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Excellent, this is what I was looking to find. &nbsp; <br />
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Do you know of any method to disable the control within the Lync client so that it can not be enabled at all? &nbsp; &nbsp;I understand that this policy will be applied to the user, but nothing will keep a user from enabling and running in the same issue. 
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Excellent, this is what I was looking to find.  

Do you know of any method to disable the control within the Lync client so that it can not be enabled at all?    I understand that this policy will be applied to the user, but nothing will keep a user from enabling and running in the same issue.

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So, there doesn't seem to be a way to disable it altogether, so this is good enough. &nbsp; Thanks.
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So, there doesn't seem to be a way to disable it altogether, so this is good enough.   Thanks.

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With lync, by default there is an option to Save Lync contacts into the personal contacts folder on the exchange server. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; This can be turned off from the user options. &nbsp; What I am looking for is a method to turn this off and possibly disable this feature for all our domain users via GPO or some other solution. &nbsp;<br />
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We use a public folder for company contacts for a sync up with our blackberries. &nbsp; This copy into personal contacts is creating duplicate contacts for the end users, and an inability for me to update employee contact info for everyone on the fly if people have old contacts with possibly bad phone numbers, etc... 
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With lync, by default there is an option to Save Lync contacts into the personal contacts folder on the exchange server.       This can be turned off from the user options.   What I am looking for is a method to turn this off and possibly disable this feature for all our domain users via GPO or some other solution.  

We use a public folder for company contacts for a sync up with our blackberries.   This copy into personal contacts is creating duplicate contacts for the end users, and an inability for me to update employee contact info for everyone on the fly if people have old contacts with possibly bad phone numbers, etc... 

Lync 2010 - How to disable the saving of Lync contacts in personal contacts via GPO

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