually engage and

collaborate with attendees

Yes No

Host meetings - Begin and end meetings; control

participants; control layouts, audio, and recordings

Yes No

Share content – From the cloud or the device itself Yes No

Present content - Advance slides and control animations Yes No

Whiteboard – Whiteboard and annotate with the tip of a

finger

Yes No

Support for vendor’s meeting, virtual classroom, and

webinar solution

Yes No



Rich

Experience

Secure &

Compliant

Extensible &

Easy to

Integrate

Complete

Solutions Ease of

Access


Meeting Environment: Lync Online

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Lync Online Environment Is Not Flexible

Appearance determined by Microsoft

Palette arrangement fixed

Palette itself is inflexible

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Completely Define the Experience with Adobe Connect

Select a layout template

Customize individual meeting

rooms: Add pods, delete,

move and resize meeting pods

Easily adapt your meeting room to your needs

Resize pods to focus

the attention on:

ppt, whiteboard, Q&A, poll…

* Lync meeting console is not customizable


Completely Define the Experience with Adobe Connect

Utilize multiple pods of any type to collaborate in the most effective way

Pods all move in response to layouts (multiple layouts in every room)

Unlimited web cams, video without downloads, and custom apps!


Branding & Personalization

Completely brand the join meeting pages with your corporate colors and logo.

Example: http://ford.adobeconnect.com

Personalize each room with background images

Custom URL for meeting room e.g. meridien.adobeconnect.com/salesweekly

Add your own content

* Lync does allow any custom branding

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Control Attendee Access

Manage attendee permissions

Promote any attendee to a presenter

Remove or block attendee access

Place attendees on hold until the host grants access

* Lync does offer any access control options


Is the Audience Really Engaged?

Engagement Dashboard

Measure participant engagement

and participation in real-time

Based on multiple factors

Detailed engagement report

available post-event

Available for seminar rooms, events,

and virtual classrooms

Interaction meter

Question & Answer ratio

Poll Responses


Effectively Collaborate with Multiple Presenters

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Presenter Only Area is your private backstage area for hosts and presenters. This is

a great place for the Attendee pod, a Presenter chat (so you can coordinate

amongst yourselves without interrupting the event flow), the Presenter view of the

Q&A pod and any notes or reminders you might have for your speakers or

moderators.

* Lync does not offer a backstage area


Effectively Collaborate with Multiple Presenters

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Adobe Connect Has Persistent, Customizable URLs

Customizable: Setup your room with your branding and personalized URL

meridien.adobeconnect.com/conrad

meridien.adobeconnect.com/war-room

meridien.adobeconnect.com/salesweekly

meridien.adobeconnect.com/.....

* Lync does not support customizable URLs

Predictable: Create any number of customized URLs for specific

scenarios


Sharing PowerPoint and Video

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Share as many webcams as you can fit on the screen

Works on mobile devices

Active speaker indicator

Choose between 16:9 or 4:3 ratios for HD Webcams

* Lync only supports one webcam


Post documents

for attendees to

download

Links to visit

website pages

Play a pre-

recorded video

clip

Features: Video Clip, File Transfer, Web Links

Adobe Connect allows sharing video clips, post documents or slides to

download and post links to website pages.

* Lync does not support playing video clips


Recording Comparison

Lync

Recordings saved to your computer

only

Windows media format only

No ability to download documents/files

Poor screen/graphic quality

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No ability to remove parts of the

recording

No ability to index or bookmark

No ability to password protect

Adobe Connect

Unlimited recording storage for hosted

replay & ability to download offline.

Flash or MP4 format offered

Links to download documents/files

work during recording replay

Excellent screen/graphic quality

Easily edit and cut out any part of a

recording

Remove parts of a recording (attendee

list, chat or Q&A window)

Create indexing and bookmarks for

easy search

Password protect hosted recording

replays or allow anyone to view it.

