Why is the Lync status unavailable in SharePoint?
When you view a SharePoint site, the Lync presence icons that are next to the user names are unavailable (appear dimmed), and the status is displayed as Presence Unknown . If the Lync 2010 or Lync 2013 client is not running, or if no user is signed in, the presence status is not available in SharePoint.
Where to find Lync sign in address in SharePoint?
As long as the ActiveDirectory object that’s associated with the SharePoint user contains the user’s Lync sign-in address in the ProxyAddresses attribute, presence should display for that contact.
What can you do with Lync Server 2013?
With Lync Server 2013 deployed in an organization with Exchange 2013, you can configure Lync to archive instant messaging and on-line meeting content such as shared presentations or documents in the user’s Exchange 2013 mailbox. Archiving Lync data in Exchange 2013 allows you to apply retention policies to it.
What are the features of SharePoint Server 2013?
Exchange 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Lync Server 2013 together provide integrated archiving, hold and eDiscovery functionality, allowing you to preserve important data in-place across Exchange mailboxes, SharePoint documents and web sites, and archived Lync content.
What does user presence mean in SharePoint 2013?
This Presence helps users to get in touch with their colleagues easily. User can see more information about colleagues like contact numbers, designation, departments without going to their personal page. Also it indicates the presence of colleague whether he/she available, away or offline.
Where to find user name in SharePoint list?
SharePoint Lync/OC Presence. If you go to any SharePoint list, you can see user name with the presence icon in front of name under the ‘Modified By’ column or field. You can get below html code using any developer tool from these controls: