Yesterday Microsoft released Skype for Business thru Windows update and click-to-run.
On-prem environments must be updated with the following IF you want to use the new gui.
Lync 2010 server with CU 4.0.7577.710 https://support.microsoft.com/fi-fi/kb/2493736
Lync 2013 server with CU 5.0.8308.857 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3018158
Then you have an option to Enable with Get-CsClientPolicy | Set-CsClientPolicy -EnableSkypeUI $true and disable with Get-CsClientPolicy | Set-CsClientPolicy -EnableSkypeUI $false
New features compared to the old.
| Feature |
Skype UI
|
Lync UI
|
| Skype First Run Intro |
x
|
|
| New Emoticons |
x
|
x
|
| Call Monitor |
x
|
|
| Call via work (on Skype for Business Server) |
x
|
|
| Remote Call Control |
x
|
|
| Rate my Call end of call surveys |
x
|
x
|
| Server Side conversation history (on Skype for Business Server) |
x
|
x
|
| Skype Consumer Video interop |
x
|
x
|
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