
Administrators should use Skype for Business Management Shell to move conference directories from Lync 2013 pools to Skype for Business pools.Ī big thanks to the Skype4B team for making this process easier and smoother and a big thanks to the Office365 Summit team that put on great training around this and was the basis for my know-how and this blog post. Use the Skype4B admin tools to move users to and from Skype4B ( click here). Get-WmiObject –query ‘select * from win32_product’ | where | ft Name, Version –AutoSizeĪnd let’s log in to the Skype for Business Control Panelĭone & Tested! A Few Administrator Notes for after the upgrade. Lync Server 2013 Needs to be version 8308.
Install CU5+ latest hotfix to Lync 2013 topology.Step 1- Install the Prerequisites & Get Skype4B ISO Run Setup.exe to launch in-place upgrade.Stop Services on all servers in pool to be upgraded.Install Admin Tools on non-Lync Server, Upgrade To SfBS2015 in Topology Builder, Publish Topology & Upgrade.Install the prerequisites & get SfBS2015 ISO.An overview of the process is as follows:
Here is my step by step of the process to upgrade our Standard Edition lab’s Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition to Skype4B Server 2015 SfBS2015.
Skype for Business Server 2015 has a simplified in-place upgrade path which is very welcome.