- I have been working with alot of customers with Mac’s. They have been asking me how does Lync 2013 work on a Mac. Microsoft has Lync 2011 client for a Mac. Today, I ran some tests with the Lync 2011 for Mac connecting to a Lync 2013 server. Also, I tested the new Lync 2013 web client on the Mac.
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Recently while working in my lab I wanted to force the address book to update with the Lync 2013 client. This is a fairly straight forward process as all you have to do is import a registry key (or wait randomized time between 1-60 mins which is the default). Microsoft Lync is the new rich client for Lync users on the Mac platform and offers integrated functionality for instant messaging, presence, conferencing and voice. Lync for Mac is designed to work with both Lync Server 2010 and Lync Online to help you.
Recently while working in my lab I wanted to force the address book to update with the Lync 2013 client. This is a fairly straight forward process as all you have to do is import a registry key (or wait randomized time between 1-60 mins which is the default). After importing the key and found that the Address Book still wasn’t downloading. Through troubleshooting I found the issue was that my OS was x64 and my Lync client was x86. I completely overlooked this so I figured I would give everyone the keys that I used so you don’t have to research if you run into this. The location has also changed from Lync 2010 to 2013.
Lync 2013 and OS same bitness (both either x86 or x64)
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All Users | reg add HKLMSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0Lync /v GalDownloadInitialDelay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f |
Current User | reg add HKCUSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0Lync /v GalDownloadInitialDelay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f |
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Lync 2013 Client and OS different bitness (combination of x86 and x64)
All Users | reg add HKLMSoftwareWow6432NodePoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0Lync /v GalDownloadInitialDelay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f |
Current User | reg add HKCUSoftwareWow6432NodePoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0Lync /v GalDownloadInitialDelay /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f |
After adding these keys you must exit and re-enter the Lync client. You can check for the address book files in %userprofile%[email protected]. You should now see two files named galcontacts.db and galcontacts.db.idx.