Hi,

We have succesfully deployed Office 365 Business Premium Version using ConfigMgr 2012 R2 with the click-to- run tool. But the Deployment does not contain Skype for Business. I found a blog post to use a different XML file, which desable's all the other products excepting SbB.

Can someone post the best practice to deploy SbF using the O365 version, a detection method for ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and the install paramaters for Skype for Business?

Thanks,
Al

Hi,

It seems you didn't add other Office products to the XML file, based on the description you mentioned, you used a different xml file to configure Skype for Business, then the previous installation of Office was modified based on the later XML file, there wasn't other Office products in the XML file, this is why other Office products are disabled.

Please try to add other Office products to the XML file including Skype for Business and check if then all products can be enabled.

If I misunderstood anything, please feel free to let me know. Also it is preferred to let me know which blog you referred to.

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Su

Hi,

Thank you for the answer. For example I can find a config file method in this blog post:

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/897888-how-deploy-skype-for-business

I got the same solution from another blog but cannot find it right now. I will try your solution and see if it works.

Thanks,

Al

Hi,

This is my config.XML:

<Configuration>

     <Add OfficeClientEdition="32"> 
  <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail">
            <Language ID="de-de" />
        </Product>
 </Add>   
 <Update Enabled="TRUE" />
  <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" />
     <Logging Name="OfficeSetup.txt" Path="%temp%" />
 </Configuration>

This file is not installing Skype for Buisiness.

I do not include the products I need. Should I add them to get Skype fB installed? And if yes, waht is the product code like for Skype fB, like it is for Access <ExcludeApp ID= "Access" />?

Thx,

Al

Hi,

I think you need to add (all of) them to get Skype for Business installed. As far as I know, "Lync" should still apply to Skype for Business.

For your reference:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219426.aspx

Regards,

Melon Chen
TechNet Community Su

Hi,

Thanks for responding on that. Probably this will work. I have now made to different applications in SCCM one for Office 365 Business Premium and one for Skype fB. For the detection method I used follwing registry keys:

Office:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\O365BusinessRetail - en-us
Value: DisplayVersion
String, Contains: 15.0.4727.1003

Skype:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\LyncRetail - en-us
Value: DisplayVersion
String, Contains: 15.0.4727.1003

To make sure the source is not downloaded twice for both applications, I used a install.bat in SCCM and created a single application:

%~dp0Setup.exe /configure local_EN.xml
%~dp0Setup.exe /configure SkypeForBusiness_EN.xml

This also allows me to deploy Skype fB separately.

Cheers,
Al

• Marked as answer by Alain Schneiter 1 hour 34 minutes ago