As most of you know Microsoft released their new Office 2013 suite. The new Lync 2013 client is included with Office 2013. But if you are like me I connect to multiple environments and not all of them are updated or running the latest server build. Here is a quick guide on how to connect your new Lync 2013 client to your OCS 2007 or OCS 2007 R2 environment.
- Install Lync 2013 client.
- Configure it and try to connect to your environment. (Use your emailaddres@domain.com) for the login information.
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You will receive and error similar to this one.
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Open RegEdit and create a new key to disable the server version check. For 32 bit: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0Lync or 64bit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodePoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0LyncDisableServerCheck - Exit the Lync 2013 client.
- Try to login again.
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You should be successful to log in.
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What is the complete path in regedit? I have a Windows 8 Enterprise 64 bits. Thanks!
The Registry path is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0Lync
Doesn’t work… I don’t have that path created by Lync
Just create the reg key.
Is there a list of Lync 2013 functions that will not work with this setup?
Rodney, check this posting to see what I have tested with the setup of Lync 2010/2013 and OCS 2007 Infrastructure. http://cavarpe.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/lync-2013-client-with-ocs-2007-r2-infrastructure-testing/
There is a simular trick to connect a Lync 2010 client. I recall that Livemeeting and the adressbook weren’t working in that setup. Can you confirm that they do work in combination with the Lync 2013 client? That would be cool. Thanks! Gr Johan
Address book search works. You can look for people of your organization.
Thanks for the tip, it works well. Any tips on getting the Lync MX app to do the same thing from a surface tablet?
Working on that part. From what I have found it looks like there are several URL and checks that the Lync MX client do, so as soon as I find a fix I will post it.
also works, if you don’t put it into HKLM but in HKCU than the same path.
Hello guys after doing the above steps by 10 days now i am getting this
Note that the Temp folder is already empty
any advice
Files that help describe the problem:
C:Usersfadii.shayaAppDataLocalTempWER9C44.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:Usersfadii.shayaAppDataLocalTempWER9C93.tmp.mdmp
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C:Windowssystem32en-USerofflps.txt
Connects fine, however I get this error when I try to expand a contact group (even after re-adding the group)
“Use of the distribution group service is restricted and requires specific permissions”
Check this article http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/communicationsserveruser/thread/4b923dae-68d2-46f8-91dd-8f4918123ac1
Normally I would agree, however the lists load fine the MOC 2007 R2 client (verified after I closed Lync, my lists were missing in MOC, so I had to re-add them to MOC. Repoulated without an issue. Does not work in lync still)
How can you apply this fix if there is no Office15.0Lync folder?
Just follow the instructions and create the key. That is the reason for the article. The key is not there by default.
I created the Key a few days ago but i never restarted the laptop. doh! Once I restarted the laptop connected to the LAN it worked. Thanks
works like a charm
Thanks for the instructions, worked a treat on Windows 8 (64 bit) running Office 2013, especially after reading Jason’s comment on restarting.
Hello guys after doing the above steps by 10 days now i am getting this
Note that the Temp folder is already empty
any advice
Files that help describe the problem:
C:Usersfadii.shayaAppDataLocalTempWER9C44.tmp.appcompat.txt
C:Usersfadii.shayaAppDataLocalTempWER9C93.tmp.mdmp
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http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=190175
If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
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Apply the changes and reboot the computer, to see if that helps.
This works great for me, is there a way I can get the Lync 2013 mobile app in iOS to connect to our On-Prem OCS Server as oppose to Office 365 as well? I played around with it but could not get it connected.
I am trying to figure that one out. I know that it uses two urls. https://lyncdiscover.domain.com and https://lyncdiscoverinternal.domain.com to try to find the Lync server. As OCS do not have this URL’s configured you can not connect. So you can create those URL’s but then the app does a check of the server version. I have not found any place where to change it yet. 🙂
Any update as to whether the android / ios client can be configured to work with OCS 2007? Thanks
Those clients need to access the Autodiscover service for Lync. That service is not available on OCS so those clients will not work. You can use third parties to proxy you in. iDialogPro or Intelli IM
Have you tested or know a way for this to work with Lync 2010.
Group Chat doesnt work.. any fix ? Saw articles that it requires deployment to the Lync 2013 server
Not sure , I will check if it works in my environment.
Excellent post! Any word on making lync ios client to disable server check would be great!
yes! lync ios client (disable server check) would be a great idea 🙂
Working on it. 🙂
Thank you It helped me.
There was no key named Office under Microsoft. I added all the below and restarted the system it worked.
