Lync 2013 February Updates and Downloads

Update (2/27/2013): Added Server CU1 and other tools released!

A few Lync 2013 related updates and downloads were made available this month.  I will update this post when the new server updates are available.

Server (8308.291) – Download – KB 2809243

• Core Components – KB 2781550
• Conferencing Server – KB 2781551
• Web Components Server – KB 2781564
• Standard or Enterprise Server – KB 2781547
• Web Conferencing Server – KB 2787570
• Mediation Server – KB 2796554
• UCMA 4.0 Runtime – KB 2781555
• Call Park Service – KB 2781549

Note: Use the cumulative LyncServerUpdateInstaller.exe to install the updates to make sure all needed updates are applied. Please also follow KB 2809243 to update the backend database.

Clients (15.0.4454.1506)

• Lync 2013 (32-bit) – Download – KB 2812461
• Lync 2013 (64-bit) – Download – KB 2812461
• Lync 2013 SDK (15.0.4454.1509) – Download

Other

• Lync Resource Kit Tools (8308.291) – Download
• Lync Planning Tool (8308.279) – Download
• Lync Connectivity Analyzer 32-bit (8308.289) - Download
• Lync Connectivity Analyzer 64-bit (8308.289) - Download
• Lync Capacity Calculator – Download
• Lync Debugging Tools (8308.291) – Download
• Stress and Performance Tool (8308.279) – Download
• Whiteboard Archiving Viewer (8308.291) – Download
• Persistent Chat SDK (8308.291) – Download
• Persistent Chat Resource Kit (8308.291) – Download
• Documentation Help File (CHM) – Download
• Visio Stencil – Download

Loads of Exchange Server Updates

I am quite behind on this one, but the Exchange Team has released quite a few Exchange updates for different versions.  Here are all the details:

Exchange 2010 SP3

Exchange 2010 SP3 has been released and will take your Exchange version up to 14.3.123.4

For a description of all the included fixes and features, see KB 2808208

Remember that this download can be used for a fresh install of Exchange Server 2010 and that you can go directly to this release without installing Update Rollups for your current version.

Reference the Exchange Team Blog for additional information.

Also released were the updated UM Language packs for SP3

 

Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 6 Available

An update for Exchange 2010 SP2 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 6 Download.

This will take you Exchange version up to 14.2.342.3

For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2746164

Reference the Exchange Team Blog for additional information.

 

Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 10 Available

An update for Exchange 2007 SP3 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 10 Download.

This will take you Exchange version up to 8.3.298.3

For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2788321

Reference the Exchange Team Blog for additional information.

Lync October 2012 Server and Client Updates Released

The Lync team has released server and client updates for October 2012. Here are all the details:

Server Updates (7577.205) – Download – KB 2493736

• Core Components (KB 2740403)
• Web Components Server (KB 2737902)
• Standard/Enterprise Edition Server (KB 2737915)
• UCMA API 3.0 Runtime (KB 2740406)
• Mobility Service (KB 2743736)

Note: Use the cumulative LyncServerUpdateInstaller.exe to install the updates to make sure all needed updates are applied.

Clients (7577.4356)

• Lync 2010 (32-bit) – Download – KB 2737155
• Lync 2010 (64-bit) – Download – KB 2737155

OCS 2007 R2 September 2012 Updates Released

Microsoft released a few updates for OCS 2007 R2 in September 2012.

Here are the components that were updated:

Group Chat (6907.265)

• Server – KB 2728998
• Admin Tool – KB 2728997
• Client – KB 2735021

XMPP Gateway (6907.263)

• KB 2742290

Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 4 Available

An update for Exchange 2010 SP2 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 4 Download.

This will take you Exchange version up to 14.2.318.2

For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2706690

For those of you running DAGs, please see the following article: Applying Updates to Exchange 2010 SP1 and SP2

If you are running third party products (like anti-virus, etc), it is important that you disable them before updating.

More information can be found on the Exchange Team Blog site.

Exchange 2010 SP1 Update Rollup 7 Available

An update for Exchange 2010 SP1 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2010 SP1 Update Rollup 7 Download.

This will take you Exchange version up to 14.1.421.0

For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2743248

For those of you running DAGs, please see the following article: Applying Updates to Exchange 2010 SP1 and SP2

If you are running third party products (like anti-virus, etc), it is important that you disable them before updating.

Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 8 Available

An update for Exchange 2007 SP3 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 8 Download

This brings the build number to: 8.3.279.3

• For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2734323

If you have a clustered environment, please see this article: Applying Exchange 2007 Update Rollups to Clustered Mailbox Servers

Remember to disable or remove all third party software during the upgrade (like antivirus, backup agents, disclaimers, etc.)

More information can be found on the Exchange Team Blog site.

OCS R2 July 2012 Updates Released

Microsoft has released a few updates for OCS 2007 R2 Group Chat Server.

Here are the components that were updated for this round of updates:

Group Chat (6907.258)

• Server – KB 2728998
• Admin Tool – KB 2728997
• Client – KB 2735021

Lync June 2012 Server and Client Updates Released (CU6)

The Lync team has released server and client updates for June 2012. Here are all the details:

Server Updates (7577.199) – Download – KB 2493736

• Core Components (KB 2701663)
• Conferencing Attendant (KB 2701659)
• Web Components Server (KB 2710559)
• Standard/Enterprise Edition Server (KB 2701585)
• Web Conferencing Server (KB 2708616)
• Mobility Service (KB 2708617)

Note: Use the cumulative LyncServerUpdateInstaller.exe to install the updates to make sure all needed updates are applied.

Clients (7577.4103)

• Lync 2010 (32-bit) – Download – KB 2701664
• Lync 2010 (64-bit) – Download – KB 2701664
• Attendant Console (7577.4098) – Download – KB 2496326

Phone Edition (7577.4100)

• Polycom CX500, CX600, CX3000 – Download – KB 2701671
• Polycom CX700, LG-Nortel 8540 – Download – KB 2724545
• Aastra 6721ip, 6725ip – Download – KB 2701667
• HP 4110, 4120 – Download – KB 2701670

Group Chat (7577.4102)

• Client – Download – KB 2701665
• Admin Tool (7577.4071) – Download – KB 2707265

Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 3 Available

An update for Exchange 2010 SP2 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 3 Download.

This will take you Exchange version up to 14.2.309.2

For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2685289

For those of you running DAGs, please see the following article: Applying Updates to Exchange 2010 SP1 and SP2

If you are running third party products (like anti-virus, etc), it is important that you disable them before updating.

More information can be found on the Exchange Team Blog site.

Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 2 Available

An update for Exchange 2010 SP2 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 2 Download.

This will take you Exchange version up to 14.2.298.4

For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2661854

For those of you running DAGs, please see the following article: Applying Updates to Exchange 2010 SP1 and SP2

If you are running third party products (like anti-virus, etc), it is important that you disable them before updating.

Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 7 Available

An update for Exchange 2007 SP3 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 7 Download

This brings the build number to: 8.3.264.0

• For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2655203

If you have a clustered environment, please see this article: Applying Exchange 2007 Update Rollups to Clustered Mailbox Servers

Remember to disable or remove all third party software during the upgrade (like antivirus, backup agents, disclaimers, etc.)

Lync March 2012 Server and Client Updates Released

This round of updates came quicker than normal.  The Lync team has released server and client updates for March 2012. Here are all the details of what was updated this round:

Server Updates (7577.197) – Download – KB 2493736

• Core Components (KB 2695369)
• Web Components Server (KB 2689848)
• Standard/Enterprise Edition Server (KB 2689846)
• Mobility Service (KB 2689850)

Note: Use the cumulative LyncServerUpdateInstaller.exe to install the updates to make sure all needed updates are applied.

Clients (7577.4087)

• Lync 2010 (32-bit) – Download – KB 2684739
• Lync 2010 (64-bit) – Download – KB 2684739

Lync February 2012 Server and Client Updates Released (CU5)

The Lync team has released server and client updates for February 2012. There are a lot of important updates in this CU, including video support for RCC, mobile fixes, and DFS support in Topology Builder. Here are all the details:

Server Updates (7577.190) – Download – KB 2493736

• Administrative Tools (KB 2670358)
• Core Components (KB 2670334)
• Conferencing Attendant (KB 2670540)
• Web Components Server (KB 2670534)
• Standard/Enterprise Edition Server (KB 2670352)
• UCMA 3.0 Runtime (KB 2670539)
• Mobility Service (KB 2675053)

Note: Use the cumulative LyncServerUpdateInstaller.exe to install the updates to make sure all needed updates are applied.