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Secure & Compliant

Extensible &

Easy to

Integrate

Complete

Solutions Ease of

Access

Rich

Experience



Adobe Connect Security and Control

Disable and restrict user activities at

the account level

Whitelist/Blacklist for application sharing

Disable virtually any function in Adobe

Connect

Clear private data

Remove content from chat pods and

note pods for any new sessions

Audit communications

Force all meetings to record

Generate chat transcripts for auditing

* Not supported by Lync


Adobe Connect Security and Control

* Not supported by Lync

Closed Caption Pod

Customize caption font size and color settings

Skip back and fast forward captions

Receive captions in multiple languages

Save and download caption as a transcript

Use in house captioner or 3rd party captioning

service

JAWS screen reader compliant

HIPPA Compliant (Managed Hosting and Premise

deployment Only)



Secure &

Compliant

Extensible &

Easy to

Integrate

Complete

Solutions Ease of

Access

Rich

Experience


3rd Party Software Integration

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Adobe® Connect offers an API to

integrate with 3rd party CRM or LMS

software including salesforce, Marketo

and Elequa

* No API or integration is supported by Lync



Secure &

Compliant Extensible &

Easy to

Integrate

Complete

Solutions

Ease of

Access

Rich

Experience


The All-in-One Solution for Digital Marketing Events

Integrate with

existing

enterprise

systems

Optimize events

and increase ROI

with actionable

analytics

Drive registrations

and maximize

attendance

Inspire action

through

exceptional event

experiences

Prepare for events in

advance to ensure

consistency and save

time

Prepare Follow-up Promote Persuade Optimize


Webinar Registration Landing Pages

Enhanced Event Registration Landing Pages and Catalogs - Templates enable quick

creation of landing pages, speaker information, registration pages and login pages.

Templates can be customized using rich components, including images, tables, charts and

carousels. Demo video :

Rich customization of emails - You have full drag and drop customization of HTML emails for

things such as registration confirmation, reminders, and follow up messages.

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* Lync does not support attendee registration





Comprehensive Reporting & Analytics

More than reporting – in depth analytics

Engagement Reports: Track

Effectiveness of your meeting

minute-by-minute

Measure usage of chat, Q&A

and polls

Track the number of files

downloaded by participants

Analyze the status settings of

participants

Registration and Attendance

reporting

* Lync does not offer attendee reporting


Author Deliver Deploy Promote Track

The Complete Digital Training Solution for Virtually Any Device

Deliver immersive

learning

experiences in live

and on-demand

classes

Efficiently manage and

track training through

Adobe Connect or LMS

integration

Author once and

deploy everywhere; to

the cloud and across

virtually any device

Maximize training

registration and

attendance

Rapidly create

engaging content

leveraging

industry leading

tools


E-Learning Module

Create self-paced training content

Combine courses into a curriculum

Add quizzes with pass/fail

Surveys to measure effectiveness

Use prerequisites and testing to

guide access and content selection

Leaners can search your course

catalog and self enroll

Deliver engaging live virtual classes

and on-demand courses

Track training and progress

Establish certification


Points of Comparison Summary

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Adobe

Connect

Microsoft

Lync Online

Instant meeting access Yes (Flash) Yes (Silverlight Required)

Mobile - Host/Present/Attend meetings Yes No

Consistent experience across platforms Yes No

Customizable, easy to remember URLs Yes No

Persistent content in meeting rooms Yes Yes

Webcams Unlimited 1 (active)

Custom layouts; changeable on the fly Yes No

Video/rich media without downloads Yes No

Backstage and Prepare Mode Yes No

On-premise deployment option Yes Yes

Extensible meeting rooms with SDK Yes No

Training and webinar solutions Yes No

Record Meetings to server Yes No

Learning Management System Integration Yes No (Yes w/ Lync Server)


Live Meeting vs Lync Online Summary

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Feature* Adobe Connect Microsoft

Lync Online

Meeting Capacity

(attendees) 1500 250

Branding & Meeting Room

Layout Customization o

Q&A/Surveys o

Breakout Rooms o

Testing & Grading o

Attendance Reporting o

Record Meetings to Server

for hosted replay o

Schedule Meetings Via

Web o

Video/rich media sharing o

Online attendee registration o


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