Address List Segregation and Lync

 

Question

Is it possible to provide users with an Address List in Lync that only contains a subset of users in a Lync organization?

Answer

Yes

How?

Using an attribute called msRTCSIP-GroupingID, as described in this TechNet article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg429725.aspx

Time to test Smile

I’m gonna use the objectGUID of an Organizational Unit called Zaventem, that I have in my demo environment

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Then I’m going to change the value of the msRTCSIPGroupingID for a user in that OU to that objectGUID, in this example Annelies Bulkens:

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And I’m doing the same thing for a Lync-enabled user in a different OU, namely DemoTechEd:

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Time to check Smile When I log in as my own demo account, I get the following results when entering d:

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I don’t see DemoTechEd!

When Annelies does the same thing, she only gets DemoTechEd:

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It is still possible for Annelies to add a user as a contact when entering the correct SIP-Uri, as you can see below for user2@lync.local:

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Ilse