Dec 24, 2012 Hi What is Microsoft communicator? Is it a messenger client? Guys could you please tell me how to setup the Microsoft communicator (in details) what to write in the URL field, etc. How to Set Up Office Communicator at Home. Microsoft Office Communications Server enables an organization to host instant messaging, file and desktop sharing, voice and video conferencing and presence services on its network. Business users sign on to the server via Office Communicator, the client used to access the aforementioned features.
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The title says it all: I am trying desperately to keep OCS from starting automatically when I log in to Windows. The first and only thing I did was unchecking the 'Automatically start Communicator when I log on to Windows' option. I can verify that it is still disabled, but OCS ignores that and starts up as soon as I log on to Windows.
There is no OCS in the 'Startup' folder, and the registry setting 'AutoRunWhenLogonToWindows' at HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftCommunicator is set to 0x00000000.
I am using Office Communicator 2007 R2 on a Windows 7 with Microsoft Office 2010.
Unfortunately none of the two answers I got so far didn't work:* Changing the said key in the Default UserNTUSER.DAT file instead => No effect.* Turn off the 'Display status' option in MS Outlook => No effect.
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There are a few configuration changes that I make on computers that need to be set in the Windows registry.
With having over 600 computers that I oversee, making sure certain settings are configured are needed. Our System Admins do a good job at configuring most things - but there are other changes that I like to take on myself.
One of those configuration items that I change in the registry is to disable the automatic loading of Microsoft Office Communicator when new users login. In many circumstances, the program is not used - and should not be used - by the majority of our staff. So when a new user logs into a computer, we do not want Microsoft Office Communicator automatically starting.
To remove the automatic loading of Office Communicator when new users sign into a Windows computer, you'll need to make a change in the registry. This setting is stored in the ntuser.dat file in the C:Documents and SettingsDefault User folder.
So to disable Microsoft Office Communicator from loading in the registry, open up the Registry program (regedit.exe). Click the HKEY_USERS key and then to up to File and choose 'Load Hive'.
You will then browse to the C:Documents and SettingsDefault UserNTUser.DAT file. Open this file and it will ask you to name it. Simply enter 'ntuser'.
Now, you have loaded the default user registry hive so you can make the change needed. Go here in the registry:
HKEY_USERSntuserSoftwareMicrosoft
Now you need to create a new folder here - so right-click in Microsoft, choose New and then Key. You will name this key 'Communicator'.
After the folder has been made, ensure you have the Communicator folder selected. Now, you need to create a new REG_DWORD entry.
Right-click in the white pane on the right-side and click New - DWORD Value. The name of the key needs to be 'AutoRunWhenLogoonToWindows'.
Now, give this key a value of '0' to disable Microsoft Office Communicator from automatically starting up upon login. If you want it enabled, set the setting to '1'.
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There are some options in Outlook that's makes use of Office Communicator, one of them is the 'Display online status next to name' under the 'Contacts' settings:
Checking that box would start Office Communicator anyway, because Outlook cannot handle the function on its own. (I don't know why the box is greyed out on my PC, but it may be because I don't have Communicator installed at home).
More information: Use instant messaging services with Outlook
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Try running
msconfig
, then go to Startup and disable Office Communicator. I bet this works.
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-->The following is a step-by-step guide for setting up Phone System in Office 365. Links to additional, detailed information are available at the end of each step.
Step 1: Make sure that Phone System is available in your country or region
- First go to Country and region availability for Audio Conferencing and Calling Plans, and select your country or region from the list at the top of the page.
- Under Phone System, review the list of features and details.
- If Phone System is available, go to step 2.
To learn more about regional availability of Phone System and Audio Conferencing, see Country and region availability for Audio Conferencing and Calling Plans.
Step 2: Buy and assign Phone System and Calling Plan licenses
To assign a Phone System and Calling Plan license to a single user the steps are the same as assigning an Office 365 license. See Assign Microsoft Teams licenses. If you want to assign multiple users in bulk, see Assign Microsoft Teams licenses.
Step 3: Get phone numbers for your users
Before you can set up users in your organization to make and receive phone calls, you must get phone numbers for them.
You have three ways of getting numbers for your users:
- Get new numbers using the Skype for Business admin center.
