Force Skype Address Book Update

Overview

Skype/Lync clients are showing phantom/stale contacts.

• Login to the Skype Server and launch the "Skype for Business Server Management Shell".
• Run the following command:

Update-CsAddressBook -Verbose

NOTES

GalContacts.db and GalContacts.db.idx are located at:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\sip_%USERNAME%@<FQDN>

Where <FQDN> = domain part of email address

REFERENCES

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398194.aspx

http://blog.schertz.name/2010/09/updating-the-lync-2010-address-book/

http://www.lyncinsider.com/lync-server-2010/updating-lync-contacts-sync-error-fixes-part-2-of-3/