Microsoft Lync Online helps you find and quickly connect with the right person through instant messaging (IM), Lync video calls, or online meetings from within the Office applications you already use every day.

Find and connect with friends or peers from virtually anywhere through rich presence, instant messaging (IM), PC-to-PC audio/video calls, and online meetings. Use the presence indicator to see when colleagues, partners, and suppliers are online and available.

Conduct rich online meetings—including audio, video, and web conferencing‡—with people both inside and outside of your business.

Share your desktop, online whiteboards, and presentations with colleagues and partners inside and outside of your organization.

Use click-to-communicate functionality with other users of Office 365, Windows Live, and Windows Live Messenger.