
Moving forward with the Skype for Business 2015 upgrade, install the Skype for Business server Admin Tools on a domain joined machine (admin tools would not install on any Lync server 2013 front end servers). Make sure to upgrade the Lync server pool before moving forward with the Skype for Business upgrade and also plan adequate downtime that incorporate the existing pool CU upgrade as well as the in-place upgrade. But, if there’s only one pool available, then the upgrade could be a potential risk and a lengthy downtime.Īlso, it’s important to have an idea of what CU version that the existing Lync server 2013 platform is running. If the existing deployment have multiple pools, then users can be moved to one of the pools and get the other one upgraded and have services running as usual. The major one would be the overall downtime that occur because of the upgrade.

I reckon it would be the time to upgrade the existing Lync server 2013 platform to Skype for Business Server 2015.īefore moving forward, there are concerns that need to be addressed upfront. It has been a while that the Skype for Business server 2015 released for public.