This is what I have done.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0Lync]
“DisableServerCheck”=dword:00000001
Update: After many months using this tip, we have come across something that no longer functions.
We have an account we use as our main contact number for help desk calls, and setup with Ring Team/Delegates. If you use Lync 2010 client to connect to OCS 2007R2, the DB will keep the version stamp of the client and prohibit the client from using these features. So far the only fix I have found is to remove the OCS user and reprovision the account. Make sure you backup the contacts if they are important, before you reprovision.
I just applied this tip and it works great…
To the Author: Is there any way to apply this to MS Lync for Mac?
There is. I am working on it.
If it helps, I’ve used this on a Mac and had success
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/343be6ab-6317-4f29-8cc6-195a12823f2f/disableservercheck-for-mac-lync-client?forum=ocsclients
Thanks: http://cavarpe.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/lync-2011-for-mac-connected-to-ocs-2007-r2-infrastructure/
Thanks
It worked for me….
So, this is fabulous, and has been working for awhile – One thing I noticed is that the Outlook Conferencing Add In is now slimmed down – the conference call feature is removed by the Lync install. Has anyone found a way to get this back to how it was originally with the Live Meeting Add in? We haven’t deployed Lync servers yet, so I need to continue having Conferencing capabilities.
Go to to your calendar > then you should see a Lync Meeting Icon on the bar. You can use that to setup a new conference call.
i am not being able to sync with outlook its wanting the id and password everytime…
In the Lync Client you received a pop-up window that ask you if you want to save your credentials say yes. Also in the username try the domainusername combination.
This does not seem to work with the Windows 8/8.1 ModernUI version. Anyone else having issues there?
This instruction is for the Full Client of Lync, the Metro UI Client or LyncMX client do not support this feature.
The ModernUI App is forced to use Lync Autodiscover WebService and OCS do not have that. So you have to use the Desktop Client. Not the Lync App.
If you’re using 64bit use this reg path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREWow6432NodePoliciesMicrosoftOffice15.0LyncDisableServerCheck
Hi Carlos, Have got Lync 2013 working but cannot get address Sync working. Just wondering how you managed to get this synchronized? Thanks
What Sync function is not working? You should also use Outlook 2013 as it uses Outlook to get Access to some Exchange Features.
I have Outlook 2010 and not sure whether I will be able to get 2013 as its specified by work. I get a notification below ‘cannot synchronize address book’. So when I search for a contact I get ‘no matches’.. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
I used to get that same issue. When I upgrade to Office 2013 it disappear. There It says that is not syncing but everything works ok. Some people have issues with group chats and it is the permissions.
Excellent! Thanks for the help. Although it still says ‘cannot sync contacts’, I can now access the address book functionality.
Cheers
Tanks for Your tip 🙂 It worked Perfect, but im also have issues With the contact list, i would like to use “Exchange” distibution list.. But when i add them – they are empty…
Are your Exchange DL’s Distributions only or they are security groups?
They Are Ex DL’s
Regedit worked like a charm for me. Two issues still plague me , 1. New users are not searchable within Lync, they must sign into legacy OC2007 first then they will work in LYNC2013. 2. Some users find when starting group chats, IM has been disabled. Desperate for fixes or work around. Please.
New users will not appear in Lync because the Address book has not been updated. This process happens normally every 24 hours or you can run it manually via Powershell with the Update-CSAddressBook command.
this is working fine but when i expand any group after login to lync it gives me below error
use of distribution group service is restricted and required specific permission
Any workaround to resolve this?
Check this post to see if it solve your problem : http://jamesosw.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/unable-to-expand-distribution-groups/
that post is for lync server, i have used my lync client to connect to OCS server by using that registry trick
now the only issue is groups does not expand
Khadim, some features may have problems. Check this TechNet Blog Post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/greganth/archive/2009/03/26/office-communicator-error-message-received-when-expanding-a-group-distribution-list.aspx
Thanks Carlos
Any chance you know how to make this fix work with the Lync 2013 App for Windows 8.1 (32-bit). Trying to use on my Asus Transformer T100
Greg, the the Lync app uses the autodiscover option of Lync so as of now, I have not found a way to do this.
Hi Carlos! Your Lync 2013 to run for OCS 2007 is great! Though I have one problem, and that is to access my Outlook from work. Do you have a way to do it? Outlook at work is MS 2007 or 2010.
You can use the Outlook 2013 client to access your mailbox and then it will integrate to Lync.
Yes, bur seems like it can’t connect to the client. It won’t accept the Exchange Server that I put in it.
Download the Exchange Connectivity Analyzer client. This will tell you what is the problem why you can not connect. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=313782