Symptoms
Assume that you use Microsoft Skype for Business 2016 or Skype for Business 15 (Lync 2013) in a Citrix VDI environment that has HDX RealTime Optimization Pack (RTOP) Connector installed. When you run one or more Lync SDK-based applications and receive a toast notification of an instant messaging (IM) or an incoming call, the client stops responding.
Resolution
Follow the steps in this section carefully. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Before you modify it, back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur.
To fix this issue. install one of the following updates:
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For Skype for Business 2016, install the April 2, 2019, update (KB4462234).
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For Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013), install the April 2, 2019, update (KB4462207).
Note
Before you apply this update, make sure that you create a Group Policy Object (GPO) to add a new DWORD registry key EnableDelayPostingOfDeferredCOMEvents and set the value to 1 in the path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Lync
Alternatively, you can enable this by creating a custom policy entry and add it to the client policy:
$x = New-CsClientPolicyEntry -Name "EnableDelayPostingOfDeferredCOMEvents" -Value "true"
Set-CsClientPolicy -Identity "<ClientPolicyName>" -PolicyEntry @{Add=$x}
Lync 2013 was upgraded to Skype for Business in April 2015.
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