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Updated Client for SfB Server 2019?
New client is available with Office 2019 ProPlus Preview. It is the same design as C2R version of Skype for Business 2016 (MSI version has another design, not changed since SfB 2015 client). You van google article "New Skype for Business 2016 look and feel coming your way…" from October 27, 2016.
New Skype for Business 2019 client is the same. No changes in functionality.
Microsoft changed design of Mac client from scratch and promised to change Windows client, but now they not more interested in SfB, only Teams (which is more horrible than SfB for me)
It would be really nice if they remade the PC client like the Mac client as shown below. It looks very similar to Microsoft Teams and IMO better since it is blue. Let's just hope there would be a dark mode as well, but unfortunately, I do not see this happening.
https://www.silicon.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Skype-for-Business-announces-new-Mac-skype.png
http://lyncinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/skype4bmac_IM.png
the Skype4B client in the Office 2019 preview looks identical to the SkypeB 2016 client.
I expect that as the team are focusing all their resources on Teams right now there will be little if any UI changes to the 2019 client.From the server side though. We should see the end of Silverlight finally with a look and feel similar to Office365.
