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Lync 2010 Mobile Apps. For iPhone For Android For Windows Phone. The Lync 2013 mobile client will not work with Lync Online. Users may still use the Lync 2010 mobile client. Please note this only applies to the mobile clients, the Lync 2013 desktop client works with Lync Online.

  • Regarding “Whereas Lync (Skype for business) in MAC doesn't work until i give app password”, do you mean you can log into the Lync for Mac with the app password instead of the work or school account password? From my experience, the Lync for Mac client doesn’t support MFA app passwords.
  • If you have Lync Server 2013, see the Skype for Business on Mac column in Client comparison tables for Lync Server 2013. Admin: How do you increase the auto-accept period on Mac client? If server-side conversation history is turned off in your organization, by default, the Skype for Business on Mac client will auto-accept incoming messages if.
  • Lync for Mac sadly has no separate audio setup controls and relies on the Mac default sound preferences. Muting of iTunes, etc would also be a useful feature. RCC controls and USB pairing is also a limitation of various vendors for devices like the CX700 or Aastra 6725ip.

Topic Last Modified: 2018-01-23

The following tables compare the features and capabilities of Lync 2013 clients in the following categories:

  • Enhanced Presence Support

  • Contacts and Contact Groups Support

  • IM Support

  • Conferencing Support

  • Telephony Support

  • External Users Support

  • Archiving, Compliance, and Logging Support

  • modern auth

These tables indicate the features that are available to Lync users in an on-premises deployment of Lync Server 2013. The same features are also available to Skype for Business Online and Microsoft 365 or Office 365 users unless otherwise indicated.

Important

See Mobile client comparison tables for Lync Server 2013 for details about feature availability in Lync 2013 mobile clients.

Note

  • For details about Skype for Business Online subscription plans, see the Skype for Business Online Service Description at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=282430.

  • Lync Server 2013 supports the following previously released clients: Lync 2010, Lync 2010 Mobile, Lync Phone Edition, and Lync 2010 Attendant. For information about these clients, see the Lync 2010 version of the Client Comparison Tables at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=213798.

  • The Lync 2013 client supports audio and video in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment. For details about Lync 2013 capabilities in a VDI environment, see Supported virtualization technologies and known limitations in Lync Server 2013.

Enhanced Presence Support

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync 2013 BasicLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

View status

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Publish status

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View status notes and Out of Office messages

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Add a custom location

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Add a custom note

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Use a photo from any public site for My Picture

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Contacts and Contact Groups Support

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync 2013 BasicLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

View and Modify Contacts list

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●1

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Tag contacts for status change alerts

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Control privacy relationships

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●1

Search the corporate address book

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●1

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Search Microsoft Outlook contacts

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●1

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Manage contact groups

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●1

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Expand distribution groups and Microsoft 365 Groups

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Search for Response Groups

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●1

Display recent contacts group

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Display current conversations group

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●1

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Display alternate contact views (for example, tile)

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Sort contacts by Group, Relationship, or New (people who’ve added you to their Contacts list)

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Sort by group

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●1

Sort contacts by Status (availability)

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Search and add Exchange contacts

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1 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, Lync 2010 Attendant is not supported.

2 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, this feature is not available.

IM Support

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync 2013 BasicLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

Initiate IM or email to a contact

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Navigate among multiple IM conversations/Track multiple conversations in a single tabbed window

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●1

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Log IM conversations in Outlook

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●1

Saved in Communicator for Mac

Saved in Lync for Mac

Use prepared conversation templates

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●1

Check spelling

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Skill search (with SharePoint Server integration)

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Persistent Chat (Group Chat) integration

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Escalate a Persistent Chat room to a Lync Meeting with one click

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Inline pictures of sender and receiver in IM window

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Send ink messages

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Receive ink messages

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Set IM messages as high importance

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1 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, Lync 2010 Attendant is not supported.

2 On-premises Lync Server 2013 and on-premises SharePoint 2013 is required for skill search.

3 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, Persistent Chat is not available.

Conferencing Support

Note

  • Lync meeting features are not available in Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1.

  • In Lync-to-Lync sessions, a Skype for Business Online Plan 1 user can participate in desktop sharing and application sharing if they are invited by a user who has access to sharing features.

  • For details, see the Skype for Business Online Service Description at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=282430.

