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Discover the Difference:

Adobe
Connect vs. Microsoft Lync

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The Challenge: How can I fill the gaps when Live Meeting is gone?
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Microsoft is planning to
discontinue the Live Meeting
service and focus on Lync.

Can Lync support my training
program?
Can Lync support my webinar
program?
Will let me easily collaborate
outside my companys firewall
and across devices?
Microsoft Live Meeting vs Lync Online
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Feature* Adobe Connect
Microsoft
Lync Online
Meeting Capacity
(attendees)
1500 250
Branding & Meeting Room
Layout Customization
o
Q&A/Surveys o
Breakout Rooms o
Testing & Grading o
Attendance Reporting o
Record Meetings to Server
for hosted replay
o
Schedule Meetings Via
Web
o
Video/rich media sharing o
Online attendee registration o
Why Customers Select Adobe Connect
Ease of
Access
(no attendee
download)
Rich
Experience
Secure &
Compliant
Extensible &
Easy to
Integrate
Complete
Solutions
Adobe Connect is an enterprise web conferencing solution for online meetings,
eLearning and webinars used by leading corporations and government agencies
Rich
Experience
Extensible &
Easy to
Integrate
Complete
Solutions
Ease of Access
Secure &
Compliant
Lets Get This Meeting Started! MS Lync Online
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Lync Client
(Required to initiate meetings; Limited Mac Support)
Lync Attendee
(Full in-meeting functionality; Big download; No Mac
Support
Lync Web App
(No video, audio, PowerPoint sharing; Mac
Support)
For Internal Users
For External Users/Participants
No Waiting with Adobe Connect!
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Attendees Join Instantly - No Download Required
Adobe Connect Mobile
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Fully host, present, train, or collaborate - anytime, anywhere
Host or join meetings, virtual classes, or webinars
Share and present content from the cloud or the device itself
Whiteboard with the tip of your finger
Collaborate with multi-point video conferencing
Available on iOS (iPad, iPhone) and Android

Web Conferencing Mobile Client Comparison
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Supports a variety of devices (iPad, iPhone, Android)
Yes Yes
Multipoint videoconferences to visually engage and
collaborate with attendees
Yes No
Host meetings - Begin and end meetings; control
participants; control layouts, audio, and recordings

Yes No
Share content From the cloud or the device itself
Yes No
Present content - Advance slides and control animations
Yes No
Whiteboard Whiteboard and annotate with the tip of a
finger
Yes No
Support for vendors meeting, virtual classroom, and
webinar solution
Yes No
Rich
Experience
Secure &
Compliant
Extensible &
Easy to
Integrate
Complete
Solutions
Ease of
Access
Meeting Environment: Lync Online
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Lync Online Environment Is Not Flexible
Appearance determined by Microsoft
Palette arrangement fixed
Palette itself is inflexible
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Completely Define the Experience with Adobe Connect
Select a layout template
Customize individual meeting
rooms: Add pods, delete,
move and resize meeting pods
Easily adapt your meeting room to your needs

Resize pods to focus
the attention on:
ppt, whiteboard, Q&A, poll

* Lync meeting console is not customizable
Completely Define the Experience with Adobe Connect
Utilize multiple pods of any type to collaborate in the most effective way
Pods all move in response to layouts (multiple layouts in every room)
Unlimited web cams, video without downloads, and custom apps!
Branding & Personalization
Completely brand the join meeting pages with your corporate colors and logo.
Example: http://ford.adobeconnect.com
Personalize each room with background images
Custom URL for meeting room e.g. meridien.adobeconnect.com/salesweekly
Add your own content
* Lync does allow any custom branding
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Control Attendee Access
Manage attendee permissions
Promote any attendee to a presenter
Remove or block attendee access
Place attendees on hold until the host grants access
* Lync does offer any access control options
Is the Audience Really Engaged?
Engagement Dashboard
Measure participant engagement
and participation in real-time
Based on multiple factors
Detailed engagement report
available post-event
Available for seminar rooms, events,
and virtual classrooms
Interaction meter
Question & Answer ratio
Poll Responses
Effectively Collaborate with Multiple Presenters
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Presenter Only Area is your private backstage area for hosts and presenters. This is
a great place for the Attendee pod, a Presenter chat (so you can coordinate
amongst yourselves without interrupting the event flow), the Presenter view of the
Q&A pod and any notes or reminders you might have for your speakers or
moderators.
* Lync does not offer a backstage area
Effectively Collaborate with Multiple Presenters
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Adobe Connect Has Persistent, Customizable URLs
Customizable: Setup your room with your branding and personalized URL
meridien.adobeconnect.com/conrad
meridien.adobeconnect.com/war-room
meridien.adobeconnect.com/salesweekly
meridien.adobeconnect.com/.....
* Lync does not support customizable URLs
Predictable: Create any number of customized URLs for specific
scenarios
Sharing PowerPoint and Video
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Share as many webcams as you can fit on the screen
Works on mobile devices
Active speaker indicator
Choose between 16:9 or 4:3 ratios for HD Webcams

* Lync only supports one webcam
Post documents
for attendees to
download
Links to visit
website pages
Play a pre-
recorded video
clip
Features: Video Clip, File Transfer, Web Links
Adobe Connect allows sharing video clips, post documents or slides to
download and post links to website pages.

