Switching between multiple Lync identities with a click – Profiles for Lync (P4L)
by António Vargas, Lasse Nordvik Wedø, Alessio Giombini, Fabrizio Volpe
Lync Server Cookbook
- Lync Server Cookbook
- Table of Contents
- Lync Server Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Authors
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Lync 2013 Security
- Introduction
- Controlling administrative rights with RBAC and custom cmdlets
- Hardening Lync Servers
- Hardening Lync databases
- Enhancing conferencing security
- Managing certificates for the authentication of desk-phones
- Deploying a secure Lync Edge
- Applying ethical walls for federation security
- Using Application Request Routing to configure a reverse proxy for Lync Server 2013
- 2. Lync 2013 Authentication
- Introduction
- Configuring passive authentication for Lync
- Enabling two-factor authentication
- Adding the app password for mobile clients
- Authenticating with online services using DirSync
- Managing Windows Azure Directory for Lync Online
- Configuring server-to-server authentication
- Troubleshooting with client authentication logging
- 3. Lync Dial Plans and Voice Routing
- 4. Lync 2013 Integration with Exchange
- Introduction
- Configuring the Unified Messaging integration
- Configuring OAuth between Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013
- Configuring Lync 2013 and Exchange 2013 as partner applications
- Configuring Lync 2013 to use Exchange 2013 for archiving
- Configuring Lync 2013 to use the Exchange 2013 Unified Contact Store
- Integrating Lync 2013 with the Exchange 2013 Outlook Web App
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- Creating a trusted application pool on Lync for OWA
- Configuring Exchange for the IM integration with OWA
- Configuring the OWA virtual directories for Instant Messaging
- Editing the web.config file on your client access servers
- Configuring the Outlook Web App mailbox policy
- 5. Scripts and Tools for Lync
- Introduction
- Installing Lync prerequisites and more – Set-Cs2013Features
- Creating a fully functional voice configuration – Lync Dialing Rule Optimizer
- Switching between multiple Lync identities with a click – Profiles for Lync (P4L)
- Tracing made easier – Lync 2013 Centralized Logging Tool
- Identifying recurrent issues – Lync Pilot Deployment Health Analysis
- Managing phone numbers – Search-LineURI and Get-UnusedNumbers
- Managing Call Pickup Groups – Lync2013CallPickupManager 1.01
- 6. Designing a Lync Solution – The Overlooked Aspects
- 7. Lync 2013 in a Resource Forest
- Introduction
- Planning a resource forest
- Using Exchange Online for a Lync resource forest
- Configuring FIM in a Lync resource forest
- Synchronizing forests with FIM
- Deploying Azure Active Directory Synchronization services (AAD Sync) in a Lync resource forest
- AAD Sync synchronization services and rules
- 8. Managing Lync 2013 Hybrid and Lync Online
- 9. Lync 2013 Monitoring and Reporting
- 10. Managing Lync 2013 Backup and Restore
- Introduction
- Topology information
- Configuration information
- User database
- Persistent Chat database
- The Location Information LIS database
- The Response Group Services configuration
- Certificates
- Backend databases
- Voice dial plans, policies, and settings
- File services
- Don't forget the infrastructure – the greater recovery plan
- 11. Controlling Your Network – A Quick Drill into QoS and CAC
- 12. Lync 2013 Debugging
- Introduction
- Using Snooper to examine log files
- Investigating Call Flow with Snooper Flow Chart
- Reviewing Lync information with OCSLogger
- Tracing from a command line with OCSTracer
- Customizing CLS scenarios using CLSController
- Testing our setting with Best Practices Analyzer
- Capturing network traffic with Wireshark
- Troubleshooting clients with the Microsoft Lync Connectivity Analyzer
- Verifying a deployment with the Microsoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer
- Index
The Lync 2013 client has no built-in feature to save multiple profiles or switch between different identities; there are situations where users like Lync administrators might need the ability to quickly sign in with different accounts. Profiles for Lync (P4L) by Lync MVP Greig Sheridan (@greiginsydney) is a tool that will allow you to save multiple accounts and switch between them with one click, through a keyboard shortcut or through a command line.
The tool is available at http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Profiles-For-Lync-2013-1b193329. This is the Lync 2013 version. A version for the Lync 2010 client is also available. Both the Lync 2013 and 2010 versions can be installed and coexist on the same machine.
Using the tool is very simple. The following screenshot shows the main application window. Up to 40 identities can be saved. These are split across four tabs, each with its own shortcut key. The button highlighted in blue shows you which account is currently signed in; you can therefore switch identities in three different ways:
- INTERACTIVE: Click on the number corresponding to the identity you want to use
- KEY SHORTCUT: While the main utility windows is in the foreground, type the number corresponding to the identity you want to use (identities from 1 to 10 require no additional key)
- COMMAND LINE: From a command prompt, browse to the folder where P4L is installed and type the following to activate profile no. 1:
"Profiles for Lync 2013.exe" /site=01
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