Lync For Mac 2016
Posted : admin On 11/13/2019Howdy,
Lync for mac 2016 Turn on logging for troubleshooting in Lync for Mac. To do this, follow these steps: On the Lync menu, click Preferences, and then click General. Under Logging, click to select the Turn on logging for troubleshooting check box. Exit Lync for Mac. Microsoft Lync is the new rich client for Lync users on the Mac platform and offers integrated functionality for instant messaging, presence, conferencing and voice. Lync for Mac is designed to work with both Lync Server 2010 and Lync Online to help you. Good news, the Skype for Business Mac client is now generally available! It’s been a long time waiting, but Microsoft has hit their October 2016 deadline. Version: 16.0.0.3638. File Name: SkypeForBusinessInstaller-16.0.0.3638.pkg. Date Published:. File Size: 35.9 MB.
Although it is out there since couple of hours, As a MS employee had to wait for the official announcement first to publish this.
Latest version of internet explorer. Microsoft just announced the release of the new Skype for Business on Mac making it generally available, with a clean layout yet modern look and feel, new client will provide first class experience to all the Mac users.
Microsoft Lync For Mac
Office 365 customers do not have to turn on the Mobile policy to allow this client to run, you can enable the Mac usage policy without enabling the Mobile policy which I find very important, this is also coming soon to on premise infrastructures.
Download the client here (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54108)
Consideration
Licenses
Customers need to have the proper licenses to be able to use the new client, following licenses are required:
- Customers with Office for Mac license that include commercial use right.
- Following licenses that include office for Mac & Commercial use:
- Office 365 ProPlus
- Office 365 E3 or E5
- Office 365 Business or Business Premium
- Office Home and Business for Mac
- Office Standard for Mac
Supportability
There is a great article that answers most of the open questions surrounding the client that you can read here (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/FAQ-Skype-for-Business-on-Mac-878fff6e-fc22-4917-870a-584478cb55ef?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1)
Here are some:
- Skype4b on Mac required El Capitan or newer to run.
- Support integration with Outlook and one-click start feature
- Supporting Skype for Business and Lync 2013 infrastructure as well as Skype4b Online, not supported with Lync 2010 infrastructure
- No supportability for Persistent chat, no plan to extend this feature outside of the windows client.
- Not supported to run it side by side next to Lync for Mac 2011, Make sure to uninstall the old one as this will not be done automatically
Training
Customers can find videos on how to run and use Skype4b on Mac in Skype operation Framework also there is available article starting here
Communicator For Mac
Enjoy 🙂
-->Read this topic to learn about hardware, software, and infrastructure requirements for running Skype for Business on a Mac.
The Skype for Business on Mac Client is available for download.
Hardware and software requirements for Skype for Business on Mac
The Skype for Business on Mac client requires Mac OS X El Capitan and higher, and uses at least 100MB of disk space. We support the use of all built-in audio and video devices. External devices must be in the Skype for Business Solutions Catalog.
Note
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This list is preliminary and some devices may be qualified for Lync, but not supported on Skype for Business on the Mac.Refer to the System requirements for the minimum hardware required.
Legacy Mac clients
Skype for Business Server 2015 also supports the following legacy clients on computers that are running Mac OS 10.5.8 or latest service pack or release (Intel-based) operating systems (Mac OS 10.9 operating system is not currently supported). For details about supported features, see Desktop client feature comparison for Skype for Business.
Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011 (see Lync for Mac 2011 Deployment Guide)
Microsoft Communicator for Mac 2011 (see Communicator for Mac 2011 Deployment Guide)
These clients are not supported by Skype for Business Server 2019.
Infrastructure requirements for Skype for Business on Mac
The Skype for Business on Mac client leverages both the Unified Communications Management Platform (UCMP) as well as the Unified Communications Web API (UCWA) that our mobility clients use.
The client has the same requirements as our mobility clients in that you must have an Access Edge Server and Reverse Proxy deployed in a supported configuration.
Authentication
The Skype for Business on Mac client supports Cert-based authentication, Microsoft Modern Authentication, and Multi-Factor Authentication when deployed and enabled.
Note
Due to a current limitation, the user's Exchange credentials must be the same as their Skype for Business credentials.
Certificates
Certificates in use on the Access Edge, Reverse Proxy and Front End servers must not use the SHA-512 hash algorithm.
The HTTP Certificate Revocation List must be defined and accessible by the client. For example, we don't support an LDAP entry in the certificate as your Certificate Revocation List.
DNS
Mobility must be properly deployed for the Skype for Business on the Mac client to function properly. A common failure scenario is to have both of the following DNS entries resolvable on the internal network:
lyncdiscoverinternal.<sipdomain>
lyncdiscover.<sipdomain>
For more information, refer to: Deploying Mobility in Lync Server 2013, and the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Mobility Guide.