It’s been a month since our last update to the client and our fresh Spring update [here in the southern hemisphere] brings one fix. Kb4092457 takes the Office 2013-based client from 15.0.5059.1000 to “15.0.5067.1000” (according to the KB). The client – and get-csconnections – report it as 15.0.5065.1000. What’s Fixed Kb 4346575 Can’t transfer a …
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Coming not a fortnight after our last update to the client, this one reeks of a “whoops” – and yes it does look like it could fix some amusing/embarrassing issues. The Office 2013-based client jumps 10 builds to 15.0.5059.1000 courtesy of Kb4032250. What’s Fixed Kb4346579 User’s display name that has special characters is shown with …
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Having recently hopped to the identity-challenged 15.0.5041.1000, this month we jump to the more self-assured 15.0.5049.1000 courtesy of Kb4022225. What’s Fixed Kb 4340831 Unread messages of a reopened chat room are indicated incorrectly when restarting Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) Kb 4340830 Rate My Call privacy statement incorrectly redirects to Lync 2010 privacy statement …
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Our May client update took us to 15.0.5031.1000, and now Kb4022170 increments us to 15.0.5041.1000 – but there’s a trick to this one: see “Before/After”. What’s Fixed We have just one update this month, but it’s a doozie and surely a Godsend for some of you: Kb4294971 Skype for Business 2016 or Skype for Business …
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Last month’s client update took us to 15.0.5023.1000, and now Kb4018377 increments us to 15.0.5031.1000. What’s Fixed Just the one update this month: Kb4133098 Location is still displayed even if UseLocationForE911Only is set to true in Skype for Business What’s New / Changed Nothing documented. Known Issues Nothing documented.
What’s with the monthly client update cadence at the moment? No complaints here though: I personally benefit from possibly two of these fixes! The March update took us to 15.0.5015.1000, and our early April update (Kb 4018334) adds 8 builds to hit 15.0.5023.1000. What’s Fixed This update fixes the following issues: Kb 4095404 A call …
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The February update broke us through through the FIVE THOUSAND BUILD mark to hit 15.0.5007.1000, and our March update (Kb 4018290) nudges us higher to 15.0.5015.1000. What’s Fixed This update fixes the following issues: Kb 4089881 Outlook freezes when creating a Skype meeting in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) Kb 4089880 File transfer is …
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Hosting back-to-back meetings is at times unavoidable, and if you’re not careful you run the risk of people joining your second meeting before the first has concluded. This potentially awkward scenario arises when you’ve used the same conference ID for both, and your newcomers blissfully join not realising the virtual meeting room is already (still) …
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The January update took us to 15.0.4997.1000 and this week Kb 4011678 pushed us through the FIVE THOUSAND BUILD mark to hit 15.0.5007.1000. Phew! What’s Fixed This update fixes the following issues: Kb 4076534 Skype for Business client crashes when working with external contacts in Outlook Kb 4076533 Can’t input messages until clicking participants list …
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In the process of deploying an SfB installation or maybe in the early days of go-live it’s not uncommon for users to report a problem where they’re unable to add people to their Delegates or Team-Call Group list. It’s less common to see this in established installations, but there are genuine reasons why this might …
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