Thursday, November 22, 2018

Skype for Business Server 2019

  New features in Skype for Business Server 2019 include the following:
  Cloud Voicemail support enables all your Skype for Business 2019 users—whether they are homed on premises or online—to have access to Cloud Voicemail.

Cloud Call Data Connector greatly simplifies call monitoring in a hybrid environment by using online tools to monitor users call quality.

Streamlined Teams Migration allows administrators to easily move on-premises to Teams with a simple Admin experience.

TLS 1.2 support now enabled for improved security.

Added support for Windows Server 2019 and continued support for Windows Server 2016.

Features deprecated in Skype for Business Server 2019


The following features and functionality have been deprecated in Skype for Business Server 2019.

XMPP Gateways for Skype for Business Server

Skype for Business Server 2015 and its predecessors allowed you to configure an Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) proxy on the Edge Server and an XMPP Gateway on the Front End Server or Front End pool. This functionality is no longer available in Skype for Business Server 2019.

Persistent Chat for Skype for Business Server

Persistent Chat Server is an optional role that lets multiple users in your organization participate in chat room conversations that persist over time. Persistent chat can't be deployed with Skype for Business Server 2019. This server role is removed from Topology Builder, as well as from the code.

SQL Mirroring for Skype for Business Server

SQL Mirroring can't be deployed with Skype for Business Server 2019. Other options for providing High Availability and Disaster Recovery are still supported and you should choose from among them.

In-place upgrades

In-place upgrades were available in Skype for Business Server 2015 but are no longer supported in Skype for Business Server 2019. Side by side upgrade and coexistance is supported, see Migration to Skype for BusinessServer 2019 for more information.

Mobility Service (Mcx)

Mobility Service support used by legacy mobile clients is no longer available in Skype for Business Server 2019. This was previously announced in Skype for Business Server 2015.
All current Skype for Business mobile clients already use Unified Communications Web API (UCWA) to support instant messaging (IM), presence, and contacts. Users with legacy clients using Mcx will need to upgrade to a current client.

Tools

The following tools will not be available for use at the initial release of Skype for Business Server 2019:
·        Skype for Business Server Capacity Planning Calculator
·        Skype for Business Server Debugging Tools
·        Skype for Business Server Resource Kit Tools (some tools will be removed)
o   Call Parkometer
o   Lookup user console
o   Unassigned number Announcement Migration
The following tools are not supported with Skype for Business Server 2019:
·        Call Quality Methodology (but not Call Quality Dashboard)
·        Microsoft Call Quality Methodology Scorecard, v1.5
·        Skype for Business Server 2015 Planning Tool
·        Skype for Business Server 2015 Stress and Performance Tool

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