Lync Contact Managment

Can someone tell me if there is some alternative contact management to Vytru contact manager for Lync? I am wanting to purchase this but can not get a hold of them. Any other suggestions would be great! I am wanting something that is easy like this
software.
Thanks,
Baze

Hello Baze,
That's a very interesting question. I have been through the same search process for a Lync Contact List Management solution for our organization and i ended up using Contacts Manager for Lync software from Vytru. 
When we rolled out Microsoft Lync client to our end-users, we received a number of complaints about empty contact lists which badly affected how our user base use Lync and this was a challenge for our IT dept. We started to train the users on how to build
the contact list on their own in a number of sessions and created an online Lync Wiki with such information. After all users were not happy due to the time and effort it takes to build those lists. The Business Productivity Manager realized that the user-built
buddy lists are not consistent and thus Lync ROI was not manifested clearly. 
We had to come up with a central and automatic solution for this problem to make sure we can build pre-set Lync contact list templates and push it to the end users. We tested the following: 
1- LyncAddContacts VBS. (Free) 
2- PowerShell Scripts. (Free)
3- Lync Contact Migrator by Xstran (Commercial)
4- Vytru Contacts Manager for Lync (Commercial)
Scripts
Scripts somehow did some of the functionality we were looking for but was much of a manual process as well. We could not apply this to a large number of users and we could not make updates to the contact list like adding new users or removing users from
the contact lists. PowerShell Scripts are good but needed some work from our system engineers to work well with them. 
Xstran's Lync Contact Migrator
Xstran's solution would do some of what the Scripts can do but with an interface. No Advanced functionality. 
Vytru Contacts Manager for Lync
I really love this piece of software. It does exactly what you want it to do and has great features when it come to a full Lync Contact List Management solution. I worked with their team to understand how it fits our organization during the trial period
and they helped us adopt what they call their Lync contact list management methodology. It is a very easy to use software that enables you to build contact list templates, bulk populate it to all users, make updates to the Lync contact lists without having
to rebuild it (things like adding a new contact or removing a contact who left). You can also wipe a group from a user(s) contact list or wipe a contact from a user(s) contact list. Some additional cool features are adding images to users, and enabling
them to Lync pools.
The Contacts Manager software is not free but it offers great value for the cost, i remember its pricing starts at $299 for their Lite edition. I'm not sure since we have been using it for two years now. 
The guys there are nice and helpful, I'm sure you can get hold of them at Sales at Vytru Dot Com or by tweeting to them at Twitter (@Vytru). 
Please let me know if you have any questions on any of the above solutions. 
Thanks. 

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