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Client Registry Keys (Part 4)

2014/04/14

Client Registry Keys – Part One (General & Personal Tab)

Client Registry Keys – Part Two (Contacts List & Status Tab)

Client Registry Keys – Part Three (My Picture & Phones Tab)

Client Registry Keys – Part Four (Alerts, Persistent Chat & Ringtones and Sounds)

Client Registry Keys – Part Five (Audio Device, Video Device, Call Forwarding, File Saving, Recording & Lync Meetings)

Client Registry Keys – Part Six (IM Tab)

 

Alerts Tab

Make sure to check out the Part One for the location of the registry key otherwise many of these items won’t make a ton of sense.

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Description Reg Key Values Client Policy
Tell me when someone adds me to his or her contact list N/A N/A EnableNotificationForNewSubscribers
When my status is Do Not Disturb N/A N/A N/A
Contacts not using Lync N/A N/A N/A
Allow invites from domains my admin hasn’t verified N/A N/A N/A

NOTE: All of these settings are stored in the database for the user and follow them from machine to machine.  For example, reviewing the XML as part of the client login process we find:

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This is the setting for Allow Invites from Domains my admin hasn’t verified.  Likewise, here are the settings for When my Status is Do Not Disturb:

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As for “editing” these features.  You can’t of course modify these directly in the database as everything is stored in XML documents.  You can jump over to my article on the IMAutoArchivingFlag which goes more in-depth on this and does show an unsupported method to edit.

Persistent Chat Tab

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Description Reg Key Values Client Policy
New Message: Show the message in a new window N/A N/A N/A
New Message: Show me an alert N/A N/A N/A
New Message: Play this sound N/A N/A N/A
High Priority: Show the message in a new window N/A N/A N/A
High Priority: Show me an alert N/A N/A N/A
High Priority: Play this sound N/A N/A N/A

NOTE: All of these settings are stored in the database for the user and follow them from machine to machine.

Ringtones and Sounds Tab

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Description Reg Key Values Client Policy
Calls To: My work number HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Communicator\ LYNC_ringing.Current String to File Path * N/A
Calls To: My team HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Communicator\ LYNC_incomingteamcall.Current String to File Path * N/A
Calls To: People I manage calls for HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Communicator\ LYNC_incomingdelegatecall.Current String to File Path * N/A
Calls To: My Response Group HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Communicator\ LYNC_incomingteamcall.Current String to File Path * N/A
Play sounds in Lync playSoundFeedback ** 0/1 N/A
Mute incoming IM alert sounds when viewing an IM conversation suspendSoundWhenConversationWindowInForeground 0/1 N/A
Keep sounds to a minimum when my status is Busy suspendSoundWhenBusy 0/1 N/A
Keep sounds to a minimum when my status is Do Not Disturb suspendSoundWhenDND 0/1 N/A
Play music on hold MusicOnHoldDisabled 0/1 EnableClientMusicOnHold
MOH File Path MusicOnHoldAudioFile String MusicOnHoldAudioFile

 

NOTE: Remember that setting policies via In-Band Client Policy will override all registry settings.

  • File path default is here: C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice15Media

    • LYNC_ringing.wav – Wayfarer
    • LYNC_ringtone2.wav – Duotone
    • LYNC_ringtone3.wav – InMotion
    • LYNC_ringtone4.wav – LowKeyWave
    • LYNC_ringtone5.wav – PureTone
    • LYNC_ringtone6.wav – SilverMallets
    • LYNC_ringtone7.wav – VintagePulse

** Must be set to true (1) in order to use any of the suspendSound options.

*** There is no GUI option for this but you can control the private line inbound calls here: LYNC_incomingprivatelinecall

 

 

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