Exception calling "BeginPublishContactInformation" with "3" argument(s)

[tjoepies]

Hello,

I tried using the module
Publish-SfBContactInformation -CustomActivityId 5 -Availability Away -PersonalNote "Getting Coffee" -Location "@Kitchen"

unfortunately it fails with the following error:

PS C:\Users\MyUser> Publish-SfBContactInformation -CustomActivityId 4 -Availability Away -PersonalNote "Getting Coffee" -Location "The Kitchen"
MethodInvocationException: C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\PSProductivityTools\0.7\Functions\Publish-SfBContactInformation.ps1:132
Line |
 132 |              $Publish = $Self.BeginPublishContactInformation($ContactI …
     |              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Exception calling "BeginPublishContactInformation" with "3" argument(s): ""

MethodInvocationException: C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\PSProductivityTools\0.7\Functions\Publish-SfBContactInformation.ps1:134
Line |
 134 |              $Self.EndPublishContactInformation($Publish)
     |              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Exception calling "EndPublishContactInformation" with "1" argument(s): "Invalid asyncResult"

I have Office Professional 2016 32-bit on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
I have also installed the necessary SDK: lyncsdk86.msi

Unfortunately I do not know how to fix this. Must the id exist in the CustomPreference.xml?

[tjoepies]

This works:

Publish-SfBContactInformation -CustomActivityId 4 -PersonalNote $PersonalNote -ErrorAction Stop

Location does not work:

Publish-SfBContactInformation -CustomActivityId 4 -PersonalNote $PersonalNote -ErrorAction Stop -Location "Kitchen"

Publish-SfBContactInformation : Exception calling "BeginPublishContactInformation" with "3" argument(s): ""
At line:1 char:1
+ Publish-SfBContactInformation -CustomActivityId 4 -PersonalNote $Pers ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Publish-SfBContactInformation], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : OperationException,Publish-SfBContactInformation

[tjoepies]

able to retrieve the information LocationName:

$([Microsoft.Lync.Model.LyncClient]::GetClient()).ContactManager.GetContactByUri("my.name@example.com").GetContactInformation('LocationName')
Kitchen

So perhaps the administrator disabled this functionality?

[janegilring]

Hi,

Yes, admin restriction might be the culprit.

Unfortunately, I am not using SfB anymore, so I am unable to test.