List and Check Lync Server Components Version?
There are many ways by which we can check Lync server versions. We will take all the ways one by one. Before going ahead, some of the points regarding Lync server versions and update:
After running Lync Server Update package, not all components will be updated to the latest version – this is a normal behaviour, however you can use Lync Server Core Component as reference.
here is a list of all cumulative updates released for Lync or S4B:
Lync server 2013 versions
Version
|
Cumulative Update
|
KB Article
|
5.0.8308.949
|
April 2016
| |
5.0.8308.945
|
January 2016
| |
5.0.8308.941
|
December 2015
| |
5.0.8308.933
|
September 2015
| |
5.0.8308.920
|
July 2015
| |
5.0.8308.887
|
May 2015
| |
5.0.8308.872
|
February 2015
| |
5.0.8308.866
|
December 2014
|
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3018161
|
5.0.8308.857
|
December 2014
| |
5.0.8308.834
|
November 2014
| |
5.0.8308.831
|
October 2014
| |
5.0.8308.815
|
September 2014
| |
5.0.8308.738
|
August 2014
| |
5.0.8308.577
|
January 2014
| |
5.0.8308.556
|
October 2013
| |
5.0.8308.420
|
July 2013
| |
5.0.8308.291
|
February 2013
| |
5.0.8308.0
|
RTM
|
NA
|
Skype for Business server 2015 versions
Version
|
Cumulative Update
|
KB Article
|
6.0.9319.235
|
March 2016
|
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3061064
|
6.0.9319.102
|
Nov 2015
|
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3097708
|
6.0.9319.88
|
Sept 2015
|
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3098601
|
6.0.9319.55
|
Sept 2015
|
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3090687
|
6.0.9319.45
|
June 2015
|
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3061059
|
6.0.9319.0
|
RTM
|
NA
|
Below are the various ways to check Lync server component versions:
1. Lync Mgmt Shell – Get-CsServerVersion
This command will only provide you base version of Lync or Skype for business without cumulative update version or number. This command has to be run locally on each server. Run below command in Lync management shell
Command: - “Get-CsServerVersion”
As you can see in above results, only base version of Lync has been shown i.e. RTM version of Lync.
2. PowerShell Cmdlet – Get-WMIObject
This method uses WMI classes to fetch the Lync server component versions by using WMI query to different Lync components. This command will give versions of all components of Lync that are installed on server. Run below command in PowerShell
Command: “Get-WmiObject –query ‘select * from win32_product’ | where {$_.name –like “Microsoft Lync Server*”} | ft Name, Version –AutoSize”
As you see in results above, all the Lync components versions are listed and as to check Lync server version, you need take in account version of core components highlighted above.
3. PowerShell Cmdlet – Get-ItemProperty
This command uses method to query Windows registry in order to get all installed software and then adapt necessary information related to Lync only.
Run below command in PowerShell
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | ?{$_.DisplayName -like “*Lync Server*”} | Sort-Object DisplayName | Select DisplayName, DisplayVersion, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize
There is one more column which provides information regarding Install date.
We prefer this command over “Get-WMIObject” because of lesser execution time. Execution time for Get-WMIObject is 32 seconds and for Get-ItemProperty is 0.40 seconds.
4 Using Lync Update installer
This utility is used while updating Lync servers and you can also use it to show version of currently installed components of Lync.
For current version, you can refer any version of this tool ,however to check if the this is latest version, always download the latest utility from https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/kb/2809243
5 Windows- Program and features
You can also check current version of Lync server components by visiting “Programs and fetures” in control panel.
Search Software name starting from Microsoft Lync…
Conclusion
I hope this document helps you in finding what version of Lync components are installed in your environment.
Please comment if you think there is some mistakes or need correction. You can also ask questions in comment section.
Thank you for reading,
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