![]() ![]() It's interesting to note that Exchange 2010 users always use the 48x48 thumbnailPhoto attribute in AD. That's half the resolution of the 96x96 recommended size and results in a terrible photo for users on Exchange 2010.Ĥ8x48 pixel thumbnailPhoto displayed in Lync 2013 ![]() The Set-UserPhoto cmdlet, which only exists in Exchange 2013 and is used in the script above, not only stores the hi-res photo in the user's mailbox, it also stores a 48x48 pixel version in the thumbnailPhoto AD attribute. There is no "self-service" way to upload pictures with Exchange 2010, although it can be done from SharePoint 2010.īut before you go updating all the photos of employees in your company with new hi-res photos, you should know a few things about backward compatibility. That button only lights up in Lync 2013 if the user's mailbox is hosted on an Exchange 2013 server. Notice in the Lync 2013 example above that there's a button to allow users to edit or remove their picture. The following examples show the same hi-res photo in Office 2013 and Lync 2013 scaled to different sizes. ![]() Set-UserPhoto -Identity kenmyer -Save -Confirm:$FalseĮxchange 2013 automatically scales this 648圆48 photo for various applications. Set-UserPhoto -Identity kenmyer -PictureData $photo -Confirm:$False $photo = (] $(Get-Content -Path "C:\Photos\Ken Myer.jpg" -Encoding Byte -ReadCount 0)) The following script sample can be used to store a 648 by 648 pixel photo in Ken Myer's Exchange 2013 mailbox: Lync 2013 now allows for photo sizes up to 648 pixels by 648 pixels - a 700% improvement! Just look at that handsome devil!Ħ48圆48 pixel photo displayed in Lync 2013 This makes a lot of sense since Exchange is installed in almost all of these environments. The new high-res photos used by the Wave 15 products (Exchange 2013, Lync 2013, SharePoint 2013, and Office 2013) are now stored in the user's Exchange 2013 mailbox and are accessed using Exchange Web Services (EWS). It scales those small 96x96 pixel thumbnailPhotos up to 278x278 pixels, which results in a blurry, but still usable, photo. Lync 2013 now features a larger contact photo for meeting participants. In addition, the thumbnailPhoto attribute has a physical limit of 10KB. The recommended resolution for photos stored in the thumbnailPhoto attribute is 96 pixels by 96 pixels. Usually these photos were stored as part of the user's thumbnailPhotoĪttribute in Active Directory. Exchange 2013 and Lync 2013 now have the ability to use high-resolution photos for users to view photos of their contacts and to make their own photosĪvailable to others. ![]()
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