UCS 1.1.6 Maintenance Release for the CX5100 & CX5500

This version includes the features and functionality of previous versions and includes resolutions for customer-reported issues.

• The Lync client sometimes did not recognize the CX5100 or CX5500 system as an audio/video device. When this issue occurred, the logs included AudioDspHealth: DSP not reachable errors. This issue has been resolved.
• UseAutoUpdate was not updated after provisioning software upgrade configurations to the CX5100 and CX5500 Unified Conference Stations. This issue has been resolved.
• The Lync client sometimes did not recognize the CX5100 or CX5500 system as an audio/video device. The system did not react to pressing the Mute/Unmute button. This issue has been resolved. 
• After adding USB_Fix_Mask=”3” to the configuration file, users were unable to reset the reboot frequency even after removing USB_Fix_Mask=”3” from the configuration file. This issue has been resolved.
• During boot-up on the CX5500 system, sometimes the audio and video would function normally; however, the microphone would continue flashing green and the UC software portal function and software upgrade did not work. This issue has been resolved.
• During software upgrade to a later build, the CX5100 system would reboot 10 times, then return to the upgrade process due to problems with the CPLD versions. This issue has been resolved.

For more information, please see the Release Notes

To download the UCS 1.1.6 Maintenance Release and associated documents, please go to:

                                                                        

http://support.polycom.com/PolycomService/support/us/support/voice/cx/cx5100.html

http://support.polycom.com/PolycomService/support/us/support/voice/cx/cx5500.html 

December 2015 Cumulative Update for Lync Phone Edition - HP, Aastra and Polycom

December 2015 Cumulative Update for Lync Phone Edition for HP 4110 and HP 4120 telephones (KB3108720)
This cumulative update resolves the following issues:
KB 3121312 Adds the delegation settings in Lync Phone Edition devices when call forwarding is reconfigured
KB 3107804 SHA-2 signing and verification functionality is supported in Lync Phone Edition devices
KB 3107153 Lync Phone Edition devices restart constantly
KB 3107147 Lync Phone Edition for HP 4110 and HP 4120 telephones gets stuck at the startup screen during a firmware upgrade

December 2015 cumulative update for Lync Phone Edition for Aastra 6721ip and Aastra 6725ip telephones (KB3108719)
This cumulative update resolves the following issues:
KB 3121312 Adds the delegation settings in Lync Phone Edition devices when call forwarding is reconfigured
KB 3107804 SHA-2 signing and verification functionality is supported in Lync Phone Edition devices
KB 3107153 Lync Phone Edition devices restart constantly

December 2015 Cumulative Update for Lync Phone Edition for Polycom CX500, Polycom CX600, and Polycom CX3000 (KB3108721)
This cumulative update resolves the following issues:
KB 3121312 Adds the delegation settings in Lync Phone Edition devices when call forwarding is reconfigured
KB 3107804 SHA-2 signing and verification functionality is supported in Lync Phone Edition devices
KB 3107153 Lync Phone Edition devices restart constantly
KB 3107152 Lync Phone Edition for Polycom telephones doesn't play music-on-hold when you hold a response group call in Lync 2013

Skype Meeting Broadcast (Documentation)

Three new documents to download for Skype Meeting Broadcast

• How to use Skype Meeting Broadcast
• Getting started with Skype Meeting Broadcast
• Skype Meeting Broadcast: Reach thousands globally with just one click

Skype for Business Server 2015 Cumulative Update KB3061064

New update for Skype for Business came out yesterday, seems to only fix an issue with Windows 10 Edge users.

Updates for Skype for Business Server 2015
This article specifies the applicability of Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2015 updates for each server role.
Issues that the cumulative update resolves

• This cumulative update resolves an issue in which KB3095143 Windows 10 users who use Edge can't join a meeting from Skype for Business Web App.

 Download @ KB3095143

Announcing the preview of Skype for Business apps for iOS and Android

We’ve seen great momentum in the first few months since the arrival of Skype for Business, and today, I’m excited to announce the preview of the new Skype for Business apps for iOS and Android. Here’s a look at what’s new and how you can participate in the preview.
What’s new?

We’ve infused Skype simplicity throughout the new iOS and Android apps, created a new dashboard for easy navigation of your contacts, calls and meetings, and updated the In-Call and In-Meeting experience.

The updated dashboard brings the contact search bar, your upcoming meetings and most recent conversations to one place.

Contact search bar—Search your Global Address List by first name, last name, email alias or even a phone number! On IOS, your phone contacts are also included in the search.
Upcoming appointments—Here you can see your current and next meetings in your calendar. You can either click through to read more about the meeting or click the Quick Join icon to join the meeting right away.
Recent conversations—Makes it easy to refer back to your most recent chats, phone calls and meetings.

We rebuilt the In-Call and In-Meeting experience with new features that make it easier to navigate calls and meetings on your mobile phone or tablet.

Larger buttons make it easier to mute, add participants and manage your call.
Video, which now fills the screen, brings you closer to your colleagues.
We made it easier to navigate between video and content with just one tap by simplifying the IM, video and content panes. While you can still view content in full screen, you can now also view content and see the speaker’s video at the same time!
Join our preview

If you have Lync 2013 on your iOS or Android device, you’ll get the new Skype for Business app as an update later this year. Skype for Business mobile apps work for anyone on Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015 and Skype for Business Online.

