Jeroen Reijling Blog

Within Lync you can use in-band provisioning to perform most of the Clientside settings. An overview of these settings can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398300.aspx or for a more friendly blog: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/

However, there are some settings that aren’t available (yet?), therefore I’ve downloaded the default template and documentation from this location: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27217 

After reading the documentation, I’ve got multiple requests of customers that they would like to have some additional settings in there… I’ll explain the settings and afterwards provide you a link to where you can download the custom Lync Administrative Template.

1. Modify the time before the client downloads the (delta or full) addressbook. Remark. This is not recommended in a production or large scale deployment as clients are instantly downloading the Addressbook instead of the default waiting time (between 0 and 60 minutes). This sets the registry GalDownloadInitialDelay as documented here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972403
2. Allow or disallow the autostarting of the Microsft Lync client. This sets the AutoRunWhenLogonToWindows as documented here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/csps/archive/2011/06/14/regautostartonlogon.aspx
3. Modify the Idle and Away threshold. These are set to 5 minutes by default. The screenshot below shows the settings screen when you open Settings – Tools – Options – Status
4. Updated: I’ve added the functionality to Disable PC 2 PC Video.
5. 16-11: I’ve added UseMSIForLyncInstallation, thx to Austin O’Kelly to allow installation of Lync through a GPO. See http://cecomputerexpertise.wordpress.com/tag/lync-gpo-active-directory-software-distribution/ for more info.
6. 16-11: I’ve added IMAutoArchivingPolicy to allow forcing of Office Communicator clients to archive IM messages in their conversation history.

There are excellent blogs on how to add the administrative template to a Group Policy, examples are: http://www.petri.co.il/adding_new_administrative_templates_to_gpo.htm or http://www.petri.co.il/administrative-templates-for-group-policy-objects.htm 

So for short, here is the file: lyncADM.zip

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On October 1st 2011, I received an email that I was rewarded Lync MVP. I felt lucky because within the Netherlands, only two Lync MVP’s exists. Now, a year later, I’ve been told my MVP status is not being renewed.

Too bad and I’m hoping I will get rewarded someday. Up till now, I want to say thank you all for the feedback so far and it was a great experience visiting the MVP summit.

With regards to my blog, nothing will change except for the blogheader I had to adjust

This is an update to entry: Permalink to Lync Administrative template (GPO)

Within Lync you can use in-band provisioning to perform most of the Clientside settings. An overview of these settings can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398300.aspx or for a more friendly blog: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/

I’ve now included the option to modify the notify option that can be set in the Lync client:

So for short, here is the file: lyncADM.zip

Have fun and if you have any more requests, feel free to contact me!!

Jeroen Reijling, consultant bij Avanade Nederland, is nu ook Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) Lync 2010. Hij behaalde in 2010 al de OCS (Office Communication Server) certificering en is nu de enige Nederlander met ook de Lync 2010 certificering.

Kennis van OCS en Lync 2010 is vooral waardevol op het gebied van real-time communicatie en collaboration.

Wereldwijd zijn er slechts 17 personen met de hoogste certificering op zowel OCS als Lync 2010.

De training, die plaatsvond op de campus van Microsoft, duurde drie weken en behandelde alle aspecten van Microsoft Lync. Hierna volgde een 4 uur durend theorie-examen en een 8 uur durend praktijkexamen. Pas na het behalen van beide examens mag de titel Microsoft Certified Master gevoerd worden.

Binnen de MCM-trainingen worden de trainingen voor OCS en Lync 2010 als bijzonder zwaar ervaren.

Deze certificaten geven Jeroen, samen met zijn werkgever Avanade Nederland, een voorsprong bij het maken van inschattingen op het gebied van real-time communicatie en de toekomst hiervan. Klanten kunnen hier voordeel uit halen bij bijvoorbeeld vervangingstrajecten van Microsoft OCS naar Lync 2010, integratietrajecten met betrekking tot videoconferentie-systemen en algemene vervangings- en integratietrajecten met betrekking tot telefonie.

After the launch of Office 2013 Preview yesterday, I’ve downloaded the preview and would like to share some of my personal experiences…

After starting Lync 2013, we get a nice new interface:

Mind the NEW part as this is used when people add you to their list, nice new feature. Next to this, the Activity feed is removed.

Basic IM and Presence

When you receive multiple IM sessions, they are now tabbed as shown below

Next to this, we can easily escalate to an Audio Call, Video Call, Screen sharing or invite more people. When you hover your mouse over the Video button, you get a Video Preview as shown below.

Conferencing

Focussing on conferencing. Joining a meeting show similar experience as we currently have with Lync 2010. A slightly difference text…

When in the meeting, you will have multiple screen layouts. It now shows the current Active Speaker in the bottom right.

You can change it on the bottom right button:

When you deselect the Desktop or Application sharing, you will get a larger picture regarding the current speaker.

The application sharing button now allows full screen without any overhead, great experience!

Let me know if you want anymore information…

You can try the Lync 2013 Preview here: http://lync.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/Lync-2013-Preview.aspx 

or try the complete ProPlus office here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh973391

As this is a client interface, the server interface is also available: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh973393.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_118_1_33

You can read another Lync Server 2013 blog here: http://ucken.blogspot.nl/2012/07/whats-new-in-lync-2013.html

This is an update to entry: Permalink to Lync Administrative template (GPO)

Within Lync you can use in-band provisioning to perform most of the Clientside settings. An overview of these settings can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398300.aspx or for a more friendly blog: http://www.shudnow.net/2010/10/28/lync-2010-client-policies/

I’ve now included the option to modify the notify option that can be set in the Lync client:

So for short, here is the file: http://sdrv.ms/PzOho5

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