You could modify the 'Show me as Away after' setting in the Lync client's Status options to a value greater than these schedule meetings, but then uses will never be marked as away during normal away periods.
A locked workstation is supposed to indicate that the persons is 'away' as they cannot be reached during that time. Presence is intended to advertise the user's ability to be contacted on that specific client/device. It's not meant to show where people currently are located at the time (Lunch, Conference Room, etc). For that information the users' should just add a comment to their 'What's happening Today' line and then delete it when they return.
Hi, Damien,
Custom presence states can be configured with the Available, Busy, and Do Not Disturb presence indicators. And your status also changes to Away if your screen saver comes on or you lock your computer. As Jeff’s suggestion, at the top of the Lync main window, you can type or paste any kind of note you want, which will appear with your contact card.
You could modify the 'Show me as Away after' setting in the Lync client's Status options to a value greater than these schedule meetings, but then uses will never be marked as away during normal away periods.
A locked workstation is supposed to indicate that the persons is 'away' as they cannot be reached during that time. Presence is intended to advertise the user's ability to be contacted on that specific client/device. It's not meant to show where people currently are located at the time (Lunch, Conference Room, etc). For that information the users' should just add a comment to their 'What's happening Today' line and then delete it when they r
same problem here, different workstations only one lync configured.
screen lock does not mean you "are away". seems like a major design flaw to me. i hope it is quicly fixed ..
It's not because there is no mouse or keyboard activity that you cannot answer the phone ...or be notified for incomming messages, etc ...
It is realy,realy annoying
Noya, can you please help with this situation?
Thanks
I think you'll find you will be waiting a long time...
It's been like this in OCS for a while and I've seen threads from years back where users are asking for this capability. The answer is always the same.
Microsoft has decided (I don't know how) that the app should work this way. They don't see a reason to allow flexibility in the way it can work for different organisations/people.
To my mind, since it integrates with Exchange it should do more than just display your ooo. The busy and in a meeting status should persist through locking - but they don't and they won't - because Microsoft has decided it will be that way.
- Proposed as answer by FoaRyan Friday, January 04, 2013 3:49 PM
I think you'll find you will be waiting a long time...
It's been like this in OCS for a while and I've seen threads from years back where users are asking for this capability. The answer is always the same.
Microsoft has decided (I don't know how) that the app should work this way. They don't see a reason to allow flexibility in the way it can work for different organisations/people.
To my mind, since it integrates with Exchange it should do more than just display your ooo. The busy and in a meeting status should persist through locking - but they don't and they won't - because Microsoft has decided it will be that way.
- Proposed as answer by FoaRyan Friday, January 04, 2013 3:49 PM
It doesn't work if You put Your custom presence as an "Away"-presence (i.e. Yellow)? It still changes when You lock the computer?
Haven't tried this myself so I can't swear by it.
It doesn't work if You put Your custom presence as an "Away"-presence (i.e. Yellow)? It still changes when You lock the computer?
Haven't tried this myself so I can't swear by it.
Save the following code as a .vbs file and doubleclick it on the box youre trying to keep alive. Once this script is running, then RDP to another box into a session were the LYNC is opened. This will keep alive.
It has no confirmation, so just verify the wscript.exe command is running after you run it.
It sends an F15 command every few seconds to the box. There is no "F15", so it does no harm. It loops around forever so youll need to perform an endtask (the wscript.exe process) when youre done. This is how i have been able to keep lync from showing "away" when the system is locked.
Dim WshShell
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Do While True
WshShell.SendKeys("{F15}")
WScript.Sleep(55000)
Loop
Save the following code as a .vbs file and doubleclick it on the box youre trying to keep alive. Once this script is running, then RDP to another box into a session were the LYNC is opened. This will keep alive.
It has no confirmation, so just verify the wscript.exe command is running after you run it.
It sends an F15 command every few seconds to the box. There is no "F15", so it does no harm. It loops around forever so youll need to perform an endtask (the wscript.exe process) when youre done. This is how i have been able to keep lync from showing "away" when the system is locked.
Dim WshShell
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Do While True
WshShell.SendKeys("{F15}")
WScript.Sleep(55000)
Loop
Did you ever find a solution to this?
The Scenario at my Company is that we have integration with Exchange/Outlook. Presence is automatically set to Busy (In a Meeting) when they have entries in their calendar. But when the screen lock comes on, the presence is set to Away. Is it possible to avoid this, so that the presence stays at "Busy - In a Meeting" when the screen Lock is activated?
Agreed. This is idiotic. I have call center users that fold and file paper between answering calls. And I have an IT security policy required by an auditor that PCs lock in 1 minute of inactivity.
You can see the obvious issue here, right?
Hi,
Can you please tell me the steps, I have created the vbs file.
What do you mean by "doubleclick it on the box youre trying to keep alive. Once this script is running, then RDP to another box into a session were the LYNC is opened.".
Would be really helpful
Thanks
anish.gupta86@gmail.com
I have a fix for you, although I don't know if you'll like it, but I use it myself.
Tools
Options
Personal
The drop down under Personal information manager, select None.
It won't change my status when my computer locks. It still tracks my meetings for me, and sometimes I put them in manually. I hope this is what you're looking for, otherwise you have to ask your system admin if they can change the lock time on your computer because Lync won't do it otherwise.
Very easy fix and no download and no admin rights needed.
Just run a powerpoint and adjust the timing of each slide. as long as the powerpoint is running the system will not go into sleep mode. Here I have no admin rights and this works just fine. Adjust the slide show for 5 mins to almost and entire work day. Another trick is to run a long youtube music mix "video/song". as long as youtube is running the system will not go into sleep mode and you will remain "available". I have not worked out anything else since I do not have admin rights. Would love to receive Lync IM messages on the go but have to be next to my computer until I find a way to do this. I downloaded lync for cell and ipad and desktop but can not log in with my companies credentials. Maybe you all know something then please let me know.
The issue is that you are Away from that computer. If the screen saver is on, then you are not going to be able to see an instant message that displays on that computer. The Presence status is specific to the machine that Lync is running on. Your status should not show as Away if you are active on a computer that you are logged into Lync on.
Of course, that doesn't explain the Conversation History issue...
- Edited by David E. Long Wednesday, January 14, 2015 5:35 PM
The issue is that you are Away from that computer. If the screen saver is on, then you are not going to be able to see an instant message that displays on that computer. The Presence status is specific to the machine that Lync is running on. Your status should not show as Away if you are active on a computer that you are logged into Lync on.
Of course, that doesn't explain the Conversation History issue...
- Edited by David E. Long Wednesday, January 14, 2015 5:35 PM
- Proposed as answer by J S G Monday, March 02, 2015 9:35 PM
- Proposed as answer by J S G Monday, March 02, 2015 9:35 PM
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