Microsoft Lync 2010 and 2013 Client Startup Behaviour

You may want to change the default behavour of the Lync client so that it appears to automatically start, so people know its there and want to use it.

The other key thing is to automatically populate the username box on Lync so that users for the first time don’t need to know their name or email address, as this is automatically compelted for them, instead they just have to click on the sign-in button and away they go.

For 2010 Client
 
Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Communicator
Value name AutoRunWhenLogonToWindows
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x0 (0)
(Targeted If NOT Managed Objects>Users>Staff)
 
Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Communicator
Value name AutoRunWhenLogonToWindows
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x1 (1)
(Targeted If Managed Objects>Users>Staff)

Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Communicator
Value name MinimizeWindowToNotificationArea
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x1 (1)

Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Communicator
Value name AutoOpenMainWindowWhenStartup
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x0 (0)

For 2013 Client
 
Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync
Value name AutoRunWhenLogonToWindows
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x0 (0)
(Targeted If NOT Managed Objects>Users>Staff)
 
Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync
Value name AutoRunWhenLogonToWindows
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x1 (1)
(Targeted If Managed Objects>Users>Staff)

Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync
Value name MinimizeWindowToNotificationArea
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x1 (1)

Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync
Value name AutoOpenMainWindowWhenStartup
Value type REG_DWORD
Value data 0x0 (0)

For 2010 & 2013 Clients
 
Hive HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key path Software\Microsoft\Shared\UcClient
Value name ServerSipUri
Value type REG_SZ
Value data %username%@domainname.com
(Enters username – could be targeted if different groups needed with different email formats)