Enabling or disabling push notifications for iPhones in Lync Server 2013

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07/23/2014

Topic Last Modified: 2013-02-23

Push notifications, in the form of badges, icons, or alerts, can be sent to an iPhone even when the mobile application is inactive. Push notifications notify a user of events such as a new or missed IM invitation and voice mail. You can enable or disable push notifications for iPhone by using either Lync Server 2013 Control Panel or Lync Server 2013 Management Shell.

To enable push notifications for iPhone by using Lync Server Control Panel

From a user account that is assigned to the CsUserAdministrator role or the CsAdministrator role, log on to any computer in your internal deployment.
Open a browser window, and then enter the Admin URL to open the Lync Server Control Panel. For details about the different methods you can use to start Lync Server Control Panel, see Open Lync Server 2013 administrative tools.
In the left navigation bar, click Clients, and then click the Push Notification Configuration navigation button.
On the Push Notification Configuration page, click the site you want to edit, click the Edit menu, and then click Show details.
Click the Enable Apple push notifications checkbox.
Click Commit.

To disable push notifications for iPhone by using Lync Server Control Panel

From a user account that is assigned to the CsUserAdministrator role or the CsAdministrator role, log on to any computer in your internal deployment.
Open a browser window, and then enter the Admin URL to open the Lync Server Control Panel. For details about the different methods you can use to start Lync Server Control Panel, see Open Lync Server 2013 administrative tools.
In the left navigation bar, click Clients, and then click the Push Notification Configuration navigation button.
On the Push Notification Configuration page, click the site you want to edit, click the Edit menu, and then click Show details.
Clear the Enable Apple push notifications checkbox.
Click Commit.

Enabling or Disabling Push Notifications to iPhone by Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets

Push notifications to Apple iPhone can be enabled or disabled by using the Set-CsPushNotificationConfiguration cmdlet. You can run this cmdlet either from the Lync Server 2013 Management Shell or from a remote session of Windows PowerShell. For details about using remote Windows PowerShell to connect to Lync Server, see the Lync Server Windows PowerShell blog article "Quick Start: Managing Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Using Remote PowerShell" at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkId=255876.

To enable push notifications for iPhone

To enable push notifications for iPhone set the value of the EnableApplePushNotificationService property to True ($True). For example:
```
Set-CsPushNotificationConfiguration -Identity "site:Redmond" -EnableApplePushNotificationService $True
```

To disable push notifications for iPhone

To disable push notifications for iPhone set the value of the EnableApplePushNotificationService property to False ($False). For example:
```
Set-CsPushNotificationConfiguration -Identity "site:Redmond" -EnableApplePushNotificationService $False
```

For more information, see the help topic for the Set-CsPushNotificationConfiguration cmdlet.

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