How to Federate with Lync Online

Step # 1 – Ensure that you have enabled your Partner Benefit Please make sure you have followed the guide listed on our SharePoint Site : Office 365 Advisor Partner Experience After you have configured your staff some Lync Accounts, lets connect them with Tech Data by enabling Federation! -From here you can get Office 365, CRM, Intune and Azure benefits. Each come as a 1 year trial

Step #2 – Log in as your Admin to Office 365 Select the manage link directly under “Lync Online”

Step #3 – View Lync Online Settings If you see that Domain Federation Is Enabled, then you are done. If not, then click the Domain federation Link

Step #4 – Enable Federation Click “edit” beside the Domain Federation Status, then select Allow Federation with All Domains Except those I block, and hit OK

You have the ability to control this on a per user basis, to do that you need to click each user independently from the Office 365 Admin Portal You also have the ability to block specific domains, as when you enable this setting you are able to connect with ALL Office 365 users. You can also select to allow federation with Only the domains you specify, this is easier then creating a very large blacklist -From here you can get Office 365, CRM, Intune and Azure benefits. Each come as a 1 year trial

Step #5 – Enable Federation With Public IM To do this, you would Click enable. This can also be done on A per user basis. When enabled, you can Add Hotmail, Live and Other MSN contacts To Lync.

This process may take up to 24 hours to complete. When it is done, please add myself kevin.wilton@techdata365.com so that you can reach me for any Synchronous communications! -From here you can get Office 365, CRM, Intune and Azure benefits. Each come as a 1 year trial