The Lync 2013 client-side API

For most of its products, Microsoft releases an SDK, using which we can automate a few things on the client side. The Microsoft Lync 2013 SDK is designed for software developers who build custom Microsoft Lync 2013 applications. It is also useful to those developers who embed the collaboration functionality in line-of-business (LOB) applications, which interoperate with other custom Lync SDK clients or with Lync 2013 and Microsoft Lync Server 2013.

However, this is not limited only to developers; IT professionals can also perform tasks using Windows PowerShell. In this topic, we will cover both:

• You can learn PowerShell scripting Lync 2010 SDK using the Lync Model API at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh243705%28v=office.14%29.aspx

• You can learn PowerShell Scripting Lync 2010 SDK using Lync Extensibility API at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg581082.aspx

Installation of LYNC SDK

To download the LYNC client SDK refer to the following...