We were teased with the inclusion of an introduction screen in a recent update to Lync 2013 Mobile for Windows Phone, but as of Monday 6th July, version 6.0.1430.0 has been released – Skype for Business for Windows Phone.
At the moment, it seems to only be available for Windows Phone, with pretty much the same features, with an updated UI as it seems, but I will update if and when I find any differences, also as and when the iOS and Android apps are released – Happy Monday!
I hope everyone is well and enjoying their Skype for Business experiences, today’s post is more of a quick tip as opposed to in depth troubleshooting.
The fix will help you with you when troubleshooting at the component level though!
So a colleague of mine was having issues with Unified Messaging integration (which turned out to be a quick fix with OCSUMUTIL.exe), during the troubleshooting process I suggest he used the CLS logging tool.
Good morning, good afternoon and finally good evening!
On June 19th, Microsoft released the first Cumulative Update for Skype for Business Server 2015.
More information can be found here whilst the actual download is here.
In summary, CU1 addresses the following issues;
Keep an eye out for updates to my previous post, for details on how to apply this update!
Happy Monday!
During a recent engagement, I had ran into an issue updating the firmware version on Lync Phone Edition Devices.
I initially kicked off with checks around DNS, Certificates, Ports and everything checked out but phones would still not update.
Test Devices had been configured correctly (using serial number and one using MAC) – still no joy.
The IIS logs are extremely useful; Jeff Schertz has excellent blog posts on Configuring LPE for Lync and Updating LPE devices which go into reviewing the IIS logs. In summary, it enables you to confirm whether devices are communicating with the device update site running on within the front-end pool, or in our case – NOT.
For those that may have not noticed, or have automatic updates configured – Microsoft have released Lync Mobile 5.7.563 to the iOS AppStore.
Unfortunately, release note list “bug fixes”, so not the most information to go on – has anyone noticed any changes?
Hopefully the new Skype for Business Mobile Client will be released sooner rather than later, considering the mobile client is a significant priority, I would have like to have seen its release, alongside side its desktop cousin.
Windows Phone is currently running at 5.9.1359.0.
Can anyone confirm Androids current version in the comments below?
Free prize (undecided) for the first person that does!
[UPDATED]
Thanks Richard for confirming the android version number (5.5.8975) – do you like chocolate? 🙂
Following on from my previous post, performing an In Place upgrade, I thought I would put together an overview of the simplified pool update process.
The Skype for Business Server management experience has introduced some very useful commands and processes. Firstly, the In-Place upgrade process itself, which introduced you to the Smart Setup and the Start-CsPool command, all which on their own reduce the operational loads significantly!
In this post, I will walk you through the simplified process of performing maintenance on your Skype for Business Enterprise Edition Front End Servers.
Now to summarise the overall process, I will let these two images do all the talking, on the left is the Lync Server 2013 Patching Process, on the right the same for Skype for Business Server 2015
Good News – Skype for Business Server 2015 RTM components have been released!!
Bad News for some – VLSC\MSDN Subscription required at the moment 😦
As I haven’t created a walkthrough post yet, I thought there would be no better time to get one on the board and kick off with my experience whilst migrating Lync Server 2013 to Skype for Business Server 2015.
Now an unfortunately a lab demon haunted me (in the form of a Windows Update to Server Technical Preview) on release day (1st May) that completely killed my lab, I did have mirrored databases along with persistent chat and an OWA farm deployed and it would have been interesting to see the Persistent Chat process.
For the purposes of this walkthrough this is what I will be starting off with:
Microsoft released KB on Saturday 2nd May via its FAST PUBLISH process, so clearly there is some urgency behind this patch.
So what’s the issue?
As we know, when migrating from one pool to another, to maintain scheduled conference IDs we leverage the Conference Directory structure (in addition to SQL).
Prior to KB3062801, if administrators leverage the Lync Server 2013 Management Shell to complete the conference directory move to a Skype for Business pool, there is the potential for data to be lost, which will not provide a pleasant experience to your end users.
How can you fix it?
Apply May 2015 CU Update for UC Managed API to all servers within your estate, this will allow for management of the conference directories, using Lync Server 2013 Management Shell.
Are there any workarounds?
Yes – use the Skype for Business management shell to move your conference directory – not the Lync Server 2013 Management Shell! 🙂
Friday 1st May was a very good day for the Unified Communications community, particularly if you are pro-Microsoft, as Skype for Business RTM components released to MSDN/VLSC customers. Keep an eye out for a constant steady stream of new information as Microsoft Ignite is also currently underway – so a lot of information will soon be going from NDA to public domain classification – I can already see the blog posts currently in draft mode 😉
….Well not exactly Today, but Microsoft do have an upcoming Webcast series that appears to be focussed more so towards end users and the actual usage of the Skype4B client. It appears that sessions will be repeated so do not be thrown off by 1am sessions, see below for the timetable and registration links;
| Session / Registration Link | Date |
| Get Started – Collaborating with Skype for Business (SKP005CAL) | 21st April 2015 @ 4PM GMT |
| Go Further – Presenting and Organizing with Skype for Business (SKP006CAL) | 23rd April 2015 @ 4PM GMT |
| Get Started – Collaborating with Skype for Business (SKP007CAL) | 28th April 2015 @ 7PM GMT |
| Get Started – Collaborating with Skype for Business (SKP007CAL2) | 29th April 2015 @ 1AM GMT |
| Go Further – Presenting and Organizing with Skype for Business (SKP008CAL) | 30th April 2015 @ 7PM GMT |
| Go Further – Presenting and Organizing with Skype for Business (SKP008CAL2) | 5th May 2015 @ 1AM GMT |
| Get Started – Collaborating with Skype for Business (SKP011CAL) | 6th May 2015 @ 5PM GMT |
| Go Further – Presenting and Organizing with Skype for Business (SKP012CAL) | 7th May 2015 @ 5PM GMT |
| Go Further – Presenting and Organizing with Skype for Business (SKP014CAL) | 13th May 2015 @ 5PM GMT |
| Get Started – Collaborating with Skype for Business (SKP013CAL) | 14th May 2015 @ 5PM GMT |
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