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Configuring Mobility Policy

 

Topic Last Modified: 2012-01-18

Cumulative update for Lync Server 2010: November 2011 introduces a new mobility policy that determines who can use mobility features and who can use the Call via Work feature. Call via Work allows a mobile user to make and receive calls on a mobile phone by using a work phone number instead of the mobile phone number. This feature prevents the called party from seeing the caller's mobile phone number and allows a user to avoid outbound calling charges.

By default, both mobility and Call via Work features are enabled. Administrators can determine who has access to these features by running a cmdlet. You can turn options off globally, by site, or by user.

To be able to use mobility features and Call via Work, users must meet the following prerequisites:

  • Users must be enabled for Lync Server 2010.

  • Users must be enabled for Enterprise Voice.

  • Users must be assigned a mobility policy that has the EnableMobility option set to True.

Note

In Lync Server 2010, Remote User is not a requirement for users.

For users to be able to use Call via Work, they must meet the following two additional prerequisites:

  • Users must be assigned a voice policy that has the Enable simultaneous ringing of phones option selected.

  • Users must be assigned a mobility policy that has the EnableOutsideVoice option set to True.

Note

Users who are not enabled for Enterprise Voice can use their mobile devices to join conferences by using the Click to Join link on their mobile devices, if you assign those users a voice policy. For details, see Defining Your Mobility Requirements.

For details about enabling users for Lync Server 2010, see Enable or Disable Users for Lync Server 2010. For details about enabling users for Enterprise Voice, see Enable Users for Enterprise Voice. For details about setting voice policy options, see Modify a Voice Policy and Configure PSTN Usage Records.

To modify global mobility policy

  1. Log on to any computer where Lync Server Management Shell and Ocscore are installed as a member of the CsAdministrator role.

  2. Start the Lync Server Management Shell: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Management Shell.

  3. Turn off access to mobility and Call via Work globally. At the command line, type:

    Set-CsMobilityPolicy -EnableMobility $False -EnableOutsideVoice $False

    Note

    You can turn off Call via Work without turning off access to mobility. However, you cannot turn off mobility without also turning off Call via Work.

To modify mobility policy by site

  1. Log on to any computer where Lync Server Management Shell and Ocscore are installed as a member of the CsAdministrator role.

  2. Start the Lync Server Management Shell: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Management Shell.

  3. Create a site level policy, and turn off access to mobility and Call via Work by site. At the command line, type:

    New-CsMobilityPolicy -Identity site:<site identifier> -EnableMobility $False -EnableOutsideVoice $False

    Note

    You can turn off Call via Work without turning off access to mobility. However, you cannot turn off mobility without also turning off Call via Work.

To modify mobility policy by user

  1. Log on to any computer where Lync Server Management Shell and Ocscore are installed as a member of the CsAdministrator role.

  2. Start the Lync Server Management Shell: Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Lync Server 2010, and then click Lync Server Management Shell.

  3. Create user level mobility policies and turn off mobility and Call via Work by user. At the command line, type:

    New-CsMobilityPolicy -Identity <policy name> -EnableMobility $False -EnableOutsideVoice $False
Grant-CsMobilityPolicy -Identity <user identifier> -PolicyName <policy name>

    You can turn off Call via Work without turning off access to mobility. However, you cannot turn off mobility without also turning off Call via Work.

    For example:

    New-CsMobilityPolicy "tag:disableOutsideVoice" -EnableOutsideVoice $False
Grant-CsMobilityPolicy -Identity -MobileUser1@contoso.com -PolicyName Tag:disableOutsideVoice