- Get new numbers that aren't available in the Skype for Business admin center.
- Port or transfer your existing numbers from your current service provider or phone carrier to Office 365.
You must use the Add new user numbers page to see, search, acquire, and reserve those numbers. You can search by Country/Region, State, and City, and then enter the number of phone numbers you will need for your users.
Get new user phone numbers
Using the Skype for Business admin center
- Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your work or school account.
- Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Skype for Business.
- In the left navigation go to Voice > Phone numbers, click Add new number , and then click New user numbers.
Get new numbers that aren't available in the Skype for Business admin center
Sometimes (depending on your country/region) you won't be able to get your new numbers using the Skype for Business admin center. In this case, you will need to download a form and send it back to us. See Manage phone numbers for your organization to learn how to request new user numbers.
Port or transfer phone numbers from your service provider or phone carrier
- If you need 999 or fewer phone numbers for your users, you can use the New Local Number Port Order wizard in the Skype for Business admin center. Follow the steps found in Transfer phone numbers to Office 365 to transfer your phone numbers over to Skype for Business Online.
- If you need to port more than 999 phone numbers, see Manage phone numbers for your organization to submit a port order service request or order to get all of these phone numbers ported over to Office 365.
For detailed information about getting new phone numbers or transferring existing numbers, see Manage phone numbers for your organization.
Step 4: Get service phone numbers (audio conferencing, call queues, auto attendants)
In addition to getting phone numbers for your users from Office 365, you can search and acquire toll or toll-free phone numbers for services such as audio conferencing (for conference bridges), auto attendants, and call queues (also called service numbers). Service phone numbers have a higher concurrent calling capacity than user or subscriber phone numbers. For example, a service number can handle 100s of calls simultaneously, whereas a user's phone number can only handle a few calls simultaneously.
Get new service numbers
Using the Skype for Business admin center
- Sign in to Office 365 with your work or school account.
- Go to the Microsoft 365 admin center > Skype for Business.
- In the left navigation go to Voice > Phone numbers > Add new number, and then click New service numbers.ImportantFor you to see the Voice option in the left navigation in the Skype for Business admin center, you must first buy at least one Enterprise E5 license, one Phone System add-on license, or one Audio Conferencing add-on license.
Get new numbers that aren't available in the Skype for Business admin center
Sometimes (depending on your country/region) you won't be able to get your new numbers using the Skype for Business admin center. In this case, you will need to download a form and send it back to us. See Manage phone numbers for your organization to learn how to request new numbers.
Port or transfer existing service numbers
If you want to transfer service numbers from your current service provider or carrier, you need to manually submit a port order to Microsoft. You have to submit separate port orders for each type of service number (toll vs. toll-free) that you will be transferring using a Letter of Authorization (LOA). In the Letter of Authorization (LOA), you must select the correct type of service number. When contacting Microsoft support, please make sure you specify that you are transferring a service number (and not a user or subscriber number), or the concurrent calling capacity may not be enough to handle call volumes. If you want to transfer phone numbers or do other things with your phone numbers, see Manage phone numbers for your organization. Open spotlight on mac.
Step 5: If you want to set up Calling Plans
If you have been following the steps above, you have already bought and assigned Phone System and licenses and a Calling Plan (step 2) and acquired phone numbers for your users (step 3), so your calling plan is partially set up. Follow the three procedures below to complete the setup of your Calling Plan.
Add emergency addresses and locations for your organization
- On the Voice page, choose Emergency locations > Add new address.
- In the New Address pane, enter a name for your address, and then complete the remaining boxes.TipFor English customers, if the street name is a number, be sure to include 'st' or 'th' at the end, as shown in the above picture.
- Choose Validate.If needed, you'll be prompted to make corrections to the address.CautionValidating a street or civic address involves making sure that it is legitimate and correctly formatted. It is possible that a partially correct emergency address, such as if you mistyped the name of the city, may still pass validation. Even though it's misspelled and passed validation, the combination of the misspelled name of city along with the other correct parts of the address are enough information to route the call to the appropriate emergency dispatch center.TipIf the address needs to be corrected for emergency response, a green banner will appear notifying you that the address was updated.