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync 2013 BasicLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

Add computer audio

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(requires plug-in)

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Add video

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(requires plug-in)

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View multiparty video (gallery view)

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Use in-meeting presenter controls

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Access detailed meeting roster

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Participate in multiparty IM

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Share the desktop (if enabled)

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(requires plug-in)

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Share a program (if enabled)

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View only

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(requires plug-in)

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View only

Add anonymous participants (if enabled)

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Use dial-in audio meetings

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Initiate a Meet Now meeting

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Add and present Microsoft PowerPoint files

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Present only

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View only, annotations not available4

Navigate Microsoft PowerPoint files

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Add and edit OneNote meeting notes

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Edit only (not add)

Use a whiteboard

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Conduct polls

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Upload files to share with others

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Schedule a meeting or conference

Outlook or Lync Web Scheduler

Requires Mac Outlook version 15.28 or later

Outlook or Lync Web Scheduler

Outlook or Lync Web Scheduler

Outlook or Lync Web Scheduler

Lync Web Scheduler

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Outlook

Q&A Manager

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Create public meetings with static meeting IDs from Outlook

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Disable meeting IM

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Mute Audience

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Make everyone an attendee

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Delegate can schedule a meeting on behalf of delegator

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Synchronize delegates between UNRESOLVED_TOKEN_VAL(skypeforbusiness) and Outlook

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Set Video Spotlight (lock video)

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Give/Take control of screen sharing

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1 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, Lync 2010 Attendant is not supported.

2 Participants cannot control desktops that are shared by Skype for Business on Mac, Lync for Mac 2011, or Communicator for Mac 2011 users. Mac users can control desktops shared by Windows users.

3 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, this feature requires an audio conferencing provider.

4 The Lync for Mac 2011 client cannot view Microsoft Office 2013 PowerPoint presentations when they have been shared in a conference by the Lync Web App 2013 client.

Voice (Telephony) Support

Note

Lync Voice features are limited to certain Skype for Business Online subscription plans. For details, see the “Lync Voice Features” topic in the Skype for Business Online Service Description at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=282430.

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync 2013 BasicLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

Initiate a call

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Click to call a contact

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Transfer a call

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Manage call forwarding

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Manage team call settings

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Manage delegates

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Initiate a call to a Response Group

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Support emergency services (E911)

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Requires Lync Server 2013 CU8 HF1 or later

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IM notification to SIP URI(s) for E-911 call

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IM notification to distribution list for E-911 call

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Connect to voice mail, set up or change greeting

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Missed call notification

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Make calls on behalf of another contact (manager/delegate scenario)

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Handle another's calls if configured as a delegate

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Manage a high volume of calls

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Call park

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Group call pickup

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1 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, Lync 2010 Attendant is not supported.

2 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, this feature is available for PC to PC calls only.

3 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, this feature is not available.

External Users Support

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

Initiate IM with a public contact

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Initiate IM with a federated contact

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Conduct two-party or multiparty calls with external users

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1 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, Lync 2010 Attendant is not supported.

2 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, this feature is not available.

Recording

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync 2013 BasicLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

Client-side recording of audio, video, application sharing, desktop sharing, and uploaded content

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Client-side recording of file transfers, shared OneNote pages, and PowerPoint annotations

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Select preferred recording resolution

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1 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, recording is unavailable in certain Skype for Business Online standalone plans. Recording requires full Lync 2013 client rights. For details, see the Skype for Business Online Service Description at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=282430.

2 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, recording of file transfers, shared OneNote pages, and PowerPoint annotations is unavailable.

Lync

Archiving, Compliance, and Logging Support

Feature/capabilitySkype for Business 2015 and 2016 clientSkype for Business on MacLync 2013Lync Windows Store appLync 2013 BasicLync Web AppLync 2010Lync 2010 AttendantLync Phone EditionCommunicator for Mac 2011Lync for Mac 2011

Archiving of IM conversations in Outlook Conversation History

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Saved in Communicator for Mac

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Client-side archiving of audio, video, application sharing, desktop sharing, and uploaded content

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Client-side archiving of file transfers, shared OneNote pages, and PowerPoint annotations

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Access sign-in logs from Lync icon in the task bar

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1 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, Lync 2010 Attendant is not supported.

2 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, this feature requires Exchange Online and is controlled by the user’s Exchange mailbox In-Place Hold attribute.

3 For Skype for Business Online, Microsoft 365, or Office 365 users, archiving of file transfers, shared OneNote pages, and PowerPoint annotations is unavailable.

Client limitations

Basic client limitations

The features below are available using the Full client and are not available with the Basic client:

Client lync for mac os

  • Manage team call settings

  • Manage delegates

  • Make calls on behalf of another contact (manager/delegate scenario)

  • Handle another's calls if configured as a delegate

  • Manage a high volume of calls

  • Initiate a call to a Response Group

  • Call park

  • Group call pickup

Online or Hybrid user account limitations

User accounts can exist either Online or On-premises, and that will affect the features available to that user. Users with accounts on Skype for Business Online will not have access to the following features, even with the Full client:

  • Enhanced Presence: Use a photo from any public site for My Picture

  • Contacts: Search for Response Groups

  • IM Support: Persistent Chat (Group Chat) integration

  • IM Support: Escalate a Persistent Chat room to a Meeting with one click

  • External Users: Conduct two-party or multiparty calls with external users

There’s a new SfB Mac client update, released 2nd of August but marked as the July 2017 update on the what’s new for SfB site,Microsoft are releasing new updates at a great pace for the Mac client.

