Installing Lync for iPhone and iPad

 

Topic Last Modified: 2011-12-05

Microsoft Lync 2010 for iPhone and Microsoft Lync 2010 for iPad are user-installable applications that are available in the Apple App Store.

Installing Lync for iPhone and Lync for iPad

You can instruct your users to install Lync 2010 for iPhone and Lync 2010 for iPad by directing them to the App Store from their devices. The App Store for each device is also available online.

Verifying Mobile Client Installation

After you configure the client and sign in successfully, use the following tests to verify that your Lync installation is working correctly on your mobile device.

Search for a contact in the corporate directory

  1. In the Contacts list, tap inside the search bar at the top, and begin typing the name of a contact that exists only in the global address list (GAL).

  2. Verify that the contact name appears in the search results.

Test IM and presence

  1. In the Contacts list, tap a contact.

  2. In the contact card, tap the IM icon.

  3. Verify that an IM window appears and you can type and send an IM.

Test dial-out conferencing

  1. In Outlook, schedule a Lync meeting.

  2. On the mobile device, open the meeting invitation.

  3. Click the link in the meeting to join.

  4. Answer the call from the conference service and verify that you are connected to the meeting audio.

Test push notifications.

  1. On user A’s mobile device, sign in to Lync with user A’s account.

  2. Open another application on the mobile device.

  3. On a different client, sign in to Lync with user B’s account.

  4. Send an IM from user B to user A.

  5. Verify that the IM notification appears on user A’s mobile device.