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.

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