SMART Meeting Pro connector for Microsoft Lync

Take the power of SMART’s Freestorm solutions. Combine it with Microsoft Lync. Instantly, you have connected collaboration – even across distance. The connector for Lync lets you work within Lync on SMART’s interactive displays.

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The connector for Lync combines the Microsoft Lync unified communications platform with SMART's interactive displays and SMART Meeting Pro software. It's the combination you need for highly collaborative meetings – even if your colleagues are around the world.

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  • Familiar Lync features Use the Lync features you already know, including the conversation window, Lync tool bar and stage area
  • Digital inkWrite in digital ink on the whiteboarding area, or over any application, document or web page. You and your remote colleagues can make notes for everyone to see in real time. Then save them in the native file format.
  • Easy whiteboardingNow it's digital, so it's infinite. Plus, you have whiteboarding tools like an image gallery, handwriting-to-text converter and a shape creator.
  • Capture notesSave digital notes into any application and send them out instantly. You'll have a comprehensive record of your meeting.
  • SMART Meeting Pro toolbar Think of it as your control center. This is where you can switch from whiteboarding to applications to websites.
  • Meeting start-upTo begin a meeting, just log in. SMART Meeting Pro and Lync load automatically. Your meeting details appear onscreen.
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Powerful remote collaboration

Everyone in your meeting can participate – even if they're connecting remotely. Whether they're in another meeting room or using their own laptop, your remote colleagues can collaborate with you. You're connected by audio and video, but digital ink is the key. When you or your remote participants make notes in digital ink, everyone sees them in real time.

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Capture and save
ideas

With the connector for Lync and SMART's Freestorm solutions, you can record thoughts in digital ink as they arise and save them as part of the original file. All your ideas are captured on the spot – there's no need to write summaries or revise slides after your meeting. And you can send all your notes to colleagues with just a few clicks.

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Starting meetings is a snap

To start collaborating, just log in to your meeting room computer. SMART Meeting Pro and Lync will launch automatically. And you'll see all your meeting details on the screen – attendees, attachments, and all the information from your original invitation. Then it's as easy as creating a video link and sharing your screen.

Automatic meeting start up

Start your meeting instantly just by logging in to your meeting room computer. SMART Meeting Pro and Microsoft Lync launch automatically, connecting you to your meeting. Then all you need to do is start your video and share your desktop.

One-touch desktop sharing

Share your screen with a single touch. You can share a variety of information with participants – from spreadsheets to presentations to websites. You can share desktops with little disruption, or make notes over all shared content.

Simultaneous two-way inking

Allow in-room and remote participants to make annotations in digital ink on the whiteboard area or over any application, window, video or document. More than one participant can write at the same time.

Audio and video connection using Lync

Fully engage with participants using the video and audio tools available through Lync.

Instant messaging and presence using Lync

View real-time presence information for contacts, start up conversations and easily add contacts to existing meetings so they can collaborate with meeting participants

Pin Lync function

Keep your Lync window at your fingertips by pinning it to the SMART Meeting Pro toolbar. You'll be able to see your colleagues via video, chat with participants and access the Lync toolbars.

Simple interface

An easy-to-use toolbar appears automatically when you power up your SMART Board interactive whiteboard or flat panel. Use it to toggle between your desktop and your display, capture screenshots and undo or redo work.

SMART Ink

Write notes over any application or window and save them. Save notes directly into any application with ink tools – including PDF files. Or write notes in digital ink and save them as they are. Regardless of how you save your work, you can distribute files easily through e-mail or USB drives.

Interactive whiteboarding features

Use unlimited interactive whiteboard pages and easily jump from page to page. Use shapes, lines, text, undo and redo, resize, rotate and change object properties, and convert handwriting to text.

Integration with Microsoft Exchange**

Access attachments, attendee information and meeting details sent in the meeting request, and instantly e-mail meeting outcomes to all attendees at the end of the meeting.

**Requires Microsoft Exchange Server.

Meeting progress bar**

Elapsed meeting time is displayed and a five-minute notification lets you know the meeting is coming to an end.

**Requires Microsoft Exchange Server.

Extend meeting function**

Easily see if the room you are in is available, then add time to your meeting and automatically book resources with the touch of a button.

**Requires Microsoft Exchange Server.

End meeting function

One step ends the meeting, clears the SMART Board interactive whiteboard or flat panel for the next meeting, logs off the user and presents options for distributing meeting outcomes.

Business content gallery

An available gallery of images and tools enables users to access ready-made content rather than creating forms and templates from scratch. Use existing content or create your own and save it for reuse.

SMART GoWire auto-launch cable

Connect a guest laptop to the interactive display and you can run SMART Meeting Pro software with no installation required. It's perfect for workspaces that are not network-enabled or where guest laptops are frequently connected.

Keyboard

Work with the On-Screen Keyboard or your system's wireless keyboard and mouse.

Save function

Take screen shots or area captures of third-party content to include in your interactive whiteboard file. Save all of your work to a single file as a PPT, PDF or image file on your network, computer hard drive or USB drive.

Organize notes

Provides a view of all note pages, which can be sorted by dragging, inserting or deleting pages. Easily reorganize without having to rewrite.

E-mail notes

Quickly distribute all notes and action items by e-mailing them to the team at the end of the meeting.

Multiple-display capability

Enables multiple-display control and content management. Move notes and documents between screens and write on different displays simultaneously.

Lync Connector

Bring Freestorm solutions to Lync

See how you can collaborate in meeting rooms – even over distance – using both SMART's Freestorm solutions and Microsoft Lync.

  SMART Remote Ink Server SMART Meeting Pro Laptop/Desktop SMART Remote Ink Client
Operating system Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows 7 or 7 SP1 (x86/x64) (Windows 7 enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Professional), Windows XP SP3 (x86) (Professional) Windows 7 and 7 SP1 x86/x64 (Windows 7 enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Professional), XP SP3 x86 (Windows XP Pro)
Software prerequisite MS .Net 4.0 (Remote ink service installer will prompt and install if undetected) Microsoft Lync 2010 (full client as opposed to Lync 2010 Attendee or Lync Web App), MS .Net 4.0 Microsoft Lync 2010 (full client as opposed to Lync 2010 Attendee or Lync Web App), MS .Net 4.0 (remote ink client installer will prompt and install if undetected)
Hardware prerequisite Same as Windows Server 2008 R2 requirement with the following additional requirement – 2GB RAM and 10MB free hard drive space Same as SMART Meeting Pro 3.0 Requirement Minimum HW requirement for MS Lync 2010 Client with the following additional requirement – free hard drive space of 10MB
Network requirements At least 10 Mbps wired network (1 Gbps wired network recommended) At least 10 Mbps wired network (1 Gbps wired network recommended)  
Remote user support requirements Either VPN access or connected through secure WAN    
Browser   Windows Internet Explorer 6 Internet browser and above  
Other Authentication requirement – remote ink users (through SMART Meeting Pro 3.1 or remote ink client) must be authenticated on the trusted domain (valid domain credentials, connected from a trusted domain or forest) For scheduled meeting integration feature, SMART Meeting Pro MS Exchange integration needs to be enabled  

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