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Supported Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) for Skype for Business

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Since the Skype for Business server 2015 public release, one of the concerns that came up when upgrading existing Lync Server platforms to Skype for Business, is the support for SBAs. Microsoft issued a statement mentioning that the existing SBAs that are running with Lync server 2013 image, will be supported for Skype for Business till the hardware vendors come up with the Skype for Business image on their appliances.

Now, Sonus has announced that their newer software version V 5.0 for SBC 1000\2000 that supports Skype for Business Server, will be released on 28th of July 2015.

Audiocodes however, stated that their E-SBC (Enterprise SBC) appliance will fully support Skype for Business server 2015 since 07th of July 2015.

What’s new with Sonus Version 5.0 

Key Features in Release 5.0 in support of Skype for Business deployments include:

  • Presence: The new presence feature provides Skype for Business users with presence reporting when engaged in calls from non-Skype for Business endpoints.
  • Provisioning templates: The updated provisioning templates significantly reduce the complexity of configuring Skype for Business interworking. This feature is designed to enable an enterprise to deploy its Skype for Business application with greater speed-to-market, saving time and money.
  • Survivable Branch Appliance Support: Delivering continued market leading support for Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) functions, this feature ensures that real-time communications are delivered even if the wide area network (WAN) goes down.

For more information about this software release, please visit;

http://www.sonus.net/en/resources/press-releases/sonus-sbc-1000-and-sbc-2000-update-generally-available.

Audiocodes Enterprise Session Border Controller (E-SBC)

Based on the statement that released on 07th of July, their E-SBC appliance is supported for the Skype for business Server. However, it’s not clear that the SBA image that been used within the SBA, is for Skype for Business Server or just the Lync Server 2013.

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For more information about the Audiocodes E-SBC product range, Please visit;

http://www.audiocodes.com/filehandler.ashx?fileid=2211670.

So, if you have plans to upgrade existing Lync server platforms to Skype for Business Server, now you have the SBA component addressed by above product range. Plan the upgrade schedule with keep the software release days in mind.