Clients (7577.4072)

• Lync 2010 (32-bit) – Download – KB 2670326
• Lync 2010 (64-bit) – Download – KB 2670326

Phone Edition (7577.4066)

• Polycom CX500, CX600, CX3000 – Download – KB 2672349
• Polycom CX700, LG-Nortel 8540 – Download – KB 2670373
• Aastra 6721ip, 6725ip – Download – KB 2672352
• HP 4110, 4120 – Download – KB 2672743

Group Chat

• Client (7577.4071) – Download – KB 2672325
• Admin Tool (7577.4071) – Download – KB 2672318
• Server (7577.4071) – Download – KB 2670342 

Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 1 Available

An update for Exchange 2010 SP2 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2010 SP2 Update Rollup 1 Download. This will take you Exchange version up to 14.2.283.3

For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2645995

For those of you running DAGs, please see the following article: Applying Updates to Exchange 2010 SP1 and SP2

If you are running third party products (like anti-virus, etc), it is important that you disable them before updating.

Lync January 2012 Client Updates Released

Just released, a minor update to the Lync client

Clients (7577.4061)

• Lync 2010 (32-bit) – Download – KB 2670498
• Lync 2010 (64-bit) – Download – KB 2670498

From the KB, looks like it only addresses one issue:

2670467 Large increases in load on the OrgID service because of recurring authentication requests from Lync 2010

Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 6 Available

An update for Exchange 2007 SP3 has just released and can be downloaded at: Exchange 2007 SP3 Update Rollup 6 Download

This brings the build number to: 8.3.245.2

• For a description of all the included fixes, see KB 2608656

If you have a clustered environment, please see this article: Applying Exchange 2007 Update Rollups to Clustered Mailbox Servers

If you are running Forefront, it is important to disable Forefront protection during the update:

• Before running patch: fscutility /disable
• After running patch: fscutility /enable

Also remember to disable or remove all third party software during the upgrade (like antivirus, backup agents, disclaimers, etc.)

OCS R2 January 2012 Updates Released

Microsoft has released a few updates for OCS 2007 R2.

Here are the components that were updated for this round of updates:

Server Updates (6907.244) - KB 968802

• UCMA 2.0 Core Redist – KB 2647091

Note: As always, the easiest way to make sure your server is up to date across all components is to use the Cumulative Server Update Installer (ServerUpdateInstaller.exe package)

Client Updates

• Communicator Client (6907.244) – KB 2647093

Group Chat (6907.244)

• Server – KB 2647090

Exchange 2010 SP2 Released!

After months of anticipation, SP2 has released and you can get it HERE!
This will bring the Exchange version to 14.2.247.5.  Here are some additional links:

• For a list of “What’s New” in SP2
• Please see the required Windows Server hotfixes and system prerequisites for installing SP2.
• Release Notes for SP2
• SP2 UM Language Packs

Also note that SP2 can be installed as a new installation. No need to install RTM or SP1 before installing SP2.

Mission: Update Beta OCS R1 Phone Edition to Lync Phone Edition

I recently received two “original” Tanjay (Polycom CX700) phones from a colleague asking me if I could get them upgraded to Lync.  These contained beta Phone Edition software on them: 1.0.199 (1.23)

Since this was pre-OCS R1, I really wasn’t interested in installing OCS R1 and configuring the awful WSS method to update devices.  I know for a fact, that you cannot directly upgrade these to Lync firmware, so all of my hopes were being able to perform the first couple of upgrades using an OCS R2 server.

I started searching the Internet for tips and came across a guide that addressed my exact need!  Rick Varvel wrote this very detailed guide that explained the process of getting the beta firmware to an OCS R2 firmware.  Once on an OCS R1/R2 firmware, I knew I could easily get it to Lync firmware since either version can be upgraded directly to Lync.

I won’t go into too much detail since the guide is very detailed itself.  You must follow this guide exactly!  I actually skipped a step that made my first couple of attempts fail.  My OCS R2 deployment was internal only so I thought I could get away with not setting the External URL settings for the Device Update service.  As the guide says, you must configure the ExternalUpdatesDownloadURL and ExternalUpdatesStoreURL to a non-NULL value.  Once I did this, the updates started flowing.

The high-level update process was as follows:

OCS R2 Update Service

• 1.0.199 (1.23) –> 1.0.522.101 (1.23)

Lync Server Update Service

• 1.0.522.101 (1.23) –> 4.0.7577.296 (1.23)

Now my newly updated CX700 shows the latest Lync firmware:

I know this post won’t help out too many people unless they find a dusty closet with a bunch of phones in it, but thought I would document the experience any way.