The purpose of Publish-LyncContactInformation is to demonstrate how PowerShell can be used to interact with the Lync SDK. For more information, see the related blog post at blog.powershell.no

Publish-LyncContactInformation.ps1

#requires -version 2.0

function Publish-LyncContactInformation {

<#
.Synopsis
   Publish-LyncContactInformation is a PowerShell function to configure a set of settings in the Microsoft Lync client.
.DESCRIPTION
   The purpose of Publish-LyncContactInformation is to demonstrate how PowerShell can be used to interact with the Lync SDK.
   Tested with Lync 2013 only.
   Prerequisites: Lync 2013 SDK - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36824
.EXAMPLE
   Publish-LyncContactInformation -Availability Available
.EXAMPLE
    Publish-LyncContactInformation -Availability Away
.EXAMPLE
    Publish-LyncContactInformation -Availability "Off Work" -ActivityId off-work
.EXAMPLE
    Publish-LyncContactInformation -PersonalNote test
.EXAMPLE
    Publish-LyncContactInformation -Availability Available -PersonalNote ("Quote of the day: " + (Get-QOTD))
.EXAMPLE
    Publish-LyncContactInformation -Location Work
.NOTES
   For more information, see the related blog post at blog.powershell.no
.FUNCTIONALITY
   Provides a function to configure Availability, ActivityId and PersonalNote for the Microsoft Lync client.
#>

    Param
    (
        # Availability state as string
        [ValidateSet("Appear Offline","Available","Away","Busy","Do Not Disturb","Be Right Back","Off Work")]
        [string]
        $Availability,
        # ActivityId as string
        [string]
        $ActivityId,
        # String value to be configured as personal note in the Lync client
        [string]
        $PersonalNote,
        # String value to be configured as location in the Lync client
        [string]
        $Location
    )

if (-not (Get-Module -Name Microsoft.Lync.Model)) {

try {
Import-Module -Name (Join-Path -Path ${env:ProgramFiles(x86)} -ChildPath "Microsoft Office\Office15\LyncSDK\Assemblies\Desktop\Microsoft.Lync.Model.dll") -ErrorAction Stop
}
catch {
Write-Warning "Microsoft.Lync.Model not available, download and install the Lync 2013 SDK http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36824"
break
}

}

$Client = [Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient]::GetClient()

if ($Client.State -eq "SignedIn") {

$Self = $Client.Self
$ContactInfo = New-Object 'System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[Microsoft.Lync.Model.PublishableContactInformationType, object]'

switch ($Availability)
{
    "Available" {$AvailabilityId = 3000}
    "Appear Offline" {$AvailabilityId = 18000}
    "Away" {$AvailabilityId = 15000}
    "Busy" {$AvailabilityId = 6000}
    "Do Not Disturb" {$AvailabilityId = 9000}
    "Be Right Back" {$AvailabilityId = 12000}
    "Off Work" {$AvailabilityId = 15500}
}

if ($Availability) {
$ContactInfo.Add([Microsoft.Lync.Model.PublishableContactInformationType]::Availability, $AvailabilityId)
}

if ($ActivityId) {
$ContactInfo.Add([Microsoft.Lync.Model.PublishableContactInformationType]::ActivityId, $ActivityId)
}

if ($PersonalNote) {
$ContactInfo.Add([Microsoft.Lync.Model.PublishableContactInformationType]::PersonalNote, $PersonalNote)
}

if ($Location) {
$ContactInfo.Add([Microsoft.Lync.Model.PublishableContactInformationType]::LocationName, $Location)
}

if ($ContactInfo.Count -gt 0) {

$Publish = $Self.BeginPublishContactInformation($ContactInfo, $null, $null)
$self.EndPublishContactInformation($Publish)

} else {

Write-Warning "No options supplied, no action was performed"

}


} else {

Write-Warning "Lync is not running or signed in, no action was performed"

}



}