Microsoft
quietly released the Lync Client and Server CU for February 2015 and perhaps
with good reason; little to nothing appears to have been added to Lync other
than a not quite functioning correctly CsClientPolicy
setting EnableSkypeUI. The policy is designed to allow a Lync 2013
server admin to preserve the look and feel of the Lync client after the 'Skype'
CU has been delivered either automatically via O365, via Windows Update, or via
the system administrator. By default this value is $NULL which SHOULD equate to ‘Use the Lync UI’ but instead
it defaults to ‘Use the Skype UI’. Setting the value to $FALSE will force the
Lync UI and in future client releases (read that as RTM) the feature will work as expected.
Missing/odd
features is definitely not a reason to apply a patch and since it has been 30
days since the release with no known/major issues I would say all is good. The
patch does update Core, Server, RGS, Management, and Web Components as well as
databases.
There are a few database upgrades required
for the backend databases (QoE), and for the CMS (assuming you are up-to-date
(i.e. since December 2014)). It is interesting that Microsoft is calling out
the sequence with more vigor and I cannot stress enough how important it is to
make sure your databases match your CU level or ‘bad things happen.’ We discuss over and over how to check upgrade
readiness as well the database upgrade methods so if you are unclear, review
previous posts here.
Additional Notes:
Lync Server 2010 build number is 4.0.7577.709
Lync 2010 Client build number is 4.0.7577.4446
Lync Server 2013 build number is 5.0.8308.872
Lync 2013 Client build number is 15.0.4693.1001
Lync Group Chat build number is 4.0.7577. 4409
Lync Group Chat Server build number 4.0.7577.4409
Lync Group Chat Admin build number 4.0.7577.4409
Lync Attendee build number is 4.0.7577.4382
Lync Attendant build number is 4.0.7577.4098
Lync Phone Editions build number is 4.0.7577.4455
Lync Phone Edition (Tanjay) build number is 4.0.7577.4451
Lync for Mac 2011 build number is 14.0.10
Lync 2010 for Windows Phone build number 4.3.8120.0
Lync 2010 for iPhone build number 4.7
Lync 2010 for iPad build number 4.7
Lync 2010 for Android build number 4.0.6509.3001
Lync 2013 for Windows Phone build number 5.8.1327.0
Lync 2013 for iPad build number 5.6
Lync 2013 for iPhone build number 5.6
Lync 2013 for Android build number 5.5.3.8935
Lync 2013 for Android tablet build number 5.5.3.8919
Lync Basic 2013 build number is
15.0.4420.1017
Lync VDI 2013 build number is 15.0.4420.1017