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Skype for Business (SFB) is a business-focused app that allows you to instant message, phone and video call, screen share, host and record meetings, and generally collaborate with your colleagues. If you’ve ever used Microsoft Lync, then you’re in luck – Lync was rebranded to Skype for Business in 2015, refining Lync’s core functionalities ever since.
Please note this is a separate product from Skype for consumers. It’s an important distinction to make since SFB should not be viewed as a phone replacement or VOIP Service. It cannot make emergency phone calls. It serves as a lightweight collaboration tool. Any business using the Microsoft ecosystem, particularly small businesses, should take a look at SFB. It seamlessly integrates with Outlook from where you can create Skype meetings and populate your contact list. It offers a variety of plan options at attractive prices, though making sense of that spider web proves difficult (see here). Last but not least, Microsoft has already announced that Teams will be replacing SFB and when sunset occurs, it isn't clear.
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Simplicity is its strength
To find Skype for Business on your PC, go to Start and then search for 'Skype for Business'. If you do not see Skype for Business, check for Windows Updates or contact your IT professional. Click Skype for Business and log in with your first.last@stonybrook.edu and your NetID password. In Finder and search in Applications for 'Skype for. The Skype Meeting add-in isn't available in Outlook 2016. In Outlook 2013, the addin was associated with UCAddin.dll, in the office15 folder - however, there is no UCaddin.dll in my office15 or office16 folders - so there is no add-in button available - Does outlook 2016 have Skype for Business calendar/meeting integration, and if so, where/how? When you go to install Skype for Business 2016, you'll see this page, which indicates that you're only going to install Skype for Business: When you choose Install, the Office installer will start. It looks like all of Office is being installed, but it's only installing Skype for Business.
At its core, SFB allows you to select another SFB user from a contact list and from there, start an instant message conversation, make a call (video if you have that capability), or share your screen. Additional features build from that basic premise.
Easy learning curve and intuitive UI
The application tucks toward the side of your screen, and goes for the tall and skinny look. Your name falls at the top along with your picture, availability status (available, away, do not disturb, etc.), and a personal message for your contacts to see if you choose to write one. Below that sit four icons across the menu – Contacts, Conversations, Meetings, Settings. These determine what you see in the body of the application. It defaults to Contacts, which means most of the time you’ll be looking at your contact list when the app is open. Your contacts each have a picture, availability status, and video capability indication. Managers can check on the idle time of their employees as SFB shows a timestamp for how long someone has been away from their computer.
From there go about your usual use case. Double click on your colleague’s icon and up comes the conversation window. More icons appear allowing you to make a call, share your screen, or send a file. You can also find a “+” icon on the upper right to expand this conversation to more people. Invite the whole office, if you'd like! Some subscription levels allow up to 250 people in a conversation.
The SFB plug-in for Outlook rocks. Once installed, all you need to schedule a Skype meeting from Outlook is to make a new meeting, click on the SFB icon plug-in, and it auto populates your conference information in the body of the meeting. Add your attendees, an agenda, and pick a time, and you are off to your next game of conference call bingo.
Flexibility for including non-SFB users to your meetings and calls help SFB stand-out as a great tool for collaboration. When invited to a SFB meeting, non-SFB users have the ability to download the SFB Web App to their browser. The app allows for HD video conferencing, IM in meetings, presentation viewing, desktop sharing, whiteboard, lobby, and presenter access controls. The app also enables PC-based audio and video. The only drawback is that other SFB functionalities like viewing a user’s presence or contact information are unavailable.
Where can you run this program?
Luckily, Microsoft serves up a free client that you can try. According to the website, the free basic client provides presence, instant messaging, and conferencing features. If you are licensed for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 Enterprise E3 and Office 365 Enterprise E4, you are also licensed for the full Skype for Business Windows desktop client, which includes additional features including advanced telephone support, archiving, and compliance features.
Is there a better alternative?
