What’s New in the Lync Client SDK

What’s New in the Lync Client SDK

Session Objectives • Recap Lync Client SDK functionality • Overview of new Application Sharing Modalities • Future functionality

Agenda Overview Lync Client SDK Application Sharing Content Sharing What’s New in the Lync Client SDK

Overview

The Lync Client SDK • Introduced with Lync 2010 • Managed .NET API • Lync controls for WPF and Silverlight • Automate Lync client functionality • Extend Lync client • Develop Persistent Chat applications

Automation Lync Managed API Building Blocks Lync Controls WPF Silverlight

Development Experience • WPF and Silverlight • Silverlight • No out-of-browser support • Internet Explorer only • Hosting site must be a trusted site • Requires Lync client to be running on the machine • Reuses endpoint as a connection to Lync server infrastructure

Developing with the Lync Client SDK

Lync Controls Drag and drop Lync feature integration • Presence • Contact information • Contact list • Contact search • IM and audio click-to-communicate

Lync Controls • XAML: • <lync:PresenceIndicator Source="sip:chrisa@contoso.com" /> • <lync:PresenceIndicator Source="{Binding SipUri}" /> • C#: • presenceIndicator.Source = "sip:chrisa@contoso.com"; • var contacts = new List<string>() • { • "sip:chrisa@contoso.com", • "sip:peterb@contoso.com" • }; • accountManagers.ItemsSource = contacts;

Lync Managed API • Managed API for building communications applications • Productivity of IMessenger, but with more features • Power of UCC API, but less complex • Requires Lync client to be running

Lync Managed API – Signing In • // Get handle to running instance of Lync client • _lyncClient = Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient.GetClient(); • // Sign in to the Lync client • _lyncClient.BeginSignIn( • userUri, • domainAndUserName, • password, • signInResult => • { • _lyncClient.EndSignIn(signInResult); • }, • "Local user signing in" as object);

Lync Managed API – Conversations • // Conversation Manager • Microsoft.Lync.Model.Conversation.ConversationManager • _conversationManager = _lyncClient.ConversationManager; • // Conversation Events • _conversationManager.ConversationAdded += new EventHandler<ConversationManagerEventArgs> (Conversations_ConversationAdded); • void Conversations_ConversationAdded(object sender, • ConversationManagerEventArgse) • { … }

Contextual Conversations Launch Link Context • Launch applications from Lync conversations • Conversation contains a “launch link” • Startup parameters are embedded in the context • User clicks launch link to open application • Application processes startup parameters • Application can receive additional context

Contextual Conversations Extensibility Window Context • Host Silverlight applications in Lync conversation window • Scenarios • Call center agent dashboard • Conversation translator • Can run multiple extensibility applications • Can be combined with Launch Link context

Contextual Conversations UI Suppression • Hide the Lync client UI • Build your own custom communication client • Developer is responsible for handling everything

Application Sharing

Application Sharing and Collaboration What’s New • APIs to support missing modalities from Lync 2010 • New Sharingnamespace in Microsoft.Lync.Model.Conversation Development experience • Select applications to share • Start/stop sharing • Take/grant control

Lync Managed API – Application Sharing • // Acquire the user’s sharing modality • _localModality = (ApplicationSharingModality) • _conversation.Modalities[ModalityTypes.ApplicationSharing]; • // Acquire the remote participant’s sharing modality • foreach(Participant p in _conversation.Participants) • { • if (!p.IsSelf) • { • _remoteModality = (ApplicationSharingModality) • p.Modalities[ModalityTypes.ApplicationSharing]; • break; • } • }

Lync Managed API – Sharing • // Access shareable resources • _localModality.ShareableResources • // Share a resource • if (_localModality.CanInvoke(ModalityAction.Connect)) • { • _localModality.BeginShareResources(new List<SharingResource>() { resource }, (ar) => • { • try • { • _localModality.EndShareResources(ar); • } • … • } • }

Application Sharing and Collaboration

Content Sharing

Content Sharing What’s New • APIs to support content sharing modalities for PowerPoint presentations, native files, and whiteboard. • New Sharingnamespace in Microsoft.Lync.Model.Conversation Development experience • Connect to Content Sharing modality • Create shareable content • Add to content bin • Interact with shareable content • Interact with Content sharing modality

Connect to the Content Sharing Modality • Check if you can connect to the Content Sharing modality • Connect to the modality • if (((Modality)_conversation.Modalities[ModalityTypes.ContentSharing]) .CanInvoke(ModalityAction.Connect)) • ((Modality)_conversation.Modalities[ModalityTypes.ContentSharing]) • .BeginConnect((ar) => { • ((Modality)_conversation.Modalities[ModalityTypes.ContentSharing]) • .EndConnect(ar); • },null);

Creating Shareable Content • The ShareableContentTypeenum defines types of content that can be shared with users in a conversation: • PowerPoint • NativeFile • Whiteboard • Content Sharing modality exposes methods to create shareable content: • BeginCreateContent • BeginCreateContentFromFile

Create PowerPoint Shareable Content • Check if action is available • Create shareable content • if (((ContentSharingModality)_conversation.Modalities • [ModalityTypes.ContentSharing]) • .CanInvoke(ModalityAction.CreateShareablePowerPointContent)) • conversationSharingModality.BeginCreateContentFromFile( • ShareableContentType.PowerPoint, • contentTile, • powerPointDeckName, • false, // include native file • callback, • conversationSharingModality);

Content Bin • Content is automatically added to “Content Bin” • Iterate through content • Take action on content • ActiveContent represents content currently being shared • foreach (ShareableContentcontent in • ((ContentSharingModality)_conversation.Modalities • [ModalityTypes.ContentSharing]).ContentCollection) • { • // take action on shareable content • }

Take Action on Content in the Content Bin • Invoke a ShareableContentAction • Remove • Present • StopPresenting • SyncWithPresenter • DownloadFile • TakeOverAsPresenter • SaveAnnotation • ClearAllAnnotations • Add

Interact with Content • PowerPoint shareable content type exposes methods to interact with deck: • GoForward • GoBackwards • SyncWithPresenter • IsInSyncWithPresenter • Users can make annotations to shareable content • ClearAllAnnotations • SaveAnnotation

Interact with the Content Sharing Modality • Share control of shareable content • Handle requests for control • Accept • Decline • Grant control • Take back control

Key takeaways • Most APIs remain intact • New application sharing and collaboration functionality • New content sharing functionality

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What’s New in the Lync Client SDK