Important Update about Microsoft Office Live Meeting
If your company is using Office Live Meeting, we have some important news to share with you. We’ve been working hard to get Skype for Business and Skype Meeting Broadcast ready with new conversation and meeting features, so we’re inviting you to begin the migration from Live Meeting to Skype for Business. We encourage you to begin the move from Live Meeting to Skype for Business as quickly as possible, completing the migration no later than December 31, 2017, at which time the existing Live Meeting service will be fully shut down.Windows Server 2016 support for Skype for Business Server 2015
We are happy to announce that Skype for Business Server 2015 is supported to run on Windows Server 2016 - if you have the May 2017 update (aka CU5) for Skype for Business Server installed. Please refer to the following resources for more information: Our official support article: Supports to use Windows 2016 as the operating system in Skype for Business Server 2015 The Updated TechNet documentation: Operating systems for Skype for Business Server 2015 Our blog article on CU5: Announcing the release of Skype for Business Server Cumulative Update 5 Any questions or comments? Please let us know in our community! This post is brought to you by Skype Academy. Visit Skype Academy for technical trainings and readiness around the Skype Operations Framework.OAuth 2.0 and third-party application ID: Timeline extended to June 30, 2022!
New implementation timeline: June 30, 2022 To provide our customers with best-in-class security across our services, Microsoft is implementing the use of Microsoft Identity Platform 2.0 (an evolution of the Azure Active Directory identity service) which uses the OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol. OAuth 2.0 is a method through which a third-party app can access web-hosted resources on behalf of a user, through a third-party application ID. This change only impacts Skype for Business IP Phones certified under 3PIP program. Deployment Type Impact Statement Skype for Business Online All phones must be updated and tenant admins must have approved phone partners App ID using the consent URL Skype for Business On-Premises Hybrid (With Modern Auth Deployed) All phones must be updated and tenant admins must have approved phone partners App ID using the consent URL Skype for Business On-Premises Hybrid (No Modern Auth) No Impact Skype for Business On-Premises No Hybrid No Impact As result of this change, Skype for Business IP Phone partners have made a code change to embed the partner specific application ID in their firmware. The customer tenant admin will be required to confirm consent to allow the third-party phone application to be granted the necessary permissions (the same permissions currently being used by Skype for Business IP Phones). Skype for Business IP Phone partners will provide customers with a partner specific consent URL. Customer admin will need to perform a one time, tenant wide (all users), consent per IP Phone partner (i.e. one consent URL for Yealink, one consent URL for Crestron, etc.) Microsoft IP Phone partners will post additional information via their own communication channels, including the firmware version that includes the necessary changes. This change requires customers to perform a 2 step process: Step 1: Accept permissions request using the consent URL (can be done at any time) Step 2: Upgrade all impacted phones to the firmware version communicated by the Microsoft IP Phone partners All certified Skype for Business IP phones must be updated by July 15th, 2020 (originally January 15th, 2020). Without the update, successful authentication to Microsoft services on IP Phones will fail. Specifically, signing to the device via web or using a user name/password on the phone will fail. Customers are encouraged to work with their certified Skype for Business IP Phone provider to make the update before the deadline.
Skype for Business 2019 - Control Panel Phase 2 Released
Today, we have released the update for Skype for Business Server Control Panel! Please find the update here. This is a continuation to our earlier introduced phase one of modern control panel in July 2019 here. We had covered ‘Home’ and ‘Users’ tab in first phase, in this second phase we introduce ‘Conferencing’ and ‘Federation and External Access’ tabs. The ‘Dial-In Access’ sub-tab in Conferencing is not ready yet and it will be part of the next phase. We have also enabled Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to the Admin panel and the mechanism to provide different access permissions remains similar to the old Silverlight based panel. We are working on the feedback received in the preview and will be addressing them in future updates. Top enhancements in the roadmap are - Auto redirect for URL to avoid remembering pool name, and Admins need not be SIP enabled, Single Sign On for tenant. As always, we’re happy to get feedback on the new Panel as we work on the next phase. Now that CU3 has been released, we hope you’ll adopt it for better day-to-day admin experience.
