Hi - There is no button to select add / use own photo to my profile. Please help.

If you are not using Exchange 2013 either on premise or Office 365 then the only ways in which you can add photos to the Lync client are:

1) AD Photos - tool available here: http://www.codetwo.com/freeware/active-directory-photos/

2) Custom URL to web server that holds the image file. http://www.lynclog.com/2013/11/lync-2013-client-and-and-pictures-from.html

thanks

Hi,

Do you use Lync 2010 or Lync 2013?

From your description above, there is no button to select add or use own photo on Lync client, I guess it is Lync 2013.

If it is the case, for Lync 2013, there is no option to update a photo through URL from Lync client side.

For Lync 2013, you can choose to use the photo from AD use attribute thumbnailPhoto. Or if you use Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013, you can change the photo from OWA, then the photo will update to the Lync client.

Best Regards,

Zhujie

Hi

You can use a custom photo URL in the Lync 2013 client. You must first create a Client Policy on the server side to EnablePresencePhotoOptions. After you do that then the URL option will be in the client after you sign out and back in

$policyent = New-CsClientPolicyEntry -Name EnablePresencePhotoOptions -Value True 
$policy = Get-CsClientPolicy -Identity Global
$policy.PolicyEntry.Add($policyent)
Set-CsClientPolicy -Instance $policy

thanks

Hi,

Do you use Lync 2010 or Lync 2013?

From your description above, there is no button to select add or use own photo on Lync client, I guess it is Lync 2013.

If it is the case, for Lync 2013, there is no option to update a photo through URL from Lync client side.

For Lync 2013, you can choose to use the photo from AD use attribute thumbnailPhoto. Or if you use Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013, you can change the photo from OWA, then the photo will update to the Lync client.

Best Regards,

Zhujie

• Proposed as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 21 hours 56 minutes ago

Hi,

Do you use Lync 2010 or Lync 2013?

From your description above, there is no button to select add or use own photo on Lync client, I guess it is Lync 2013.

If it is the case, for Lync 2013, there is no option to update a photo through URL from Lync client side.

For Lync 2013, you can choose to use the photo from AD use attribute thumbnailPhoto. Or if you use Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013, you can change the photo from OWA, then the photo will update to the Lync client.

Best Regards,

Zhujie

• Proposed as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:28 AM

Hi,

Do you use Lync 2010 or Lync 2013?

From your description above, there is no button to select add or use own photo on Lync client, I guess it is Lync 2013.

If it is the case, for Lync 2013, there is no option to update a photo through URL from Lync client side.

For Lync 2013, you can choose to use the photo from AD use attribute thumbnailPhoto. Or if you use Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013, you can change the photo from OWA, then the photo will update to the Lync client.

Best Regards,

Zhujie

• Proposed as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:28 AM

Hi,

Do you use Lync 2010 or Lync 2013?

From your description above, there is no button to select add or use own photo on Lync client, I guess it is Lync 2013.

If it is the case, for Lync 2013, there is no option to update a photo through URL from Lync client side.

For Lync 2013, you can choose to use the photo from AD use attribute thumbnailPhoto. Or if you use Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013, you can change the photo from OWA, then the photo will update to the Lync client.

Best Regards,

Zhujie

• Proposed as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:28 AM
• Marked as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 5 hours 12 minutes ago

Hi,

Do you use Lync 2010 or Lync 2013?

From your description above, there is no button to select add or use own photo on Lync client, I guess it is Lync 2013.

If it is the case, for Lync 2013, there is no option to update a photo through URL from Lync client side.

For Lync 2013, you can choose to use the photo from AD use attribute thumbnailPhoto. Or if you use Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013, you can change the photo from OWA, then the photo will update to the Lync client.

Best Regards,

Zhujie

• Proposed as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:28 AM
• Marked as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, July 27, 2015 2:16 AM

Hi,

Do you use Lync 2010 or Lync 2013?

From your description above, there is no button to select add or use own photo on Lync client, I guess it is Lync 2013.

If it is the case, for Lync 2013, there is no option to update a photo through URL from Lync client side.

For Lync 2013, you can choose to use the photo from AD use attribute thumbnailPhoto. Or if you use Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013, you can change the photo from OWA, then the photo will update to the Lync client.

Best Regards,

Zhujie

• Proposed as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Tuesday, July 21, 2015 9:28 AM
• Marked as answer by Eason HuangMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Monday, July 27, 2015 2:16 AM

Hi,

I test with the method Mark Vale provided above, but still not show the choice "Show a picture from a website".

Base on my understanding, as the function for Lync 2013 only works for a short time and then with a update to remove this function, now you can't to edit or update a picture with URL on Lync client side.

Best Regards,
Eason Huang