skype download for windows 7 latest version 2015

I cannot emphasize the importance of this so that you do not experience any Windows Fabric issues.

Patching your Skype Front-End servers requires you do them one at a time. While these outages are quick (anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes) you should still schedule the changes after business hours. It should be done afterhours as the process can cause temporary outages for users. It is recommended you plan and schedule a maintenance window to patch your environment.

Patching Mediation, Director and Edge servers.

The patching process is broken up into three parts which are: In this case I have the following inventory of servers running a SfB 2015 Role: The following outlines patching a typical Skype for Business 2015 Enterprise Edition Server environment. The following shows the typical landing page where you can download the current CU.įigure 1: Cumulative Update installation page At the time of writing this post the current Cumulative Update or CU is the June 2016 CU. You will want to download the Cumulative Update Installer which takes the guess work out of what patches are required on which Skype server role. I don’t like being more than one CU behind at any given point in time. The Cumulative Updates contain important bug fixes as well as feature enhancements to the product so you will want to stay up to date and patch with a regular cadence.

Microsoft provides regular cumulative updates which can be found here on the TechNet Skype for Business downloads and updates page. Here is my quick reference guide to patching Skype for Business Server environment with Cumulative updates for the Skype for Business application itself.

Skype download for windows 7 latest version 2015