How to Collaborate with Federation Partners
Lync has an exciting feature called federation that allows for Lync users at UK to be able to view presence, send instant messages and place computer-to-computer voice calls (provided that your computer is equipped with speakers and a microphone or a headset) with OCS/Lync users from other institutions that are federated with UK. Below is the list of current federation partners and instructions on how to get setup and start collaborating with colleagues at these partner sites. This list will be updated as the number of federation partners grows. Please check back periodically for updates.
Adding Federated Users to Your Lync Client
Adding federated partner OCS/Lync users is as easy as adding UK Lync users to your Lync contact list. The one stipulation is the remote user must be an OCS/Lync user in the federated partner's system AND have their account enabled for Federation! There is one difference however, in that we can't see a federated partner's Global Address List, so it will not work by simply typing the person's name like it does within our own system. Therefore, you must know the person's OCS/Lync Sign-in address (for most, their email address) in order to add them to your contact list. The easiest way to get things setup is for you and the remote person you wish to add to your Lync contact list to exchange emails so you both have each other's OCS/Lync Sign-in address. Here at UK, your Lync Sign-in address it is your Active Directory userid: userid@uky.edu.
In your Lync client you will use the same place you now add UK contacts or dial phone numbers.
This is where you will ender the SIP address of the remote person you wish to add to your contact list by clicking the plus (+) button and selecting the group you wish to add the contact to.
When typing in the federated user's OCS/Lync Sign-in address, in this example someone@federation.partner.domain, their presence will always show up as "Presence unknown". This is because the way federation works, remote users are not validated until they are added to your contact list.
If this example, had been an actual valid user at one of our federated partners, and that user was a valid OCS/Lync user in their system, adding them to your list of contacts would have displayed their current presence information: Available, Busy, Away, In a meeting, Offline, etc.
Current Federation Partners
Dell Corporation
The Dell Lync domain is: dell.com
To add users from the dell.com domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at dell you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information
Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
The KCTCS Lync domain is: kctcs.edu
To add users from the KCTCS domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at KCTCS you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Indiana University
The Indiana University Lync domains are: indiana.edu, iu.edu, iupui.edu
To add users from one or more of the Indiana University domains to your communicator contact list, email the person at Indiana University you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Microsoft Corporation
The Microsoft Lync domain is: microsoft.com
To add users from the microsoft.com domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Microsoft you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Northern Kentucky University
The Northern Kentucky University Lync domain is: nku.edu
To add users from the Norther Kentucky University domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Northern Kentucky University you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Polycom Corporation
The Polycom Lync domain is: polycom.com
To add users from the polycom.com domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Polycom you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
The Rose-Hulman Lync domain is: rose-hulman.edu
To add users from the rose-hulman.edu domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Rose-Hulman you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Tandberg Corporation
The Tandberg Lync domain is: tandberg.net
To add users from the Tandberg Corporation domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Tandberg you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Lync domains are: utk.edu, tennessee.edu
To add users from one or more of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville domains to your communicator contact list, email the person at University of Tennessee, Knoxville you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Texas Health Resources
The Texas Health Resources Lync domain is: texashealth.org
To add users from the Texas Health Resources domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Texas Health Resources you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Texas Tech University
The Texas Tech University Lync domain is: ttu.edu
To add users from the Texas Health Resources domain to your Lync contact list, email the person at Texas Tech University you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Vanderbilt University
The Vanderbilt University Lync domain is: vanderbilt.edu
To add users from the Vanderbilt University domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Vanderbilt University you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
University of Virginia
The University of Virgina Lync domain is: eservices.virginia.edu
To add users from the University of Virginia domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at the University of Virginia you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Western Kentucky University
The Western University Lync domain is: wku.edu
To add users from the Western Kentucky University domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Western Kentucky University you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lync domain is: wpi.edu
To add users from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute domain to your communicator contact list, email the person at Worcester Polytechnic Institute you wish to collaborate with and exchange Lync Sign-in information.