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2. Everything you need to know about Skype for Business Server
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BRK3229
Everything you need to know about Skype for Business Server
Vibhor Agarwal
Principal Program Manager
Skype for Business
Rahul Gupta
Principal Program Manager
Skype for Business
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3. Office 2019 Servers Exchange Server 2019 SharePoint Server 2019
Preview end of July 2018 | Release Q4 2018*
Exchange Server
2019
SharePoint Server
2019
Skype for Business Server 2019
* All timing is subject to change

4. Skype for Business Server 2019
Continuing commitment to on-premises and hybrid customer needs
Improvements
Refreshed Mainstream Support
Quality, Perf and Security improvements
TLS 1.2 support [also in 2015 CU7]
SFB-Mac and LBR [also in 2015 CU7]
Features
IT Pro and Voice Centric release
Cloud Connected Analytics and Voice Apps
Improved Teams Migration
2019+ CUs
Continuous Feature Value through CUs*

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SFB Features
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6. SFB 2019 Features Cloud Voice Mail Cloud Org Auto Attendant
Cloud Call Data Connector
Streamlined Teams Migration

7. Cloud Voice Mail
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EX Online
Flow
SFB sends call to Cloud VM
Cloud VM saves voic to user’s mailbox
Voic can be accessed from mailbox
SFB 2019 will work with Exchange UM for older Exchange versions (Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016)
Tenants need hybrid config with users syncing to AAD
Cloud VM 2
Mailbox 2 1
EX 2019 On-prem
SFB
2019
Mailbox 1
EX 2013/2016 On-prem
EXUM VM 2
Mailbox
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8. Cloud Org Auto Attendant
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Flow
SFB sends call to Cloud Org AA app
AA finds appropriate user.
Call routed to appropriate user via SfB
SFB 2019 will work with Exchange UM for older Exchange versions (Exchange 2013, Exchange 2016)
Support for on-prem number assignment – later this year.
Tenants need hybrid config with users syncing to AAD
Org AA 3 4 2
EX 2013/2016 On-prem
SFB
2019 2
EXUM AA 1 3
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9. Cloud Call Data Connector
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Call Analytics now integrated into the Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Admin Center.
One stop shop for viewing call quality data for SFB server and Teams online data.
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10. Demo Cloud Voicemail & Call Data Connector Move SFB user to Teams
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11. Cloud Voicemail & Call Data Connector
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Pre-requisite:
Setup hybrid config with users syncing to AAD
Assign hosted voic policy to user
Set-CsHostedVoic Policy
Enable Call Data Connector
Set-CsCloudCallDataConnector
Scenario 1:
Enable the Hosted Voic policy for a user
Call the user and deposit voic in his mailbox
See the transcription of the message in the user mailbox
Scenario 2:
Monitor the call details in call analytics dashboard
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12. Streamlined Migration to Teams
1-step experience to move SFB On-premises to Teams
Tenants need hybrid configuration with users syncing to AAD
Also available in 2015 CU8
Set Policy to “Notify” user to move to Teams
Move SfB users to Teams
Set Policy to “Move” user to Teams
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13. Streamlined Teams Migration
Pre-requisite:
Setup hybrid config with users syncing to AAD
Scenario:
Move user from SfB 2019 server to Teams using SfB Control Panel
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14. SfB 2019 – Hardware, Performance & Migration
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SfB 2019 – Hardware, Performance & Migration
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15. Hardware Recommendations
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SfB 2019 Server Role
CPU 
Memory 
Hard Disk 
SfB Standard Edition 
Intel Xeon E v3 dual processor, 2.4GHz or higher, 6-core 
32 GB 
8 or more RPM hard disk drives with at least 72 GB free disk space OR similar performant Solid state drives (SSDs)
Edge, Mediation & Director
16 GB 
4 or more RPM hard disk drives with at least 72 GB free disk space OR similar performant Solid state drives (SSDs)
Front End and Back End
64 GB 
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16. Performance & Capacity
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SfB 2015
SfB 2019
Active Users per FE1
6,666
Active Registered Endpoints per FE
12,000
Max # of FEs per user pool 12 16
Max Active Users per user pool
80,000
106,000
Concurrent Connections per edge server
18000
Concurrent Connections per director server
Max Concurrent Calls per standalone mediation server2
1500
2000
Max user pool capacity increased from 80k active users to 106k
Number of FEs in a pool increased from 12 to 16
Perf Improvement (compared to SfB ):
CPU usage decreased by ~40% under the same load and user model
Assuming FEs are running SQL Express Edition.
2. Assuming hyper-threading is enabled on mediation server.
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17. Feature Changes from SfB 2015
Persistent Chat
XMPP Gateway
Survivabile Branch Appliance (SBA)
SQL Mirroring
In-Place Upgrade
SFB 2019 can interop with SFB 2015 Pchat role.
Not supported in SFB 2019.
Exploring partner solutions.
SFB 2019 can interop with SBA 2015.
SQL Always On is supported
Not supported. Recommended to do side by side upgrades.

18. Migration Paths
Supported paths from Lync Server 2013 and Skype for Business Server 2015
Supported Versions
Windows Server 2016/ 2019
SQL Server 2016
Lync Server 2013
SfB Server 2015
Supported Clients
SfB 2019 Windows desktop
SfB 2016 Windows desktop
SfB on Mac
SfB iOS, Android
Web meetings app for Windows & Mac
SfB Server 2019
SfB Server 2019

19. SfB – Future Plans 11/9/2018 10:03 AM
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20. SfB Server 2019 CUs
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Planned features*
SEFAUtil –
PowerShell based
HTML5 based Modern Control Panel
Meetings in Cloud
(Big Switch)
HA/DR: RGS included in backup
Cloud Call Queues
*Guidance is directional and not a promise of new features
Feature value for 2019 will be delivered through CUs
Continued investment in both on-prem and hybrid features
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21. Demo – SEFAUtil as PS cmdlet
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Demo – SEFAUtil as PS cmdlet
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22. Demo – HTML5 based control panel
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Demo – HTML5 based control panel
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23. Sessions You Can’t Miss!
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Sessions You Can’t Miss!
Session Code
Topic
Presenters
Schedule
BRK3124
How Skype for Business on-premises customers can take advantage of Microsoft Teams meetings
Francois Doremieux &
Heidi Gloudemans
Friday- 28th Sep
11:30-12:15 pm
BRK3142
Planning a seamless migration from Skype for Business to Teams for IT Admins
BJ Whalen & Francois Doremieux
Wednesday-26th Sep
2:15-3:30 pm
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