I hope someone can shed some light on this topic. I've posted in a couple other TechNet forums, but they weren't exactly the correct areas for discussion.
We are in the process of upgrading our users from Lync to Skype for Business. We have 3 variations of Lync in our organization. They are:
- Workstations with Lync Basic 2013
- Workstations with Office 2013, which includes Lync 2013
- Workstations with O365 Pro Plus, which includes Lync 2013
We've approved and deployed updates KB3039779 (which superseded KB2889923), KB2889853 and KB3054791 via SCCM/WSUS, which should apply to the first two variations of Lync. We've also implemented GPO's across our domains that will turn on the automatic updates setting within O365, which should apply to the third variation. And we've also turned on the Skype for Business UI via Powershell for all users.
After releasing these updates and GPO's, we are hearing from some users that they've received the new S4B update, while others still have not.
In an attempt to monitor the deployment, I have created different WQL queries in SCCM, in hopes that I will get a somewhat accurate report of how our S4B deployment is progressing.
For those that have Lync Basic 2013, and have actually received the S4B update, Add/Remove PRograms still displays as "Microsoft Lync Basic 2013", so, I can't run a report looking for "Microsoft Skype for Business" in Add/Remove Programs.
I also can't run a report to look for "skype.exe" because the executable remains as "lync.exe".
My questions are:
1. How has everyone else been deploying Skype for Business?
2. How has everyone been monitoring the deployment of Skype for Business?
With over 6000 computers in the organization, I can't go around and start asking every user if they got the update yet.
We are in the process of upgrading our users from Lync to Skype for Business. We have 3 variations of Lync in our organization. They are:
- Workstations with Lync Basic 2013
- Workstations with Office 2013, which includes Lync 2013
- Workstations with O365 Pro Plus, which includes Lync 2013
We've approved and deployed updates KB3039779 (which superseded KB2889923), KB2889853 and KB3054791 via SCCM/WSUS, which should apply to the first two variations of Lync. We've also implemented GPO's across our domains that will turn on the automatic updates setting within O365, which should apply to the third variation. And we've also turned on the Skype for Business UI via Powershell for all users.
After releasing these updates and GPO's, we are hearing from some users that they've received the new S4B update, while others still have not.
In an attempt to monitor the deployment, I have created different WQL queries in SCCM, in hopes that I will get a somewhat accurate report of how our S4B deployment is progressing.
For those that have Lync Basic 2013, and have actually received the S4B update, Add/Remove PRograms still displays as "Microsoft Lync Basic 2013", so, I can't run a report looking for "Microsoft Skype for Business" in Add/Remove Programs.
I also can't run a report to look for "skype.exe" because the executable remains as "lync.exe".
My questions are:
1. How has everyone else been deploying Skype for Business?
2. How has everyone been monitoring the deployment of Skype for Business?
With over 6000 computers in the organization, I can't go around and start asking every user if they got the update yet.