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What’s New in Skype for Business Server: New Features List

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This blog will summarize the new features in Skype for Business Server 2015 (formerly known as Lync Server 2013). The goal for this blog is to be a brief way to see “What’s New & Improved”.

  • New Desktop Client Experience (very detailed blog http://bit.ly/skype4b_firstlook)
  • In-Place Upgrade
  • SQL Always On support
  • New in Meetings
    • P2P screen sharing performance fixes: Reduce bandwidth utilization by 10x compared to Lync 2013
    • Lync Room System to get updates
    • test
  • VIS - Video Interop Server (new server role)
  • Manageability Improvements
    • Windows Fabric v2 responsible for Failover mgmt., Pri/2nd node election, Replication between Pri/2nd nodes
    • Start a pool with single cmdlet: Start-CsPool
    • Simplified Patching Process
  • Server Core Updates to Improve Reliability
    • Conferencing reliability
    • Chat and presence reliability
  • New Voice Features
    • Call via Work
    • SILK available as a codec 
    • RGS Scalability Improvements
      • Agent Group 800; IVR Group 400; Agents per pool 2,400
    • Call Quality Dashboard (CQD) (new server role)
  • Mobility Improvements
    • Full history of IM across all endpoint
  • Skype4B to Skype Federation Improvements (Phase2)
    • Skype username search
  • New Development Platform: UCAP
Key Pictures

In-place upgradeimage

Simplified Patchingimage

Call Quality Dashboard (CQD)image

“Call Via Work” User Configurationimage

 

Sources:
http://summit.office.com/events/office-365-summit-sao-paulo
https://infopedia.eventbuilder.com/index.asp?landingpageid=7p1c8p

5 comments:

  1. RicardoJanuary 20, 2015 at 10:32 AM

    Is this blogpost the simple copy-paste of the table of contents from the Office 365 summit blog session list?

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  2. Matt LandisJanuary 20, 2015 at 10:38 AM

    at the moment, pretty much. as more details come we will fill it out. It's my book more of what is known, details will be filled in :P

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  3. RicardoJanuary 20, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    LOL, ok, I should subscribe to this post then.

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    1. Matt LandisJanuary 20, 2015 at 10:50 AM

      we are "eager beaver" but can only write about what has public source. this is going to be my own ongoing "quick list" of what is new in Skype4B Server. Thanks!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2015 at 3:22 AM

    Returning from O365 Summit here are my notes I took from each Skype for Business Session http://wp.me/p5atJy-2V

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