Note: If you are getting below prompt to restart the server, don’t worry just reboot the server and run the setup wizard once server comes up. Run Setup.exe on Standard Edition server from Skype for Business Server 2015 media and follow the steps. Go to the services.msc and make sure all services are stopped, any Lync service should not be in paused or running state.ġ7. Now, you can observe Lync Server 2013 SE has been moved under Skype for Business Server 2015.ġ5. Go to the Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition and right click to select “Upgrade to Skype for Business Server 2015…”ġ2. Open topology builder and download topology from existing deployment.ġ0. Go to any one of the domain joined Windows server in your environemnt and run Skype for Business Server 2015 intial setup to install Skype for Business Server 2015, Topology Builder and Management Shell.ĩ. Check the Standard Edition pool status for upgrade readiness state.Ĩ. Reboot the servers after SP1 installation.ħ. (Download and install SQL Server 2012 SP1) Update SQL Server 2012 archiving & monitoring database server.

(Download and install SQL Server 2012 SP1)Ħ. Update SQL Server Express Edition on Lync Standard Edition Server. Stop Lync Services on Standard Edition Serverĥ. (Make sure update process completes successfully without any error and all given steps are covered)Ĥ. Update Lync Server 2013 with minimum CU5 (Feb 2015)įollow below KB article to download and install updates step by step. Must update your operating system with latest updates.ģ. In this post, I am using offline-mode as I have one Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition pool.ġ. To know more about in-place upgrade paths, read Planning for In-Place upgrade with Skype for Business In-place upgrade is available in two mode:

In my setup, I have one Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition with Mediation server collocated and one SQL server for Archiving and Monitoring databases. In this post, I will cover step by step in-place upgrade for SfB standard edition. Microsoft didn’t make any changes in hardware profile for Skype for Business Server 2015, therefore customer can adopt SfB easily to get the latest enhancements. Skype for Business Server 2015 provide In-Place upgrade option which can be relevant for Lync Server 2013 customers.

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