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Preparing for TLS 1.0/1.1 Deprecation - O365 Skype for Business

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Pamela Arimoto
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Aug 01, 2018
INTRODUCTION   The purpose of this blog post is to provide the necessary guidance for our Skype for Business Server, Lync Server, and Skype for Business Online customers to prepare for the deprec...
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Christopher Bash
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Sep 05, 2018

Am I missing something? The requirements for Skype:

Skype for Business 2016 Click to Run Require the April 2018 Updates:

  • Monthly and Semi-Annual Targeted – 16.0.9126.2152 and higher
  • Semi-Annual and Deferred Channel – 16.0.8431.2242 and higher

in essence say that any Skype for Business 2016 clients older than the April 2018 version will not work and/or are not supported after the October 31, 2018 mandate of TLS 1.2.  That is only 6 months of support.  Microsoft states in multiple articles that we are supported for 18 months using the Semi-Annual channel. Here:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2017/04/20/office-365-proplus-updates/

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployOffice/overview-of-update-channels-for-office-365-proplus

 

We cannot get all our clients upgraded by that time and the above article was posted only 1 month ago.  This is not enough lead time.  Can you please explain the version requirements and limited 6 months of support?

 

Best regards,

Chris