![]() Microsoft KB 2701556 details the issue and the resolution: You can’t sign in to Lync Online Preview with Lync 2010 after you install Office Professional Plus 2013 Preview. This is a known issue in side-by-side installations of Lync 2013 Preview and Lync 2010. Having Trouble Signing-In with Lync 2010 to the new Lync Online Preview? So if you are installing Lync 2013 Preview and you have the 64-bit edition of the Office 2013 Preview installed, you must install the 64-bit version of Lync 2013. However “ If you already have a 64-bit version of Office installed on your computer running a 64-bit operating system, 64-bit version of Office is automatically installed”. The 32-bit version can be installed on a 64-bit machine and Microsoft recommends the 32-bit version (for compatibility with 32-bit 3rd party Office add-on’s, etc…). Do I install the 32-bit or 64-bit version of the Office 365 ProPlus Preview?īoth 32-bit and 64-bit are available. One the features in Office 2013 that I really like is the ability to quickly switch your account in the top righthand corner if you have multiple profiles (identities). ![]() The Office 2013 preview also does a pretty good job detecting your current account settings. Tip: uou can install the Office 2013 preview while your Office 2010 applications are running. There is an issue with side-by-side installations of Lync 2010 and the Lync 2013 Preview (see below). This Microsoft article has a great table reference for “ Supported coexistence scenarios for 64-bit installations”. Also you cannot mix 32 and 64-bit versions of the Office 2013 preview and prior versions of Office 2010 (see the next question for more details).A traditional MSI-based installation package is available for the Office Professional Plus 2013 Preview – as opposed the click-and-run installation – but it “ does not support side-by-side operation with older versions of Office”.Generally speaking side-by-side support is available with Office 20 – with a bunch of caveats – notably: Is the Office 2013 Preview Compatible with Microsoft Office Professional 2010? This isn’t fully ready yet, but coming soon it will include 60 minutes of international Skype calls and an additional 20GB of SkyDrive space). You will know right away whether your Office 365 preview has preview subscriptions to the online services when you sign into the administration portal because you will see references for the online services like this:īTW, there is actually one other option you see a reference to: Office 365 Home Premium Preview. If you mistakenly signed-up for #1 (the Office 365 ProPlus), you can sign-up for options #2 or #3 and use your identity that was created for option #1 to activate those services. To add to the confusion, when you create a new user in the administration portal for option #1, you are given the option of sending an email to the administrative account for the subscription – even though one doesn’t exist! It gives you preview licenses for Office 2013 Professional Plus which is the Office 2013 client-side software only. This is really confusing because the Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Preview web site (option #1) specifically refers to it including “cloud versions of Microsoft Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online”. Specifically option #2, the Small Business Premium gives you 25 license to preview Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3 which includes: Exchange Online (Plan 2), Lync Online (Plan 2), SharePoint Online (Plan 2), Office Web Apps, Microsoft Office Pro Plus Subscription. Only options #2 and #3 contain subscriptions to the new 2013 online services (Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, etc.). There are 3 options to try the Office 2013 preview on the Office 365 Customer Preview website: The MSI download link is at the very bottom of the page. October 2012 Update: I noticed you can download the standalone MSI packages on MSDN at. To try the preview versions of the new online services, you need to register for the right Office 365 Preview package. Lync 2013 Online, Exchange 2013 Online, etc…). You can try the preview versions of Office 2013 client applications such as Lync 2013 and Outlook 2013 with either on-premises servers or with preview versions of the online services in Office 365 (e.g. Make sure you signed up for an Office 365 Preview version that includes the Online Services It does not cover getting started with the preview versions of the on-premises servers. This post provides some key notes and tips to get you up-and-running with the Office 2013 ProPlus Preview, including the Lync 2013 Preview, with the preview versions of the online services (Exchange 2013 online, Lync 2013 online, etc.).
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