- After the address is validated, choose Save.
Assign phone numbers and emergency addresses to users
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If you add more people to your business right before doing this step, it may take several hours for them to appear on the Voice users page. There's a latency.
- On the Voice users page, select the people who you want to assign a phone number and emergency address to.
- In the Action pane, click Assign number.
- On the Assign number page, in the Select number to assign list, select the phone number for the user.
- To select an emergency address, enter name of the city in the box and choose Search.ImportantIf you are outside the United States, your numbers already have an emergency address, but you can change it now. See Assign or change an emergency address for a user.
- After you assign both the phone number and emergency address, choose Save.
Tell your users about their new phone numbers
We recommend sending mail or using your business's preferred communication method to tell the people about their new phone numbers.
Here's how they can see that phone number in their Skype for Business app:
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- Sign in to Skype for Business on your desktop.
- Choose Settings > Tools > Options.
- Then choose Phones.
In Microsoft Teams, users can see their phone number by clicking Calls in the left navigation. The phone number is shown above the dial pad.
For more detailed information about all of the steps involved in setting up a Calling Plan, see Set up Calling Plans.
Step 6: If you want to set up Audio Conferencing
Sometimes people in your organization will need to use a phone to call in to a meeting. Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams include the audio conferencing feature for just this situation! People can call in to Skype for Business or Microsoft Teams meetings using a phone, instead of using the Skype for Business or Microsoft Teams app on a mobile device or PC.
You only need to set up Audio Conferencing for people who plan to schedule or lead meetings. Meeting attendees who dial in don't need any licenses assigned to them or other setup.
For frequently asked questions about Audio Conferencing, see Audio Conferencing common questions.
- If you purchased Audio Conferencing add-on licenses and Communications Credits licenses, assign them too. For instructions, see Assign Microsoft Teams licenses.Decide on your audio conferencing provider. An audio conferencing provider supplies an audio conferencing bridge. The conferencing bridge sets your dial-in phone numbers, PINs, and conference IDs for meetings. Decide whether to use Microsoft or a third-party audio conferencing provider:NoteMicrosoft Teams users can't user a third-party audio conferencing provider.
- Microsoft as your audio conferencing provider: If you want the easiest solution for audio conferencing, choose Microsoft as your audio conferencing provider.
- Third party as your audio conferencing provider: If you are in a country where Audio Conferencing in Office 365 isn't available, the service quality isn't great because of its location, or you have an existing contract, choose a third-party audio conferencing provider. To find a provider, go to Microsoft PinPoint.
- Assign the audio conferencing provider to people who lead or schedule meetings. See Assign Microsoft as the audio conferencing provider.
- Set up meeting invitations. The following steps are optional, but a lot of admins like to do them:
- Customize meeting invitations in Skype for Business. The dial-in numbers that are set for the user will be automatically added to the meeting invitations that are sent to attendees. However, you can add your own help and legal links, a text message, and small company graphic.
- Set the Audio Conferencing phone numbers for meeting organizers that are included on invites in Skype for Business or in Microsoft Teams. This is the phone number that will show up in the meeting that is scheduled by the user.
- Set auto attendant languages for Audio Conferencing in Skype for Business or in Microsoft Teams that the audio conferencing auto attendant uses to greet a caller when they dial in to an Audio Conferencing phone number. This step only applies if you're using Microsoft as your audio provider.
- Set the length of the PIN for Audio Conferencing meetings in Microsoft Teams.NoteThis feature is not yet available to customers using Office 365 operated by 21Vianet in China. To learn more, see Learn about Office 365 operated by 21Vianet.
For more information about Audio Conferencing, see Set up Audio Conferencing for Microsoft Teams.
Step 7: If you want to set up a Cloud call queue
Cloud call queues include greetings that are used when someone calls in to a phone number for your organization, the ability to automatically put the calls on hold, and the ability to search for the next available call agent to handle the call while the people who call are listening to music on hold. You can create single or multiple call queues for your organization.
Before you can create and set up your call queues, you will need to get or transfer your existing toll or toll-free service numbers. After you get the toll or toll-free service phone numbers, they will show up in Skype for Business admin center > Voice > Phone numbers, and the Number type listed will be listed as Service - Toll-Free. To get your service numbers, see Getting service phone numbers for Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams or if you want to transfer and existing service number, see Transfer phone numbers to Office 365.
