Relationship View

The third view available in the Lync 2013 client is the relationship view. This view is a bit more interesting because the relationships actually enforce behaviors on the contacts that are members of them. The relationships include the following:

• Friends and Family—Contacts in this relationship can view all your contact information except meeting details.

• Workgroup—Contacts in this relationship can view all your contact information except Home and Other Phone; they can interrupt the Do Not Disturb status.

• Colleagues—Contacts in this relationship can view all your contact information except Home, Other Phone and Mobile Phone, and meeting details.

• External Contacts—Contacts in this relationship can view only your name, title, email address, company, and picture.

• Blocked Contacts—Contacts in this relationship can view only your name, email address, office, and picture; they can’t reach you through Lync.

Beyond these permissions, the relationship view operates the same way as the other two views in terms of initiating IMs with contacts.