How to add Lync Users in Bulk through HC?

Question: How to add Skype for Business Users (Sip Users / Lync Users ) in Bulk through Hosting Controller control panel?

Answer: Given below are instructions for both Hosting Controller version 9 and version 10.

Instructions for Hosting Controller version 9 :

Skype for Business users (sip users)  can be added in HC panel at reseller/webadmin level path Hosting Services :: Manage Communication Server :: Lync Enabled Organizations :: Add Bulk Lync Users

FirstName,LastName,EmailID,Password (This line must be on top in the csv file )

  1. John, Peter, john@domain.com, W3lcome
  2. , , john@domain.com,W3lcome

Instructions for Hosting Controller version 10 :

Skype for Business users (sip users)  can be added in HC10 panel from : Provisioning  >> Skype Organizations >>  Skype Users >>​ Create Bulk Skype Users.

Below is the CSV format  

FirstName,LastName,EmailID,Password,OfficeLocation,City,Country,State,ZipCode,Company,Notes (This line must be on top in the csv file )

  1. John, Peter, john@domain.com, W3lcome ,,,,,,,
  2. , , john@domain.com,W3lcome ,,,,,,,

    Note: Don't insert space after comma ','  Sample csv file for HC10 version can be downloaded from this link Bulk-SIPUser.csv

P.S: 

  • FirstName and LastName are optional and can be set empty. In such a case, firstname will be parsed from Email ID as first portion of email.
  • EmailID and Password fields are necessary.