Note
If you are outside the United States, you can't use the Skype for Business admin center to get service numbers. Go to Manage phone numbers for your organization instead to see how to do it from the outside of the United States.
To create a new call queue, in the Skype for Business admin center, click Call routing > Call queues, click Add new, and then follow the instructions in Step 3 of Create a Cloud call queue.
For more details about call queues, see Create a Cloud call queue.
Step 8: If you want to set up a Cloud auto attendant
Auto attendants let people that call in to your organization and navigate a menu system to get them to the right department, call queue, person, or the operator. You can create an auto attendant for your organization by using the Skype for Business admin center.
To create a new auto attendant, in the Skype for Business admin center, click Call routing > Auto attendants, click Add new, and then follow the instructions for each page in Step 2 of Create a Cloud auto attendant.
For more details about Cloud auto attendants, see Set up a Cloud auto attendant.
Step 9: Assign service phone numbers (audio conferencing, call queues, auto attendants)
Once you have your service numbers from Step 4 above, you need to assign them to each type of service that you want. For example, if you want a dedicated service phone number (toll or toll-free), you will need to assign the number to the conferencing bridge.
- For Audio Conferencing, you can assign a dedicated number to a conferencing bridge by going to Microsoft 365 admin center > Admin centers > Skype for Business > Audio conferencing and click on the conference bridge or by seeing Change the toll or toll-free numbers on your Audio Conferencing bridge.
- For Auto Attendants, you can assign a dedicated number to an auto attendant by going to Microsoft 365 admin center > Admin centers > Skype for Business > Call routing > Auto attendants and clicking on the auto attendant. On the General page, the service number you already have will be listed in the Phone number drop down. For details, see Set up a Cloud auto attendant.
- For Call Queues, you can assign a dedicated number to a call queue by going to Microsoft 365 admin center > Admin centers > Skype for Business > Call routing > Call queues and click on the call queue. On the General page the service number you already have will be listed in the Phone number drop down. For details, see Create a Cloud call queue.
For detailed information about getting new service numbers and porting existing service numbers, see Getting service phone numbers.
Step 10: Set up Communications Credits for your organization
You will need to set up Communications Credits if you would like to use toll-free numbers with Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. Also, we recommend that you set up Communications Credits for your Calling Plans (Domestic or International) and Audio Conferencing users who need the ability to dial out to any destination. Many countries/regions are included, but some destinations may not be included in your Calling Plan or Audio Conferencing subscriptions. If you don't set up Communications Credits billing and assign a Communications Credits license to your users and you run out minutes for your organization (depending on your Calling Plan or Audio Conferencing plan in your country/region), those users won't be able to make calls or dial out from Audio Conferencing meetings. You can get more information, including recommended funding amounts, by reading What are Communications Credits?
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To find out how much it costs, see the rates here.
To set up Communications Credits
- Sign in to Microsoft 365 with your work or school account.
- In the left navigation of the admin center, go to Billing > Subscriptions > Add-ons > Buy add-ons, and then choose Communications Credits > Buy now.
- On the Communications Credits subscription page, fill in your information, and then click Next.
- Enter your payment information and click Place order.ImportantIf you are a volume licensing customer, you may choose your enterprise agreement number for payment. If you have multiple enterprise agreement numbers, you will be able to select which enterprise agreement you would like to use for payment. You will also be given an opportunity to specify a purchase order number to associate with the enterprise agreement number (if applicable).
For more detailed information about setting up Communications Credits, see Set up Communications Credits for your organization.
Assign a Communications Credits license to users
- Sign in to Office 365 with your work or school account.
- In the left navigation of the Microsoft 365 admin center, go to Users > Active users, and then select a user or users from the list.
- In the Action pane under Product licenses, click Edit.
- On the Product licenses page, toggle Communications Credits to On to assign this license, and then click Save.NoteEven if you have users who are assigned an Enterprise E5 license, it's still recommended that you do this.
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To learn more about assigning Communications Credits licenses, see Set up Communications Credits for your organization.