Creating a Chat Room Using the Lync 2013 Client

The second method that can be used to create a chat room is using the Lync 2013 client, which would typically be used by a user who has been assigned creator permissions to one or more categories. To create a chat room using the Lync 2013 client, a user must first be enabled for Persistent Chat via a Persistent Chat policy, in addition to being assigned as a creator.

Following is the procedure for using the Lync 2013 client to create one of the chat rooms shown earlier in Figure 10.9:

1. Log on to the Lync 2013 client using an account that has been enabled for Persistent Chat, and has been assigned as a creator in a Persistent Chat category.

2. If the user has been enabled for Persistent Chat, the ...

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