We have a November update to the Lync client. Read all about KB2899507 here.

This update takes the Lync 2013 Client to 15.0.4667.1000/1001.

What’s Fixed?

• 3010340 Video freezes consistently for two second-intervals when you make a video call in Lync 2013
• 3009723 Incorrect format of string in a trace statement when application sharing session viewers stop viewing in a conference
• 3009722 Memory leak occurs when you start a peer-to-peer application sharing session in Lync 2013
• 3009721 Lync 2013 crashes when you join a meeting that is hosted on Lync Server 2010 as an anonymous user
• 3009719 Lync 2013 freezes when a toast notification of a call appears

What’s New?

Nothing that I can see.

Known Issues

Screen-readers appear to be an ongoing problem – unchanged from the known issues list of previous updates:

• 2898357 Screen readers cannot read aloud keystrokes during a Lync 2013 application or desktop sharing session in Windows
• 2932389 Persistent Chat file transfer fails between an external user and an internal user in Lync 2013

Pre-Requisites

One of these has also been updated since the last update:

As with the October update, IDCRL is no longer listed as a pre-req. I’ve left it here scratched out just for the time being…

Download

• x86
• x64

The Install Process

I’ve converted to using Tom’s great “install-hotfixes” PowerShell module to install my updates these days. Here’s the output. Note that I’ve dropped ALL of the pre-req’s in the one folder (including the old ones I already believe I have installed) and am letting them fight it out:

Reboot?

Alas, yes – although the KB says no. The MSO update set the reboot flag apparently. (Click the image for a more legible view).

Before & After

Here’s a before and after comparison of an x86 client on a Windows 7 machine.

Before	After
Lync 15.0.4659.1001 MSO 15.0.4659.1001	Lync 15.0.4667.1000 MSO 15.0.4667.1001

– G.