| Lync Features Comparison Matrix |
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| Updated 7/16/2013 |
Legend |
Yes – supported by Microsoft |
via 3rd party – capability supported by 3rd Party |
No – not supported by Microsoft. |
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| The following matrix compares the feature differences between Lync Hoster Pack Version 1 and 2, and provides baseline comparisons with Lync Server (V-Dedicated Hosting) and Office 365. |
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On-premise server or V-Dedicated Partner Cloud |
O365 |
Multi-Tenant Parter Cloud |
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Lync Server 2013 |
Lync Online 2013 |
LHP V1 |
LHP V2 |
| IM/Presence |
| 1-to-1 and Multi-party IM/Presence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Address book search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| DL expansion (DLX) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| File transfers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PC-to-PC audio/video dial-out calling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mobile VoiP – to – PC audio |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Click-to-communicate from Office Apps |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Interactive contact card in Office 2010/13 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Lync skill search in SharePoint Server (on-premise) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Lync skill search in SharePoint Online |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Persistent Group Chat |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Privacy mode |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Federation & Public IM Connectivity (PIC) |
| IM/P/A/V Federation with other OCS/Lync Server /Lync Online organizations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IM/P/A/V with Windows Live Messenger |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| IBM Sametime federation |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| IM/P federation with XMPP (Google Talk etc..) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| IM/P with AOL, Yahoo and other public IM networks |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| IM/P & Voice with Skype. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
via 3rd party |
| Conferencing/Online Meetings |
| Meeting Attendee Capacity |
250* |
250 |
250 |
250 |
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*Up to 1000 in a dedicated pool configuration |
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| Registration (see Pinpoint for related Partner Offerings) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Public Events Page |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Customer Branding |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Custom Invitations |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Managed Q&A |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Virtual Breakout Rooms |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Easy Assist |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Desktop sharing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Application sharing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| White boarding &Annotations |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PPT upload |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Office Doc Upload |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Polling |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ad-hoc Multi-party Audio/Video |
Yes |
Yes VoIP – requires a partner for PSTN audio |
Yes VoIP – requires a partner for PSTN audio |
Yes VoIP – requires a partner for PSTN audio |
| Unauthenticated experience in web app (reach) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Unauthenticated attendee (rich client) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scheduled conferences (using Outlook plug-in) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Outlook delegation for scheduling meetings |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support for RoundTable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Lobby |
Yes |
Yes (Not in ACP) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integration with select partners for PSTN audio conferencing (ACP). See Pinpoint for related Partner Offerings |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Provisioning for approved ACP partners for Office 365 customers |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| PSTN dial-out from scheduled meetings |
Yes |
Yes – requires an ACP provider or L2P Partner |
Yes – requires an ACP provider |
Yes – requires an ACP provider |
| Client side recording & playback |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Cloud side recording & playback |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Authenticated experience in web app (reach) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Generate a link to a scheduled meeting via web page |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Scheduling an online meeting in OWA |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| PSTN audio conferencing in MCUs |
Yes |
Use ACP |
Use ACP |
Use ACP |
| 1:1 Chat |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Multimedia Content Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| JPEG Upload |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Text Page Slide |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Web Page Slide |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Screen Snapshot (Desktop Annotation) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| PowerPoint Presenter Notes View |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backstage/Content Preview for Presenters |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mute All Attendees |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mute Individual Attendees |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Unmute All Attendees |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Unmute Individual Attendees |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| In-meeting Attendee Permission Controls |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Inteoperability with on-premises video conferencing systems |
Yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| Voice & Telephony Infrastructure |
| PSTN calling (incoming/outgoing calls) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Call hold/retrieve |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ad-hoc PSTN dial-out for meetings |
Yes |
Yes (Requires L2P) |
No |
No |
| Advanced call controls (transfer, forward, simul-ring) |
Yes |
Yes (Requires L2P) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Access to Exchange Online voice mail |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Team call |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Delegation (boss-admin) for Voice |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Call park |
Yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| Outgoing DID manipulation |
Yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| E-911 |
Yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| Dialplans & Policies |
yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| IP desk phone support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Resilient Branch Office Appliance |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Call Admissions Control (CAC) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Support for Analog devices (e.g. FAX) |
Yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| Response groups |
Yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| Private Line (secondary DID for execs) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Direct connectivity with PBX via gateways |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Direct SIP for audio with on-premises IP-PBXs |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Direct SIP for signaling (presence updates) with on-premises IP-PBX |
3PPI |
3PPI |
No |
Yes |
| RCC (click-to-call) with on-premises PBX |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Malicious call trace |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Unassigned Number |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Network QoS – DSCP |
Yes |
No |
No |
via 3rd party |
| Media path optimization |
Yes |
RTP Latcing (L2P) |
No |
No |
| Phone number management |
Yes |
Yes (L2P) |
No |
via 3rd party |
| CDR & billing reporting |
Yes |
L2P |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integration with call center solutions (Aspect) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Voice/ACP Integration with carriers/service providers |
| ACP Integration with select carriers |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Voice integration with select carriers |
No |
L2P |
Yes |
Yes |
| Client support |
| Lync 2010/13 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Web app for joining scheduled meetings |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Rich attendee client (joining meetings) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mac attendee client |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| CWA (2007 R2) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| OC 2007 R2 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Lync phone edition (Lync-based IP phones) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Lync Attendant client (receptionist rich client) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Communicator Mobile (windows phones 6.x) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Lync Mobile |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Security & archiving |
| IM & media encryption |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IM filtering |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Anti-malware scanning for meeting content and file transfers |
Yes (partner solutions) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| IM archiving (server side) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Exchange/SharePoint Co-Existence |
| Presence Integration with Exchange/SP on-premises |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Presence integration with Exchange/SP online |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| On-premise UM integration with Exchange Online |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| UM integration with Exchange on-premises |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Hybrid Lync/Lync Online |
| Server/cloud co-existence (split domain) on user basis (some users on-premises, some users online) |
Yes (w15 only) |
Yes (w15 only) |
No |
No |
| Splitting workloads (eg. Voice on-premises, IM&P in the cloud) |
Yes (w15 only) |
No |
No |
No |
| Administration/Manageability |
| Powershell support |
Yes |
Yes (RPS) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bigfin (web) UI |
Yes |
LOCP |
No |
No |
| Feature Configurability Per User |
Yes |
LOCP |
Yes |
Yes |
| Attendee/User Reporting |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Reporting (CDR, QoE) |
Yes |
No (Not shared as PII) |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support for 3rd party applications |
| Client automation APIs (client side) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Server side APIs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Support |
| End User Support |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| IT Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
