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.

Overview

Lab Time: 45 minutes.

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Lab Overview: The Microsoft Lync 2010 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.

In this lab, you will:

• Register your application with Microsoft Lync 2010 so contextual conversation features will be available to all participants in the conversation.
• Start a contextual conversation that includes an application launch link and application data.
• Extend the Lync 2010 conversation window with a Silverlight application that displays application data.

System Requirements

You must have the following items to complete this lab:

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
• Microsoft Lync 2010
• Microsoft Lync 2010 Controls SDK
• Two accounts (referred to as the primary and secondary lab users in this document), provisioned for the Lync Online that are able to successfully sign in to Lync 2010.