You may hate to configure every ShoreTel Communicator 13.x client - again and again if a new user is logged in very first. If you run Active Directory SSO with ShoreTel there is a way to archive this. ShoreTel itself does not provide any GPO files to make our life easier, but you can add the following registry keys via a Group Policy and if you click Communicator icon on your desktop it just starts up and that's it.
I have setup a GPO with below registry keys with action "Create".
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Shoreline Teleworks\ShoreWare Client] "Server"="my-hqserver-hostname" "ShoreTelButtonTipShown"=dword:00000001 "LDAPEnabled"=dword:00000001 "DomainForLoggingIntoCASandSM"="MYDOMAIN"
Below is a more advanced version for 13.x that removes a nag screen and solves serious performance issues with the ShoreTel 13.x Outook Addon. This will disable the directory walk and should be a default in ShoreTel 13.2 18.41.9700.0 or later. The additional registry keys below are added via action "Replace" to allow a removal later.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Shoreline Teleworks\ShoreWare Client] "DoNotWalkOLFolders"=dword:00000001 "Server"="my-hqserver-hostname" "ShoreTelButtonTipShown"=dword:00000001 "LDAPEnabled"=dword:00000001 "DomainForLoggingIntoCASandSM"="MYDOMAIN" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Shoreline Teleworks\ShoreWare Client\MAPI Client] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Shoreline Teleworks\ShoreWare Client\MAPI Client\Calendar] "DaysToQuery"=dword:0000000e "ProcessDataInterval"=dword:0000001e
This few registry keys will remove the user specific setup wizard and automatically configures communicator. Nothing more need to be added if there are not very specific needs.
History:- 2017-11-13: Removed Version of ShoreTel Communicator. It also works with later versions and is in use with 14.x
- 2013-08-06: Written for Communicator 13.x