Topic Last Modified: 2013-02-23

Push notifications, in the form of badges, icons, or alerts, can be sent to a mobile device 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 view information push notifications settings for mobile devices by using either Lync Server 2013 Control Panel or Lync Server 2013 Management Shell.

To view push notification information from Lync Server Control Panel

  1. From a user account that is assigned to the CsUserAdministrator role or the CsAdministrator role, log on to any computer in your internal deployment.

  2. 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 Administrative Tools.

  3. In the left navigation bar, click Clients, and then click the Push Notification Configuration navigation button.

  4. On the Push Notification Configuration page, click the site you want to view, click the Edit menu, and then click Show details.

Viewing Push Notification Information by Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets

You can view push notification configuration settings by using Windows PowerShell and the Get-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 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkId=255876.

To view push notification configuration information

  • To view information about all your push notification configuration settings, type the following command in the Lync Server Management Shell and then press ENTER:

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    Get-CsPushNotificationConfiguration

    That will return information similar to this:

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    Identity							 : Global
EnableApplePushNotificationService	 : False
EnableMicrosoftPushNotificationService : False

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

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