Lync Error: Sharing is not supported with this contact

This morning I tried doing a desktop share with one of my coworkers and received an error I hadn’t seen before:

Sharing is not supported with this contact.

It was odd because the user was Available and not using a mobile client as far as I could tell from the presence. Turns out, the user was signed in to OWA and using the Lync integration there to chat with me. It would be nice if in a future update (hint, hint) that an OWA user’s presence be published as “IM Only” to indicate it does not support the other modalities.

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Some personal background, links to related projects, and other ways to connect.

Hi there. My name is Tom Pacyk and this is my small home on the web. I love the intersection of design, technology, and communication, which is a combination that led me to a career in sales and marketing roles at places like Zoom and ServiceNow. They're a bit old now, but I also had the opportunity to publish a couple of books along the way.

Portland, Oregon is home for me, my wife Beth, and our three kids, but I'm actually a Midwestern transplant—I grew up in the Chicago suburbs and went to school at Purdue and Illinois. When I find some free time I'm probably going to concerts, rooting for the Portland Timbers, or working on my Sunshine Burn Photography project.