This is my personal go-to page for essential Skype for Business resources.
My Lync *2013* Resource Toolkit is >here<, whilst the semi-retired Lync 2010 version is >here<.
SfB 2015 Server Security Update – October 2023
This security update changed two components on my Standard Edition Front-End. The new build number is 6.0.9319.869, up from last August’s 6.0.9319.853.
… and my post on the subject.
Client Update – May 2020
Kb 4484289. The official version number of this update is 15.0.5241.1000, although you’ll see it documented in Help/About as 15.0.5233.1000. This apparent discrepancy is confirmed by the ‘lync-x-none.msp file information’ details in the kb article.
There are no specific fixes listed, other than that “this update improves translations for multiple language versions of Skype for Business 2015 (Lync 2013).”
This is the client fix itself:
You’ll find more info in this post.
Lync Phone Edition Update – April 2017
This update takes Phone Edition to 4.0.7577.4531.
Download the relevant CAB files from here:
- Polycom CX500, 600 and CX3000 (4.0.7577.4531)
- Aastra 6721 and 6725 (4.0.7577.4531)
- HP 4110 and 4120 (4.0.7577.4531)
- Tanjay (unchanged from Dec 2015 at 4.0.7577.4494)
Teams Room Systems
This is the Release Notes page for Teams Room Systems.
Yet to Upgrade to SfB?
Check out my step-through and associated notes for the upgrade process from Lync Server 2013:
Upgrading to Skype for Business Server 2015
Flip your Edge to Skype for Business Server 2015
Official Microsoft bits
Utils & Tools
- The free “Skype for Business Basic” 2016 client (version 16.<TBA>, September 2015). Click-To-Run version:
- The online meeting migration tool. (Use this as you migrate to O365):
- Skype for Business Server 2015 Resource Kit Tools – aka “OCSReskit.msi”. (v9319.548 – 6th May 2019)
- Initially released as a stand-alone download, SEFAUtil is now one of the components of the Reskit (above). Don’t overlook the replacement util and scripts linked further down this page.
- UCMA – Unified Communications Managed API 5.0 Runtime. (6.0.9319.0 – 28 May 2015)
- Call Quality Dashboard. (v9319.0 – 4 May 2015)
- Debugging tools. (v9319.73 – 29 July 2015)
- Microsoft Lync Room System Administrative Web Portal for Skype for Business Server 2015. (v9319.0 – 1 May 2015)
- Management Pack – includes WatcherNode.msi (v9319.247 – 26 April 2016)
- Rollout and Adoption Success Kit (RASK) Resources – download no longer available / withdrawn by MS.
- Skype for Business, SDN Interface 3.0 (v3.0 – 2 Feb 2017)
- Real-Time Statistics Manager (v7.0.1104.2 – 20 Apr 2016)
- Key Health Indicators (KHIs) for Lync Server 2013 and Skype for Business Server 2015 & 2019 (version 2.1, 23 Jul 2019)
- Skype for Business 2015, Planning Tool (v9319.145 – 10 Dec 2015)
- Skype for Business 2015, Capacity Calculator (v9319.113 – 25 Feb 2016)
- Skype for Business Network Assessment Tool (v2017.1.0.51 – 8 Dec 2017)
Documentation
- Skype for Business Server 2015 on TechNet
- Skype for Business client awareness and readiness resources – aka “SfB_Client_Readiness.zip” (April 2015)
- Skype for Business change management and adoption
- Client-side FAQ for Skype for Business (Lync)
- Scott Stubberfield’s post “Controlling the Client Experience with Skype for Business“
- Skype for Business 2015 Protocol Workloads Poster (July 2018)
- Key Health Indicators for Lync Server 2013 and Skype for Business Server 2015. (v2.0 – 29 July 2015)
- There are now TWO product feedback sites for SfB:
Third-party contributions
Skype for Business Survival Guide
If it’s not on Ståle’s master list here, it doesn’t exist:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/34941.skype-for-business-survival-guide.aspx
Utils, Tools & Scripts
- Mandie’s script to quickly toggle the client UI between Lync 2013 and Skype for Business 2015
- Here’s Jeff’s indispensable batch file that sets the GalDownloadInitialDelay to 0 for Office 2013
- Y0av Barzilay updates for Office 2016 the registry key you need to set the GalDownloadInitialDelay to 0.
