Disable the conversation preservation state.Force Skype for Business client to start when user signs in to the workstation.Set Skype for Business client as the default IM Provider on the client workstation.Disable to first-run video of Skype for Business Client.Automatically add Windows Firewall rules to the client workstation when Skype for Business starts.Enter the usual disclaimer: Use at your own risk! I should probably point out here, that this ADMX is not supported by Microsoft, but I have tested this on several machines and had no catastrophic problems. Hopefully, someone will find them useful 🙂 With that in mind, I decided rather than to start from scratch with my own ADMX, I would use the Office 2013 ADMX as a baseline.Īlthough, the improvements are by no means ground breaking it lifts the complexity of some of the common questions posed by end users and even some business compliance requirements.

To avoid the worry of pushing out settings using batch files and registry imports which at the best of times can have its own unique problems, I thought why not give an ADMX a shot?

Having deployed Skype for Business server for a few customers there are certain end user experience requirements that could not be delivered using the standard ADMX provided by Microsoft. Over the weekend, I decided to “improve” the Office 2013 ADMX template for Skype for Business client.

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