Microsoft has made it clear that Teams will replace SFB but gives no clear date when the service in question will shut down. While the UI of SFB is preferable, Teams has some clear advantages when it comes to features, specially for larger organizations. Persistent chat (think chat rooms) and greater integration with other Microsoft Office suite products is one advantage of Teams. It’s also the future-proof choice given more development is unlikely with SFB.
Slack is another very popular alternative. It has one of the best UIs in the business; mass adoption so you’re bound to find others in your organization that have some experience with it; and a target painted on its back: Microsoft developed Teams to compete with it.
Our take
Small businesses should take a hard look at SFB for their communication needs. That is, if they don’t already subscribe to Office 365 which bundles it. Large businesses may want the more robust features of full-fledged VOIP services or Teams. Its simplicity is its forte. Microsoft Teams – the replacement for SFB – can appear cluttered and less intuitive, albeit more capable.
Should you download?
Does your office participate in the modern, remote-work era where it might need IM, video calling, and teleconferencing? Does it use Microsoft products? If so, it probably already has SFB and if not, the free version lies a few clicks away. So, go for it.
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I had an interesting request lately. Install Skype for Business (SfB) 2016 Basic on an existing Remote Desktop Services Server (formerly Terminal Services) which already had a volume licensed install of Microsoft Office 2013 Standard. A little background on this particular customer is that they licensed Office 2013 Standard for their users and the RDS server and then subsequently licensed SfB server and purchased SfB CALs for all users. After realizing that SfB wasn’t part of their already purchased Office 2013 Standard volume licenses, they decided to deploy Skype for Business Basic stand-alone to all company workstations. Not the cleanest setup, but it works for instant messaging which is all this customer desired. Also notable, Office 2013 can coexist with Skype for Business 2016 Basic and the buttons for instant messaging work as expected from Outlook 2013. Without the licensed SfB version users won’t be able to utilize VOIP calling or video conferencing, but this customer was fine with that limitation.
Here’s the problem: Skype for Business Basic stand-alone cannot be installed on Terminal Server (or RDS server). So what may have worked to save money on licensing with workstations wasn’t gonna fly in a Terminal Services environment. Here’s the error message: “setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s): This copy of Microsoft Office 2016 cannot be used on a computer running Terminal Services. To use Office 2016 on a computer running Terminal Services, you must use a Volume License edition of Office.”
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The only way to get SfB 2016 to work on Windows 2016, 2012R2 or 2008R2 RDS or Terminal Services environments is set it up one of two ways:
- MSI based install – Purchase Microsoft Office 2016 Pro Plus (minimum) as a volume license and then install the software using the Office Customization Tool and auto-activate using an MAK key. The OCT works with volume licensed Office 2016 pro plus media. Run setup.exe /admin to enter the OCT wizard.
- Auto-activate MS Office 2016 using the Office Customization Tool by selecting Add installations and run programs and then adding:
Target: C:WindowsSystem32cscript.exe
Arguments: “C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16OSPP.VBS” /ACT
- Auto-activate MS Office 2016 using the Office Customization Tool by selecting Add installations and run programs and then adding:
- Click-to-run – License Microsoft Office 365 Business Premium or E3 and deploy the software using the Office 2016 Deployment Tool and custome the installation with sharedactivation. Then asking each user to activate SfB in on their user profile by signing in using licensed Office365 account credentials. Create your configuration.xml file here: https://officedev.github.io/Office-IT-Pro-Deployment-Scripts/XmlEditor.html
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Also, for anyone ever endeavoring on an on-prem installation of Skype for Business Server 2015, skip the updates portion of the installer if you want to save your self a few hours of headaches.
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Running the standard install with the option “Connect to the internet to check for updates” actually breaks the installation. Instead what should be done is not to check the box that says let’s update everything before installing because it’s a goddamn trap!
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See this decent write-up of the issue and how to resolve it: https://ucsorted.com/2016/11/19/error-returned-while-installing-ocsmcu-msi-code-1603/