- New-CsFirmware.ps1 – Upload Multiple Lync Phone Edition Firmware Updates to a Single or Multiple Pools
- Chris Wright’s AD Photo Edit tool. Highly commended. It probably annoys the pants off the commercial software operations that such a great util can be had for free!
- The .NET Regular Expression Designer is a free download that helps you learn, develop and test regular expressions – but don’t overlook the “New-CsVoiceRegex” command in Lync Powershell!
- Graham’s SIP Pinger tool is a good one to have in the armoury as well
- Number management continues to be a hassle:
- The Norwegian Royal Family of the Lync world (ake Lasse & Ståle) have joined forces to help with number management. It’s all here on their new site lyncnumbers.net
- Mandie’s also come up with a fantastic one-liner to help you find “is that number free” – and check the comments at the bottom too
- Take some of the pain out of using SEFAUtil with:
- v2.1 of Johan Veldhuis’ “SEFAUtilGUI” script
- James Cussen’s Call Pickup Group Manager script
- SEFAUtil Server – Matt Landis’ own FAR superior app
Documentation
- Richard Brynteson’s post “CHANGE IS COMING. WHAT ENABLESKYPEUI DOESN’T DO“
- Doug Deitterick’s post “How to Verify if Skype for Business Server 2015 Database Updates Completed Successfully”
- MVP Rodolpho Castro has created a version of the offline PowerShell commandlets “.chm” file using TechNet’s “export” feature
Certificate management
Certificates now warrant a section to themselves!
- Chris Hayward walks you through “how to increase the internal certificate validity period“
- Chad McGreanor’s walk-through on requesting a cert for TMG (and also applies to Web Apps)
- Guy & Y0av’s Lync Certificates Report will query ALL the servers in your topology (if WinRM is enabled) and provide a report detailing how long they have to live
- David Paulino’s Test-CertificateStore.ps1 will identify certificates in the wrong stores. Problems here can stop your new OAuth cert from replicating or your Front-End service from starting
- Feed the thumbprints of your existing and replacement certificates into my Compare-PkiCertificates.ps1 and it will tell you where they differ
Blogs & related websites
- Lync on TechNet
- Amanda (Mandi) Debler
- Andrew Morpeth
- Anthony Caragol
- Elan Shudnow
- James Arber
- James Cussen
- Jeff Schertz
- Josh Blalock
- John A Cook
- Jonathan McKinney
- Lasse Nordvik Wedø
- Mark Vale
- Matt Landis
- Elho World, it’s Pat Richard!
- Paul Bloem
- Ståle Hansen
- Yoav Barzilay
My own posts
Check the Skype for Business groups in the Categories menu, as well as “PowerShell” for my scripts and “SDK” for my utilities that plug in to the client.
– G.
Can you add a note to the very top of this collection, that this is in fact NOT the so-called official “RESOURCE KIT” that MS releases for their products. Rather its just your private collection of various tools found all over the internet. Would confuse less people :) I thought immediately, that somehow the fact that MSFT released sfb2015 reskit has slipped under my radar, when in reality MSFT did not release (and surely will never do) such reskit for sfb2015 and any future mutations.
I concur wirth Richard i’m afraid….I thought there was going to be a link to the SfB resource kit here :-(
Gents,
As luck would have it, the ResKit’s *just* been released. I’ve already added it to the page above, but here it is again:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52631
LOL, I read the notification in my RSS reader. Somebody is watching at MSFT :)
Skype RASK is no longer available to download:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dn788779
Important Note
On January 17, 2017, we will be retiring the Rollout and Adoption Success Kit (RASK) resources. We are integrating our adoption resources into our Microsoft FastTrack offerings, while still offering high-quality consumable content for you to leverage with your adoption efforts. In line with this strategy, we have published a new resource for you to use: the Skype for Business Adoption Content Directory. This directory is the one resource where you will find all of the ‘APPROVED’ Skype for Business adoption content we offer.
Download the Skype for Business Adoption Content Directory today: http://aka.ms/sfbrolloutkit