Eye on Technology: Office 365

CategoriesKnowledge Bombs!

Robert Kohl

January 31, 2014

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Put a Face of Office 365. — Office 2013 users

Go ahead and put your face to Office 365 in Lync, Outlook, Sharepoint and more for 2013 users. Here is a quick how to:

1. In the Lync main window, click the MYSTERY MAN
2. In My Picture options, under My picture, click Edit or Remove Picture.

NOTE    If the Edit or Remove Picture button is unavailable (grayed out), like this: 
Make sure:

• The Hide my picture option, above Edit or Remove Picture, is not selected.

NOTE    If your My Picture options don’t include these options, you’re using Lync 2010 and need a different Help topic: see Prepare a picture for Lync Online.

1. On the Office 365 sign-in page that opens, type your Office 365 user name and/or password as needed, and click Sign in.  If you are already signed in, you will go directly to the picture upload page.
2. Click Browse, and go the picture you want to use. Any size and resolution is fine.
3. Click the file, and then click Save
4. Your picture will appear in your Lync within secs, and across the organization within the hour.