* Lync does not support playing video clips
Recording Comparison
Lync
Recordings saved to your computer
only
Windows media format only
No ability to download documents/files
Poor screen/graphic quality
http://community.office365.com/en-
us/forums/166/t/142882.aspx
No ability to remove parts of the
recording
No ability to index or bookmark
No ability to password protect

Adobe Connect
Unlimited recording storage for hosted
replay & ability to download offline.
Flash or MP4 format offered
Links to download documents/files
work during recording replay
Excellent screen/graphic quality
Easily edit and cut out any part of a
recording
Remove parts of a recording (attendee
list, chat or Q&A window)
Create indexing and bookmarks for
easy search
Password protect hosted recording
replays or allow anyone to view it.

Secure & Compliant
Extensible &
Easy to
Integrate
Complete
Solutions
Ease of
Access
Rich
Experience
Adobe Connect Security and Control
Disable and restrict user activities at
the account level
Whitelist/Blacklist for application sharing
Disable virtually any function in Adobe
Connect
Clear private data
Remove content from chat pods and
note pods for any new sessions
Audit communications
Force all meetings to record
Generate chat transcripts for auditing
* Not supported by Lync
Adobe Connect Security and Control
* Not supported by Lync
Closed Caption Pod
Customize caption font size and color settings
Skip back and fast forward captions
Receive captions in multiple languages
Save and download caption as a transcript
Use in house captioner or 3
rd
party captioning
service

JAWS screen reader compliant

HIPPA Compliant (Managed Hosting and Premise
deployment Only)

Secure &
Compliant
Extensible &
Easy to
Integrate
Complete
Solutions
Ease of
Access
Rich
Experience
3
rd
Party Software Integration
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Adobe Connect offers an API to
integrate with 3
rd
party CRM or LMS
software including salesforce, Marketo
and Elequa

* No API or integration is supported by Lync
Secure &
Compliant
Extensible &
Easy to
Integrate
Complete
Solutions
Ease of
Access
Rich
Experience
The All-in-One Solution for Digital Marketing Events
Integrate with
existing
enterprise
systems

Optimize events
and increase ROI
with actionable
analytics
Drive registrations
and maximize
attendance
Inspire action
through
exceptional event
experiences

Prepare for events in
advance to ensure
consistency and save
time

Prepare Follow-up Promote Persuade Optimize
Webinar Registration Landing Pages
Enhanced Event Registration Landing Pages and Catalogs - Templates enable quick
creation of landing pages, speaker information, registration pages and login pages.
Templates can be customized using rich components, including images, tables, charts and
carousels. Demo video :
Rich customization of emails - You have full drag and drop customization of HTML emails for
things such as registration confirmation, reminders, and follow up messages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XdxLjDxxqQ&list=PL29558526E4941DCD

* Lync does not support attendee registration
Comprehensive Reporting & Analytics
More than reporting in depth analytics
Engagement Reports: Track
Effectiveness of your meeting
minute-by-minute
Measure usage of chat, Q&A
and polls
Track the number of files
downloaded by participants
Analyze the status settings of
participants
Registration and Attendance
reporting
* Lync does not offer attendee reporting
Author Deliver Deploy Promote Track
The Complete Digital Training Solution for Virtually Any Device
Deliver immersive
learning
experiences in live
and on-demand
classes

Efficiently manage and
track training through
Adobe Connect or LMS
integration
Author once and
deploy everywhere; to
the cloud and across
virtually any device
Maximize training
registration and
attendance

Rapidly create
engaging content
leveraging
industry leading
tools

E-Learning Module
Create self-paced training content
Combine courses into a curriculum
Add quizzes with pass/fail
Surveys to measure effectiveness
Use prerequisites and testing to
guide access and content selection
Leaners can search your course
catalog and self enroll
Deliver engaging live virtual classes
and on-demand courses
Track training and progress
Establish certification
Points of Comparison Summary
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Adobe
Connect
Microsoft
Lync Online
Instant meeting access
Yes (Flash) Yes (Silverlight Required)
Mobile - Host/Present/Attend meetings
Yes No
Consistent experience across platforms Yes No
Customizable, easy to remember URLs
Yes No
Persistent content in meeting rooms
Yes Yes
Webcams Unlimited 1 (active)
Custom layouts; changeable on the fly Yes No
Video/rich media without downloads Yes No
Backstage and Prepare Mode Yes No
On-premise deployment option
Yes Yes
Extensible meeting rooms with SDK Yes No
Training and webinar solutions
Yes No
Record Meetings to server
Yes No
Learning Management System Integration Yes No (Yes w/ Lync Server)
Live Meeting vs Lync Online Summary
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Feature* Adobe Connect
Microsoft
Lync Online
Meeting Capacity
(attendees)
1500 250
Branding & Meeting Room
Layout Customization
o
Q&A/Surveys o
Breakout Rooms o
Testing & Grading o
Attendance Reporting o
Record Meetings to Server
for hosted replay
o
Schedule Meetings Via
Web
o
Video/rich media sharing o
Online attendee registration o
Contact Us
Questions? Need Pricing? Schedule a Demo or 30 Day Trail?

Email: adobeconnect@communiqueconferencing.com

Phone:
US & Worldwide: 1+866-332-2255 or 1+202-266-0058
Canada: 1+866-332-2255
UK: 0808 238 0649
Ireland: 1 800932407

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