Skype For Business Client Setup

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So now that Windows Update pushes the Skype For Business client to machines your users will now see the following message once updated:
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Once restarted the user will continue to use the Lync client albeit with a Skype Icon now. Searching for Lync in Windows 7/8/10 will also bring up the Skype client in the results.

Some users wish to use the Skype client now (god knows why, its not pretty) and here is how you can go about doing this.

Method 1 - Policy from Lync server
Lync admins can run the following commands on the Lync Server Management Shell:

Set-CsClientPolicy -Identity Global -EnableSkypeUI $true
New-CsClientPolicy -Identity SalesClientUI -EnableSkypeUI $true

With the second option above being to create a new policy which you can assign per user.

Option 2 - Manually on the Client Registry
If you have trouble with some clients, you can always update their registry manually:



FieldValue to select or enter
Action
Create
Hive
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key Path
Software\Microsoft\Office\Lync
Value name
EnableSkypeUI
Value type
REG_BINARY
Value data
In Hex 01000000 or in Decimal 1

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