To ensure IT administrators can prepare their end users and organizations for this change, we’ve added our Skype for Business iOS and Android apps to our Skype for Business Preview program.

To participate in the preview, IT administrators can visit www.skypepreview.com to nominate up to four end users for iOS and four for Android to participate in the preview. Please apply by Friday, August 14, 2015 to be considered in our first batch of participants. We will begin notifying IT admins via email of their acceptance starting the week of August 17, 2015.

Sign up for the Skype for Business for iOS and Android Preview today!

From: blogs.office.com

Sangoma SBC (NSC) and Lync/Skype4B

Having a play with a Sangoma SBC, or NSC, to realize there's little information on how to configure it for Lync/Skype4B and the information that it's out there is very fragmented, so I though I should share my install/config.

You get the ISO from http://wiki.sangoma.com/NSC-Download and install it. On the initial install you will configure the basic stuff, hostname, ip/gw/dns and you will define the default root password.
Once it completes you will do everything else using the web portal.

The way you configure your SBC is up to you. I usually go with 2 IPs, one listening on the SIP trunk provider side and one listening on the Skype4b side but, it's possible to have a working SBC using a single IP as well but I find it more complicated to configure and to debug, if you have any problem.

So first thing was to add a second IP to the box in Configuration -> Network

So, I'm using two internal IPs, 10.201.32.75 as the SIP trunk provider side and 10.201.32.76 as the Skype4b side.

Next, you go to Configuration -> Media Profiles and you create a media profile for Skype4B, which should include PCMA (g711a) and PCMU (g711u).
There's other codecs available to choose so depending on what your SIP trunk provider supports and if you are willing to do transcoding on the SBC (processing power goes up!) you could add them to the list.

Next, you go to Configuration -> SIP Profiles and you create one profile for each side. In my case, .75 for the SIP Trunk provider (Gamma) and .76 for my lab pool (Skype4B).

For my external side, I choose my .75 IP, 5060 port and TCP, on the media profiles I choose the previous created profile with PCMU and PCMA.
Assuming you will also do NAT with the SBC, you will need to fill the External IP Address with the public IP. I've also enabled Lync interoperability on this side of the leg even though, quite honestly, I still don't know what it does :)
Everything else I left default. We'll come back to this page to add a routing plan, which we haven't created yet.

For my internal side, I choose my .76 IP, 5060 port and TCP, and selected the previous created media profile as well as enabling Lync interoperability.

Next you create your Trunks and you assign them to a SIP Profile. I created the Gamma Trunk with the Gamma SIP Profile and changed the transport to TCP.

Do the same for Skype4B but also fill OPTIONS 3 boxes as per below.

Go to Configuration -> Routing and add two routes, one for Skype4B to PSTN and one for PSTN to Skype4B.
I used Basic Call routing as I only want "pass-through" rules so the basic routing is fine for that. For Advanced routing you will be scripting the flow of the call yourself.
The basic routing is quite simple, it's a If Then clause. In this case, anything coming from Lync, just send to the Gamma Trunk.

And anything coming from Gamma, just send to the Skype4B Trunk.

Now, go back to the SIP Profiles, edit the public side (Gamma in my example) and change the routing to the PSTNtoLync

 And do the same for the internal side (Skype4B)

Once that's done you will need to click on Configuration on the top right and apply all of the configuration you have just done.
Some configuration changes will require just a reload, some will require a reboot.

Once that's done, go to the Dashboard -> Control Panel to start the Vega Session Controller (if you haven't already) and you are done.

Skype for Business Windows Phone app is here!

It’s an exciting time for Skype for Business as we deliver communication-powered productivity in Office. In the last few months, we’ve delivered the Skype for Business client for Windows, the new Skype for Business Server, and Skype for Business Online in Office 365. And just last week, we announced previews of new meetings and voice capabilities in Office 365 through the Skype for Business Preview Program.

Today we’re pleased to announce the availability of the Skype for Business app for Windows Phone.

What’s new—intuitive interface, more emoticons, improved server communications

If you are familiar with the Lync app for Windows Phone, you’ll notice a number of enhancements in the new app. The most noticeable differences right off the bat are the Skype for Business brand and UI, which is intuitive and familiar if you happen to use Skype in your personal communications. We’ve also revamped emoticons, which now offers over 100 emoticons to land your message visually.

We have improved how the app and the server handle conversation notifications. Once you’re notified of a new conversation on your phone, the other clients you have logged in won’t be able to grab the conversation and prevent you from responding on your phone.

We’ve also enhanced security with at-rest data encryption, so your conversation history and voicemail is encrypted by default.

And your most recent conversations are now synchronized across devices whether they took place on your PC, tablet or phone, as long as you’re running the latest server software. We’re working hard to enable that for Office 365 users as well, so stay tuned for more news to come.

How you can upgrade today

Most people who have the Lync 2013 app on their Windows Phone will be automatically updated to the new Skype for Business app, but here are the particulars depending on which version of Windows Phone you use:
If you have a Windows Phone 8.1 and higher but do not have the Lync 2013 app, you can download the new Skype for Business app in the Windows Store.
If you have Windows Phone 8.1 and higher and currently have the Lync 2013 mobile app, the new Skype for Business app will replace your existing app and tile automatically.
If you have Windows Phone 8.0, you will continue to use Lync 2013 or Lync 2010, which remains compatible even if your organization is running the new Skype for Business Server.

We hope you enjoy the Skype for Business app for Windows Phone!

From office.com