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After your request for this product is approved and the licenses are made available to you, you will have five days to download the product and license keys. To avoid a delay in access to your products, please follow the instructions we provide to obtain your products from the Microsoft 365 admin center as soon as they are available.

 

Lync for Mac is a communications client that works in conjunction with Skype for Business Server, Lync Server, or Skype for Business Online.

This offer provides one license. See a summary of Volume Licensing Product Use Rights for specific licensing details.

Which Versions of This Software Are Available?

You can choose to download the current version or the previous version of this software. You can find out which version is the current one on the Current Versions of Microsoft Products page. In addition, you can download the software in any language that's available.

Benefits for Organisations

If you have network administration experience, you can use Lync to

  • Communicate and collaborate with remote workers through audio, web, or video conferencing
  • Improve your availability by redirecting incoming conversation requests to another mode of communication, such as a mobile phone

Major Capabilities

  • Communication tools: Users can talk to one user or a group of users through instant messaging (IM), voice, or video and can switch back and forth between modes. Users can see if other users are available, away, or busy within their contact list as well as within other Office for Mac applications like Outlook.
  • Online meeting tools: Users can schedule, join, and invite participants to online meetings through Lync for Mac or within Outlook. Users can also join meetings directly from within an IM conversation. The Meet Now command allows users to start impromptu online meetings.
  • Desktop-sharing tools: Users can share their desktops with one or more users at any time during a conversation. Users can also share files or grant control of their desktop to another user while sharing their desktop.
  • Connectivity with other clients: Users of Lync for Mac can have IM conversations with contacts who use Lync Desktop or Communicator for Windows or public IM clients such as Skype, AOL Instant Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger.

Also Available with Other Products

Lync for Mac is also one of the applications included in the Office for Mac Standard suite.

Software Assurance

Under the Software Assurance programme, you have the right to install any new release of products covered in the agreement during the term of your coverage.

Obtaining This Product

To receive discounted Microsoft products with Software Assurance, you'll need to accept and electronically sign a Volume Licensing Agreement. After you place your request, you'll receive an email from Microsoft eAgreements with a link to the Volume Licensing Agreement. Your request won't be approved until you've signed the agreement.

When your request has been approved, Connecting Up or TechSoup New Zealand will send a message to your organisation email address with further instructions.

If you need help obtaining this product, find out how to download it.

Microsoft Discounts with Software Assurance

Get a wide variety of Microsoft software for your nonprofit through TechSoup NZ.

Which Versions of Microsoft Software Are Available?

The names of available Microsoft products don't include version numbers. For products that include Software Assurance, you can choose to download the current version of the software or the previous version. For products without Software Assurance, you can only download the current version. You can find out which version is the current one on the Current Versions of Microsoft Products page. In addition, you can download the software in any language that's available.

Eligibility and Restrictions

Microsoft nonprofit offers have different restrictions depending on whether the product is donated or discounted.

Microsoft Software Donations

Microsoft provides nonprofits with a maximum allotment of product donations that can be requested per two-year cycle. Beginning April 5, 2022, most donated products may be requested only by organizations that operate computer labs.

Consult the Microsoft software donation restrictions for more information.

Microsoft Discounted and Cloud Offers

If eligible, your organization may receive an unlimited number of discounted products or cloud offers.

Requests for discounted Microsoft products must include at least five licenses. The five licenses can be for the same product or a combination of different products. This requirement is waived for some products.

Consult the Microsoft discounted and cloud offer restrictions for more information.

Additional Information

For detailed explanations of the quantity of products you can request, see the Microsoft Eligibility page.

Licensing

Microsoft products offered through TechSoup NZ are perpetually licensed products. When you request a donated or discounted perpetually licensed product through TechSoup NZ, you're actually requesting a license, not the product itself.

To obtain perpetually licensed products without Software Assurance, you'll use the Microsoft 365 admin center. To obtain perpetually licensed products with Software Assurance, you'll use the Volume Licensing Server Center (VLSC).

Learn how to download and manage these products.

 

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