

Some organizations may not be ready to begin rolling out the new S4B UI but because Microsoft controls the pool upgrade process within Office365, there are limited options in controlling the client UI. Microsoft exerts total control over all policies and pools within Lync Online and have begun notifying customers that pending S4B upgrades will be coming within the next 90 days. I’ve included a table below that describes the various different combinations of clients, servers, and resulting client UI: This parameter is the only method you can use to ensure that the new Skype UI is not presented to users and can be controlled in a targeted fashion to help organizations manage a staged rollout of the new UI. The EnableSkypeUI parameter, when set to $FALSE, ensures that the Lync 2013 UI is always used by any clients connecting to a S4B pool.

How do I control the UI presented to users? Remember that any new features of a S4B pool will not be presented to your user account until you update your client software from the Lync 2013 UI. Lync 2013 clients will absolutely work when your user account is homed to a S4B pool.

Microsoft has not yet set a release date on the client update but an official announcement is likely to come soon. This greatly helps admins because Windows QoS policies should not need to be re-tooled and application whitelists will not need to be updated. S4B will still remain “lync.exe” from an executable perspective and maintain the same major version number as Lync 2013.

Skype for Business will be provided as an update package to existing Lync 2013 clients Note: Since Skype for Business (hereafter, S4B) hasn’t been released to GA yet, this information is still pre-release and subject to change!Ī few important things you should begin planning for: With Microsoft officially announcing that they will be upgrading Office365 to utilize the Skype for Business back-end, administrators will need to begin to take actions to prepare themselves and their users for the impact of this update. Our industry experts have collected the latest application modernization trends impacting the automotive, financial services, healthcare, and manufacturing verticals. Application Modernization Industry Quick GuidesĪpplication modernization enables you to optimize business processes and transform the way you do business today, and in the future.
