This is where the Mac client varies from the Windows Lync client. While the 14.0.9 client does not have the “Conversation History” functionality, the 14.0.10 client added this feature and it does appear to honor these Client Policy settings. Grant-CsClientPolicy -PolicyName Tag:ClientPolicyNoSaveIMNoArchivingĬontradictory to the use of the word “Archiving” in it’s name, this policy has nothing to do with Archiving and is designed to disable the automatic saving of IMs to the “Conversation History” folder (EnableIMAutoArchiving = False) and ability of a user to save IM conversations (DisableSavingIM = False).

I assigned the “ClientPolicyNoSaveIMNoArchiving” Client Policy using the following command: Our industry experts have collected the latest application modernization trends impacting the automotive, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing verticals. Lync Client PoliciesĪpplication Modernization Industry Quick GuidesĪpplication modernization enables you to optimize business processes and transform the way you do business today, and in the future. I also applied the appropriate Lync Online Client Policies such that Conversation History should be blocked.

I used the following two machines in my testing:Īs in my previous article, I tested with both Litigation Hold and In-Place Hold. Would there be a difference in the behavior between the new “Lync for Mac 2011 14.0.10” client and legacy versions? In the interest of providing a more complete story about Archiving in Lync Online, I added a couple Mac OS X installs to my lab environment.ĭo the Mac clients honor Lync client policies settings?

Certainly a valid question,Īfter all, anyone that has used the Lync client on the Mac knows that it’s quite a bit different than the Lync 2013 client in Windows.Ĭoincidentally, a few days later, Microsoft released an updated Lync client for Mac and in the release notes were specific references to changes in the functionality of Conversation History as well as a mention about Archiving. While I’m not a Mac user, a commenter on that article asked about the behavior on a Mac. In the recent article “ Office 365 – Understanding Archiving in Lync Online“, I spent some time going through the differences between Conversation History and Archiving in Lync Online.

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