Our pre-Christmas update (KB3127976) takes the Office 2013-based Lync/SfB client from 15.0.4875.1001 to 15.0.4885.1000, and boy is it bursting with Christmas cheer!

What’s Fixed

This update fixes the following issues:

• Kb3207126 Whiteboard content is truncated when it’s saved in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207125 Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) crashes when sign-in if you’re your own manager
• Kb3207123 You expect to hide the entire mode bar in a group chat room in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207121 You cannot sign in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) reliably due to the MEX document download failures
• Kb3207119 “RTC_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE” error when you sign in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207117 You can’t sign in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) successfully when the computer is unlocked
• Kb3207115 You cannot sign in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) if cache loading has issues
• Kb3207114 Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) may crash when a string is formatted incorrectly
• Kb3207113 Appear Offline invisible when using EnableAppearOffline and CustomStateURL policies in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207112 Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) should use proxy server to sign in instead of trying direct connection
• Kb3207111 The performance of user logon process by disabling CEIP is expected to improve in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207109 Overlap occurs on the Options-IM dialog box in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207108 An empty conversation item is saved as a missed conference in Conversation History in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207106 Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) crashes when the string for the call duration is generated
• Kb3207105 Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) isn’t active after you apply “Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse”
• Kb3207077 Contact groups don’t contain all the people when you enable certain option in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207075 Users can’t retrieve Exchange highres photo and publish its availability in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207074 Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) crashes when you use French language to send IM to a distribution group
• Kb3207073 Letters flash when you type Japanese or Chinese or English in an IM box in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207072 Persistent chat notification settings aren’t loaded after you restart or sign back in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207070 Windows hotkey triggers unread conversation windows like a missed call in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207069 Update to add a web join link to the meeting invite in Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013)
• Kb3207068 Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013) clients can’t resume inbound media bypass calls from on-hold

What’s New / Changed

Nothing documented – although some of the ‘fixes’ above might technically fit this category.

Known Issues

None documented.

Pre-Req’s

There are no changes here from recent updates, so if you’re already current you only need the patch itself, below under “Download”. If however your patching isn’t to current, then you’ll need to check you have *all* of these pre-req’s. The Office 2013 SP1 requirement still applies if you’re using Outlook 2010. (Lync 2013 in all of its flavours – e.g. Lync Basic – is still a component of Office 2013).

NOTE1: “You do not have to apply update KB3054853 if you applied the April 14, 2015, update (KB2889923) or the May 12, 2015, security update (KB3039779) for Lync 2013 (Skype for Business)”

Download

This is the client fix itself:

• x86 (lync2013-kb3127976-fullfile-x86-glb.exe)
• x64 (lync2013-kb3127976-fullfile-x64-glb.exe)

Reboot

No – although I’d exited Outlook and SfB in an effort to stave off a reboot.

Before / After

The machine I used for this test started off a little behind, so please forgive the version number in the ‘before’ shot:

Before	After
SfB 15.0.4797.1000 MSO 15.0.4719.1000	SfB 15.0.4885.1000 MSO 15.0.4719.1000

Revision History

9th December 2016: This is the initial post.

– G.