Developing Communication Solutions for Lync Online

In this session, you learn how to integrate Lync features into your WPF and Silverlight clients much in the same way that Office and SharePoint do, including presence, contact lists and click-to-communicate features. You will also learn how to extend Lync communications to include data and features from your client applications much in the same way that Outlook 2010 does with the "IM" and "Call" features within an email.

Hands-On Labs

  • Integrating Microsoft Lync 2010 Functionality into your Applications

    The Microsoft Lync 2010 SDK includes the new Lync Controls for WPF and Silverlight. These controls are used to integrate Microsoft Lync 2010 features into WPF and Silverlight applications, including contact search, contact list, contact presence and click-to-call for IM and audio.

  • Launching Contextual Conversations from the Microsoft Lync Controls

    The Microsoft Lync 2010 Managed API provides several mechanisms for adding contextual conversation functionality to applications. In this lab, you will see how to deploy contextual application components to provide a rich context experience in a communications-enabled application.

  • Introduction to the Microsoft Lync 2010 Managed API - Working with Automation

    The Microsoft Lync 2010 Managed API is a rich and full-featured client API that combines the automation capabilities of the Office Communicator Automation API with the flexibility and functionality of the UCC API. The Microsoft Lync 2010 API provides the UIAutomation class to enable you to launch conversations, add contacts and automate Microsoft Lync 2010 within their applications.

  • Introduction to the Microsoft Lync 2010 Managed API - Exploring the Lync API Object Model

    The Microsoft Lync 2010 Managed API is a rich and full-featured client API that combines the automation capabilities of the Office Communicator Automation API with the flexibility and functionality of the UCC API. The Microsoft Lync 2010 API provides the UIAutomation class to enable you to launch conversations, add contacts and automate Microsoft Lync 2010 within their applications.

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