Skype for Business
Yesterday Microsoft released Skype for Business thru Windows update and click-to-run.
On-prem environments must be updated with the following IF you want to use the new gui.
Lync 2010 server with CU 4.0.7577.710 https://support.microsoft.com/fi-fi/kb/2493736
Lync 2013 server with CU 5.0.8308.857 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3018158
Then you have an option to Enable with Get-CsClientPolicy | Set-CsClientPolicy -EnableSkypeUI $true and disable with Get-CsClientPolicy | Set-CsClientPolicy -EnableSkypeUI $false
New features compared to the old.
On-prem environments must be updated with the following IF you want to use the new gui.
Lync 2010 server with CU 4.0.7577.710 https://support.microsoft.com/fi-fi/kb/2493736
Lync 2013 server with CU 5.0.8308.857 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3018158
Then you have an option to Enable with Get-CsClientPolicy | Set-CsClientPolicy -EnableSkypeUI $true and disable with Get-CsClientPolicy | Set-CsClientPolicy -EnableSkypeUI $false
New features compared to the old.
| Feature | Skype UI | Lync UI |
| Skype First Run Intro | x | |
| New Emoticons | x | x |
| Call Monitor | x | |
| Call via work (on Skype for Business Server) | x | |
| Remote Call Control | x | |
| Rate my Call end of call surveys | x | x |
| Server Side conversation history (on Skype for Business Server) | x | x |
| Skype Consumer Video interop | x | x |