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Why does Skype for Business (Plan 2) license only allow download of Skype for Business 2015?
By default, with Skype for Business Plan 2 we should be able to download the Skype for Business 20015 and Skype for Business 2016 Client both. For being able to download the Skype for Business 2016 Client we should allow downloading the 2016 Application from the Settings.
Be it any plan we should be able to download both the SFB 2015 and SFB 2016 Client from the Office 365 Portal. In addition, we can also download the Skype for Business Client from the following link
SFB 2016
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=49440
Also the link you have provided is to the Basic client, which has less features than the client available from O365.
I dont see any difference in the Client from the Office 365 Portal and the Client from the link which I gave ultimatley both are the basic client if we look at it. If required here are the link for Skype for Business 2015 and Skype for Business 2016 from the Office 365 Portal
Skype for Business (SFB) Click to Run installer.
SFB 2016 32 bit {use this set with office 32 bit 2016 } :
32 - Bit - https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=SkypeforbusinessEntryRetail&platform=x86&language=en-us&source=O16O365&version=O16GA
SFB 2016 [64 bit {use this set with office 64 bit 2016 }:
64 - Bit - https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=SkypeforbusinessEntryRetail&platform=x64&language=en-us&source=O16O365&version=O16GA
SFB 2015 32 bit {use this set with office 32 bit 2013} :
For X86: https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=lyncEntryRetail&platform=x86&language=en-us&source=O15O365&version=O15GA
SFB 2015 64 bit {use this set with office 64 bit 2013}:X64: https://c2rsetup.officeapps.live.com/c2r/download.aspx?productReleaseID=lyncEntryRetail&platform=x64&language=en-us&source=O15O365&version=O15GA
Refer here for the differences: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn933896.aspx
Basic is missing some of the call controls and other features. If you're using Office 365 you should just get the edition that's coming from your tenant.
Hello All,
Let me explain in depth how things are and how we get the feature products and what is the difference. If we are using Skype for Business Plan 2 we get Skype for Business Basic Client whether we are downloading from the Office 365 Portal or we are downloading from the specific link https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=49440 the feature would reamin the same from both the clients. The only feature that would not work are Call Forwarding Options and Skype for Business Meeting Delegate Feature as the feature is not supported with the basic client.
But when we are using the Office 365 Pro Plus version we get the Skype for Business Full Client which includes the above limiations and we can set the call forwarding options and the Skype for Business Meeting Delegate.
With Regards,
Satish
