Lync/SfB Address Book Files

Found this great article when looking at issue for a customer the other day around how the client address book file name are generated..

https://ucblog.info/2016/04/16/lync-address-book/

Screen shots below are from the above blog link.

Lync Callback Reminder

Two blog post in one day, I don't think that has happened before..

Graham Cropley has written a nice little plugin that you can set "reminders" from the Lync client for a call back to a Lync contact..

http://www.lyncexch.co.uk/lync-callback-reminder/

Client Version Policy - User Agent

I always have to go looking for this, so figured today I would post about it.

The client version policy can check Lync client versions and Block/Allow versions as per required. 

There are a few "Actions":

• Allow
• Allow with URL
• Block
• Block with URL

The "with URL" setting allows you to send users to a specific site to upgrade or provide additional information.

The "User Agents" are defined as follows:

• RTC - Real Time Communication Client
• WM - Windows Messenger
• OC - Lync 2013, Lync 2010, Office Communicator
• UCCP - Unified Communication Platform
• CPE - Communicator Phone Edition
• OCPhone - Lync Phone Edition
• iPadLync - Lync for iPad
• iPhoneLync - Lync for iPhone
• WPLync - Lync for Windows Phone
• NokiaLync - Lync for Nokia
• AndroidLync - Lync for Android
• McxService - Mobility Service

I found the User agent information on the following site:

http://unifiedpeople.ru/lyncserver2013_itpro.en/html/6e7e94c2-1475-4334-b8da-716b24a4c255.htm

Windows 8 Chrome and Lync 2013 Client Missed Call Notifications

So I have been having this problem, when I click on a number in a missed call notification email from Lync my Google Chrome browser would launch to my homepage instead of the Lync client.

When I tried to change the default association of the TEL protocol, i was given the option of two (2) values..

Clicking the "Change Program" button gave me two (2) options

After much searching a registry entry was found to enabled the Lync application be to added to the list (Thanks Simon).

Create a new REG_SZ "String Value" Under Computer\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\Capabilities\URLAssociations\ called TEL with a value of "callto"

Once this key is added you are given a third chose for the TEL protocol association for Lync

Selecting "Microsoft Lync" updates the associations to show Microsoft Lync as the default application for the TEL URL.

Now clicking the number in the missed call notification email and it launches the Lync client.

Lync Client Authenticaition

Here is a great article on how Lync Client authentication works, from both an internal and external perspective.

Amazed at some of the posts on the Lync NextHop website...

http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2012/11/28/lync-2010-client-authentication.aspx

Lync 2013 Client Address Book Update

The Lync client by default will download the address book from the Lync FE server after a random amout of time once the address book is more that 24 hours old.

There is a Registry Key that can be updated to set the initial delay to 0 mins, in other words as soon as your local file is either: 

1. Not on the PC (has been deleted)
2. Or is more that 24 hours old

The following reg add is the key, its slightly different to from the 2010 client as Lync 2013 policies now reside under the office 15.0 side of things.

reg add HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync /v GalDownloadInitialDelay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

The address book files on the client are now also stored at a different location.

%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\sip_<lync_signin_address>

Lync Client Comparison Tables

I attended the Lync 2013 Ignite training the other week in Sydney and was keen to get some more information around Lync client capabilities.

Well Microsoft have published a nice little article on what each client functionality is:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425836%28v=ocs.15%29