
On the right side is a 48×48 pixel photo stored in in the user’s Active Directory object which was been upscaled by the Skype for Business client. The edited image above shows the difference in a low resolution and high resolution photo. The called user’s photo will occupy the majority of the window by default. From a different Skype for Business client place a call to the user with the new photo and then maximize the call window.While the small contact photos used throughout Skype for Business clearly do not seem to take advantage of the higher resolution image, there is place where the quality (or lack there of) of a photo can be clearly evident. More articles covering other Exchange Server integration steps can be found here. that Exchange Server has been successfully integrated with Skype for Business Server then additional features beyond this can be deployed. Enter the SMTP address of the desired user account in the URL where indicated in red. To validate that the image was successfully imported go to the following URL in a web browser and the photo should appear in the window.Attempting to execute it as shown in the documentation will result in the error “ No photo with class ‘’ exists.” The photo is already applied and saved with the second command so the third appears to have been made redundant. But when using on Exchange Server 2013 CU3 or newer it appears that the third command to save the change is no longer applicable. Note that the official documentation shows utilizing three separate cmdlets to store, import, and then save the photo.

Set-UserPhoto -Identity " JDSKYPE\steve" -PictureData $photo -Confirm:$False $photo = (] $(Get-Content -Path " C:\temp\photo2.jpg" -Encoding Byte -ReadCount 0))

Click on the user’s name in the upper-right hand corner and from the drop-down menu click the Change link below the photo placeholder.From any server or workstation connect to the Exchange Server Outlook Web Access URL and sign-in with the desried user’s credentials.The original approach which is still available is to use the menu option available in Outlook Web Access. There are multiple ways for a user to go about changing their own photo, given that the capability has not been specifically disabled by an administrator. This prerequisite configuration must be performed successfully prior to attempting the steps shown in this article. In order to use the Skype for Business Server 2015 functionality described in this article an Exchange Server must first be deployed in the environment and configured as a Partner Application. Without leverage Exchange Server for storing contact photos then the only options available Prerequisites This basic article covers a few ways for users and administrators to import and manage contact photos in Skype for Business Server, once the required Exchange Server integration has been completed.
