How to add and upload a picture instead of the URL?

Hi Paber,

The 3 available methods of referencing pictures for use in a Lync environment are;

1.) Active Directory Stored
2.) Exchange 2013 Mailbox Stored
3.) Web URL

If you're after something similar to the "Browse & Upload" button that's often associated to uploading avatars to forums (much like you would have done with your TechNet profile picture), then only option 2 affords this, but you must be using Exchange Server 2013 and your Lync Server Admins must also have the settings in place that allow you to use and display Exchange 2013 hosted images within Lync.

Additionally, although you've posted this in a Lync 2010 forum, you've titled the post Lync 2013 so I'm unsure of your environment - but note that Exchange hosted pictures are only available in Lync 2013.

Kind regards

Hi paber,

High-resolution photo

High-resolution photo which can be stored in a user's Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 mailbox. High-definition user photo support requires that the users mailbox be located on Exchange 2013 and the Lync user account to be in Lync 2013 pool.

It can be uploaded by users who are running Outlook 2013 Web App; users are only allowed to update their own photo. Administrators, however, can update the photo for any user by using the Exchange Management Shell and a series of Windows PowerShell commands similar to the following:

$photo = ([Byte[]] $(Get-Content -Path "C:\Photos\Kenmyer.jpg" -Encoding Byte -ReadCount 0))

Set-UserPhoto -Identity "Ken Myer" -PictureData $photo -Confirm:$False

Set-UserPhoto -Identity "Ken Myer" -Save -Confirm:$False

ThumbnailPhoto

The image used is the image defined as the value for the thumbnailPhoto attribute in Active Directory Domain Services.

User cannot change the image used in their Active Directory Domain Services profile directly through Lync client. They can use one of the following options to do so, if available:

1.  SharePoint Server   Users can upload a photo to My Site on a SharePoint Server and then configure profile synchronization in SharePoint to synchronize the photo to the thumbnailPhoto attribute in Active Directory Domain Services.

2.  Photo stored on publicly accessible URL   Users can configure their user photo specifying a publicly accessible URL for the image that they want to use. The image must be publically accessible without a password. The image stored at the specified web address is transferred to other users through the contact card category in the presence information. When Lync client needs to display a user photo, it retrieves the image from the specified web address.

3.  Exchange 2010 cmdlets for Windows PowerShell   Administrators can run the Import-RecipientDataProperty cmdlet in the Exchange 2010 Management Shell in to manage the thumbnailPhoto attribute. When images are imported with Exchange 2010 cmdlets, the file size is limited to 10 KB.

4.  Third Party tools  Users can upload only their own photo to for the thumbnailPhoto attribute.

 

Best regards,

Eric