Adding a Disclaimer Message to Lync 2013 Instant Messages

Some organizations require a Disclaimer Message in each Lync message; whether it's to inform users of a archiving policy, an acceptable use policy or what have you.

I'll show you how to set a custom message with PowerShell.

Fire up the Lync Management Shell and run:

New-CsClientPolicy -Identity IMSecurityNotice -IMWarning
"This is your custom message, add whatever you want to disclaim"

**Note** Change the -IMWarning content to whatever you want the text to be

Then, to apply the new disclaimer to specific users, run:

Grant-CsClientPolicy –Identity "username" –PolicyName "IMSecurityNotice"

Or, to apply the policy to several users, create a C:\Lync_IMSecurityNotice.txt file (or wherever you want to save it) with the usernames listed, and then run:

Get-Content –Path C:\Lync_IMSecurityNotice.txt  | Grant-CsClientPolicy –PolicyName "IMSecurityNotice"

**Note** Change the path and filename of the txt file to whatever you have specified.

Now, your users should see the message at the beginning of their IM's.