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We have Windows 8.1 with Office 2013 Std x86 and Lync 2013. Skype for Business change management and adoption.Skype for Business client awareness and readiness resources – aka “SfB_Client_Readiness.zip” (April 2015).
Controlling the Client Experience with Skype for Business.So the new version number is “4711”? That won’t be hard to remember – that’s my smother-in-law’s favourite perfume! I was previously running the Technical Preview Client, so the title bar was already “About Skype for Business”.
Here’s a before and after comparison of the 圆4 client on my Windows 8.1 machine.
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To suppress the display, create this key and set it to 1 before you let the update run. Reader Viz had kindly pointed out in the comments below that a new key is added for this – it’s not just reusing Lync’s old “FirstRun” key: “IsBasicTutorialSeenByUser”=dword:00000001 Even if your client is patched to current now, the LyncHelpLoc pre-req has also been updated.Īlas, yes! And after you do, a “first run” help box will pop:
#SKYPE WILL NOT OPEN WINDOWS 7 INSTALL#
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Note: these apply regardless of whether you’re running the client with the Lync 2013 skin or the Skype for Business skin. the “join meeting” link in your Outlook meetings has changed to “Join Skype Meeting”:.the “new meeting” button in the Outlook calendar’s toolbar has changed:.Skype for Business! Key points to look out for include: Whilst you might start with a patched Lync 2013 Client, it’s replaced with the brand new Skype for Business client. There are no fixes here as applying this patch is installing a brand new client. – this is the (new) pre-requisite update to LyncHelpLoc.If you want to manage the rollout of this internally via SCCM or WSUS, the two KBs you’re interested in are these: ( Read more of the free Basic client here). You will also use this patch to turn your “Lync Basic” client into a “Skype for Business Basic”. Until Office 2016 is released, THIS is your client-side update path to Skype for Business: Install Lync 2013 from Office 2013 and then patch it with this (or a later) update & the necessary pre-req’s. Much has been written in anticipation of this of late and there are plenty of references I’ve captured below. IT’S HERE! Today marks the release of the new Skype for Business Client update to Windows Update.