Guide for Network Administrator’s First published for Skype for Windows version 3.0 (Dec 2006) www.skype.
Skype Network Administrator’s Guide What is this Guide? This guide provides information to help you understand how to manage Skype in the context of an enterprise environment. Who should read this guide? This Network Administrator’s Guide is for IT personnel (system and network administrators) who are responsible for managing the deployment of software applications, specifically on the Microsoft Windows Platform.
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Skype Network Administrator’s Guide such as the Apple Macintosh, and keep the virus definitions constantly updated. • When you use Skype, know who you’re authorizing and don’t hesitate to block users who are making unwanted contact. Keep user profiles up-to-date, but also know that everything in a user’s profile (except e-mail addresses which are masked for privacy) are viewable to others whose search criteria matches the information in the profile. The Privacy Policy at http://www.skype.
Skype Network Administrator’s Guide Enterprise-wide Installation and Setting Policies Skype recognizes the challenges that enterprises and other organizations face with respect to managing sophisticated IT environments, as well as the complexity related to managing all of the different software applications and hardware in use today. Therefore, we have released a ‘business version’ of the Skype client, which comes with a Windows Installer Package (MSI) making it easier to deploy in an enterprise network.
Skype Network Administrator’s Guide Setting Up Group Policies Since the release of Skype version 3.0 in 2006, it now supports the use of Group Policies to deliver and apply desired policy settings and/or configurations to a set of enterprise users and computers within a Windows Active Directory environment.
Skype Network Administrator’s Guide Skype Client Functionality DisableFileTransferPolicy DisableContactImportPolicy DisablePersonalisePolicy DisableLanguageEditPolicy WebStatusPolicy Disable file transfer to prevent the user from sending and receiving files using Skype. Disable import contacts. Disable personalization to prevent the user from changing sounds. Disable language edit to prevent the user from editing language strings.
Skype Network Administrator’s Guide Registry Keys Following is the list of registry keys that apply to the Skype for Windows (version 3.0 and above): HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) The registry keys for the local machine take precedence over the registry keys for the local user if there is a conflict.
Skype Network Administrator’s Guide HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone, DisablePersonalise, REG_DWORD = {0,1} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone, DisableLanguageEdit, REG_DWORD = {0,1} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone, ListenPort, REG_DWORD = {0,1} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone, ListenHTTPPorts, REG_DWORD = {0,1} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone, DisableTCPListen, REG_DWORD = {0,1} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Skype\Phone, Disa