Here’s a quick summary of the update

Client Lync For Mac

Lots of new features and improvement here so definitely worth upgrading, Looks like the Mac client on Lync Server 2013 are getting a number of new features including delegates, contact management and Peer to Peer sharing with SfB client and improvement but make sure you have the latest Cumulative update installed as always. Touch bar and meetings can new improvements as well.

Always two new known issues with Unified Contact Store and also ADFS 3.0 so check this out below.

Manual Install Download link

Version Number – 16.9.0.37

Updating

You can AutoUpdate or the Manual download link above.

System Requirements for your Mac

Mac OS
Skype for Business Server 2015 or Lync Server 2013
OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) or OSX 10.12 (Sierra)
Outlook Mac build 15.27 (161010) required for Outlook integration

What’s New

Support for multiple emergency numbers
Skype for Business on Mac now supports multiple emergency numbers when configured by your admin.
Delegates can schedule meetings on behalf of delegators
Outlook for Mac will now allow a delegate to schedule an online meeting on behalf of a delegator. This new feature has a limitation that the online meeting is created using meeting ID and policies of the delegate, not the delegator. This limitation will be removed in future versions of Skype for Business on Mac and Outlook for Mac.
NOTE: You must install the Outlook update version 15.36.170702 or later to enable this feature.
Delegator and delegate features for Lync Server 2013

Delegator and delegate feature are enabled for Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update 9: July 2017.

  • Users can now add delegates to 'My Delegates' group in contact group and set call routing preferences to delegates.

  • Delegates can see who has made them a delegate.

  • Delegates can make calls on behalf of a delegator.

Contact management for Lync Server 2013
The ability to add and remove contacts and create and delete contact groups is enabled for Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update 9: July 2017.
Peer-to-Peer desktop sharing with Skype for Business 2016 users for Lync Server 2013
Peer-to-peer desktop sharing between Skype for Business on Mac and Skype for Business 2016 on Windows is enabled for Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update 9: July 2017.
Improvements

  • Increased the touch bar buttons size and spacing when in a meeting.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented all dial-in numbers from being displayed when scheduling an online meeting in Outlook.

  • Fixed an issue where hanging up from a meeting while sharing a PowerPoint presentation ended the presentation for everyone in the meeting.

  • Fixed an issue where the user could be automatically signed in even when Keep me signed in is unchecked.

  • Fixed accessibility issues with keyboard navigation in the Calls and Meetings tabs.

  • Fixed an issue where a user could not see screen sharing if two users tried to start sharing at the same time.

  • Fixed an issue where some check boxes were not displayed correctly in right-to-left languages.

  • Fixed an issue where an error message was not displayed when the Exchange password was needed.

  • Fixed a crash issue when the user maximizes, unmaximizes, and then moves the window while viewing screen sharing in a meeting

Known Issues

Latest issues added

Contact Management, including Delegate Management, is not supported on Lync Server 2013 if Unified Contact Store is enabledUsers on Lync Server 2013 cannot modify their contacts list in Skype for Business if a user account is enabled by the Skype for Business administrator for the Unified Contact Store for Exchange. Users can make changes to their contacts list in Outlook.

Skype for Business on Mac fails to sign-in

(Skype for Business Server Online, Exchange Server Online, Identity managed on-premises with ADFS 3.0 and WIA authentication enabled for wiasupporteduseragents-Mozilla/5.0)

Workaround:

  1. Remove “Mozilla/5.0” from the WIASupportedUserAgents parameter in AdfsProperties. Essentially, you will need to:

    1. Run Get-AdfsProperties | select wiasupporteduseragents and get the output.

    2. Then remove _only_ “Mozilla/5.0” from the output.

    3. Then run Set-AdfsProperties -WIASupportedUserAgents with the output from step b.

  2. Revert back to using Lync for Mac 2011.

NOTE: Skype for Business on Mac gets represented by the underlying ADAL library as user agent Mozilla/5.0 (no option to set it from the app), and Windows Integrated Authentication is generally used only for Windows clients and therefore not supported by ADAL library on Mac.

SfB Online / Lync Server / SfB Server Requirements

For best experience SfB Online is recommended for full feature set but for on premises deployments its the following

  • Skype for Business Server 2015 customers should at a minimum download and install the Skype for Business Server 2015 Cumulative Update version 9319.272 or higher. CU5 is the latest CU for SfB Server 9319.281.
  • Lync Server 2013 customers should consider upgrading their installation to Skype for Business Server 2015, or downloading the latest Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Update version 8308.974 or higher.
  • Lync Server 2010 is not supported – instead we recommend customers continue to use the Lync for Mac 2011 client.

Client Functionality and Client Comparison

Also worth checking out the Client comparison tables for Skype for Business Server 2015 with the new update so you know differences between windows and Mac clients.

Client lync for mac windows 7

Interesting it now notes separate client comparison for Skype for Business Server 2015 and Lync Server 2013

SfB Server list – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn933896.aspx

Lync For Mac 2011

Lync Server 2013 list – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425836(v=ocs.15).aspx

References

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