Lync contacts appearing offline in Skype

So I have a Lync deployment successfully provisioned for Skype federation, and can get calls to work from Skype to Lync from the Windows 8 Metro client, but I'm not able to get a call through from the desktop version of Skype.  The reason appears to be that my Lync contacts are appearing as offline all the time in Skype, but the metro (and mobile) clients allow you to call offline clients, while the desktop one doesn't.  Since calls from these clients are successful, I'd have to imagine that the federation route works, but is there something else that would be blocking presence requests from Skype, or is this normal behavior?  This seems broken to me-there has to be some way to get the user presence to work as expected.

July 3rd, 2013 1:35pm

If the Lync contact show offline in Skype, the Skype cant call Lync contacts.
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July 4th, 2013 6:41am

I am facing the same issue here, contacts appear offline on both Skype and Lync, but I can make calls from Lync to Skype.

Is there's something wrong with the presence between them?

July 29th, 2013 1:39pm

I've got the same issue here. Any updates on a fix?
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August 28th, 2013 7:51pm

ANy fix for this
October 17th, 2014 10:02pm

Also the same here. I can add the user in Skype and also in Lync.

I can send messages from Lync to Skype, but not from Skype to Lync and my Lync user appears offline in Skype. Drives me nuts.

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October 28th, 2014 1:44pm

I have the same problem. Did you ever get a fix for this?
November 18th, 2014 12:06am

hello

it is a privacy problem

you have to change in lync - tools - options -> alerts

in the Contacts not using Lync section you have to check "Allow anyone to contact me"

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January 28th, 2015 10:42am

hello

it is a privacy problem

you have to change in lync - tools - options -> alerts

in the Contacts not using Lync section you have to check "Allow anyone to contact me"

You, sir, are the man. This fixed my Lync / Skype contacts appearing offline.
February 19th, 2015 8:14pm

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