Windows PowerShell Module for Lync Online Available now !

After a long time Microsoft has taken the request from O365 Customers and provided the Powershell Module for Lync online to manage Lync online user accounts and configuration similar to the Exchange Online Module with the help of Remote powershell.

Download Link

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=39366

More detailed information is available in the below post from Office 365 Blog

http://blogs.office.com/b/office365tech/archive/2013/08/19/remote-powershell-for-lync-online.aspx


Note:

Lync Online PowerShell Module requires Powershell 3.0 and this can be installed only on the servers that are listed in the compatibility list and also we should not install this on Exchange 2007 / 2010 Servers if we have them On premises in a Hybrid Exchange Environment as this breaks the Update Roll-ups .

More information is provided in the below Article

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/12/14/windows-management-framework-3-0-on-exchange-2007-and-exchange-2010.aspx 

*Also Microsoft team released a Knowledge base article below to address the issue with Lync Online Powershell connectivity in a Lync Hybrid environment with the workaround.

Lync administrators can't connect to Lync Online Remote PowerShell in a Lync hybrid environment