Add profile picture to Lync client

In Microsoft Lync 2010 you can see many ways to add profile pictures to your lync client.

Method 1

Adding a Picture to Lync Corporate profile (By Exchange Management Shell)

In your Exchange Management Shell you can type following command to upload a photo. Please note that before you add these to shell, change it to appropriate parameters. Also the picture you are preparing to add must be least 10 kb of file size.

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Import-RecipientDataProperty -Identity “User’s name as in your Active Directory” -Picture -FileData ([Byte[]]$(Get-Content -Path “C:\pictures\damitha.jpg” -Encoding Byte -ReadCount 0))

Method 2

Adding picture through web site (30 Kb)

If you want to add customized picture to a Lync user, Simply log in to a Lync Client.

Go to Tools -> Options -> My Picture -> Select option (Select Picture from a web site) and please mention the path you have uploaded your photo.