What's new in Skype for business Server 2015

Lync has now been changed to the Skype for business abbreviation (SFB), and SFB is inspired by the Skype,skype is a personal voice and video communication tool whose friendly interactivity and good performance are loved by many people. Lync has always been committed to enterprise communication platforms with enterprise-class security and compliance. SFB now integrates these two products to bring a whole new experience to our corporate users.

What are the new features of SFB Server 2015:

1. User Experience

The SFB client's UI is more like the Skype UI, and the user gets a better experience.

2. Voice and video support

interoperability with third-party conferencing systems , VIS (Video Interop server) acts as an intermediary for the SFB server and traditional video conferencing system (VTC).

3. Mobile Support

Improve mobile device support for better experience for business users, including history and logs

Mobile's history improvements , and now the phone can access your conversation history, missed sessions, call logs, and information archives. The IM Auto-Receive feature allows you to receive information even if you don't respond to a conversation immediately. This requires you to take advantage of the ExchangeServer integration and install the latest mail client at the same time.

Enhanced Conferencing Experience:

Desktop conferencing feature now mobile users can use the

• PPT Demo Content Preview

• Presenters can control the shared PPT presentation content

• The meeting Manager may allow or deny the participation of other persons

• SFB improvements on Android

• To continue or rejoin a session

• Enable certificate and passive authentication

• Invite people to join a conversation

• Start group chat with ease

• Non-SFB users can attend meetings

• Enable the Smartphone UI on the Android board

• Manage attendees by adding or removing

4. Management Enhancements

SFB Server 2015 provides new features to improve the manageability of on-premises servers, including in-place upgrades, installation of programs only, improved patching and upgrade processes, improved front-end pool cold-start capabilities, SQL Server AlwaysOn support, and centralized logging and troubleshooting.

Upgrade local server in place

Using the new In-place upgrade feature, it uses the existing hardware and server investments of Lync Server 2013, thereby reducing the total cost.

Smart Installation

Smart Install feature, he can automatically detect and download updates, is now part of the installer, and users are required to check for updates during the installation process.

Improved front-end server patching and upgrade process

SFB introduces two new cmdlets to help with upgrades and patching, when you need to apply a patch or perform other maintenance on the front-end server, just type Invoke-cscomputerfailover and specify the name of the server, SFB migrates the user of the server to another server in the pool, then maintains it, and then uses the Invoke-cscomputerfailback command to bring the server back into production.

New Front End Pool Service start command

SFB introduces a new cmdlet command that simplifies and improves the command to start the entire front end pool service. When you use the Start-cspool command, it checks all front-end servers in the prerequisite pool and then tries to start all front-end servers in the pool.

SQL Server AlwaysOn support for on-premises servers

SFB Server 2015 adds support for an AlwaysOn failover cluster instance of two SQL Server AlwaysOn availability combinations for SQL Server. In addition to these features, SFB continues to support database mirroring and SQL Server clusters.

5. Hybrid Deployment and Management

SFB Server 2015 enhances hybrid deployment and management capabilities by introducing the following features

• Based on the state of local user assets, use O365 automation aids to determine the best recommended migration route

• Administrators can use the enhanced SFB Control Panel and Central Administration to manage hybrid deployments

• Control Panel enhancements, administrators can log in to the O365 tenant and start the Hybrid Deployment Wizard.

• The control Panel supports migrating local users to online or online users to local.

• The control plane can identify and filter objects that have been transferred from the local to online

• Central Administration can identify and filter user objects that were originally migrated locally to online

• Administrators can manage local user properties from the Control Panel and manage online user properties in central Administration.

• Synchronize directory synchronization with passwords, synchronize passwords with online users, and if you do this configuration, administrators no longer need to configure ADFS

• Continue to support the coexistence of SFB online and Exchange on-premises.

6. Multi-factor authentication support

Multifactor authentication is a proven method that requires the use of more than one authentication method and adds security to the critical second layer to the user 's login and processing. For example, a certificate is required for the user name and password. Skype Server 2015 continues to consolidate the multi-factor authentication feature that is available in the Lync Server 2013 Cumulative update. Significant changes in multifactor authentication are:

Use the Office SP1 Active Directory to verify the integration of libraries with Exchange and SharePoint.

Multi-factor authentication support for Web App clients in SFB

With Skype for business multi-factor authentication, you can now provide geographically based different authentication options. For example, customers can configure their environment so that internal authentication relies on integrated Windows authentication, and employees use multifactor authentication from outside the organization.

The Skype for business multi-factor certification experience is seamless:

• Geographic location-whether the user is logged in from inside or outside the organization

• Client/device Type-which SFB client runs on its device (PC, phone, ipad, etc.)

• User location-whether the user is hosted on-premises Active Directory or Active Directory online in Azure (O365)

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What's new in Skype for business Server 2015