Update policy

The Voice of O365 follows the Microsoft Lifecyle Update policy. 

Current version: Skype for Business 2015 Enterprise July 2019 CU10

Latest version



Compatability matrix

Portal updates

  • Critical
    Crittical updates to the portal environment (immediate security fixes) will be rolled out immediately to the production environment.

  • Non-critical updates
    Non-critical updates, including new features and non-critical bug fixes, are rolled out first to a development environment. This environment is tested with preferred customers before rolling out to public.

Skype for Business updates

  • Critical
    Critical updates to the platform will be done in the same evening to ensure the stability of the platform. These critical updates exclude feature updates. Critical fixes include hotfixes supplied by Microsoft.

  • Non-critical updates
    Non-critical platform updates include feature updates and Skype for Business CU updates will be done in a cycle of release+1 month to ensure platform stability.



Version

Cumulative Update

KB Article

Version

Cumulative Update

KB Article

6.0.9319.559

July 2019 (current) / CU10

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4505401

6.0.9319.548

May 2019 / CU9

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4487979

6.0.9319.537 

January 2019 / CU8

https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4464355

6.0.9319.534

July/August 2018 / CU7

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/3061064/updates-for-skype-for-business-server-2015

6.0.9319.516

March 2018 / CU6HF2

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3061064/updates-for-skype-for-business-server-2015

6.0.9319.510

December 2017 / CU6

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3061064

6.0.9319.281

May 2017 / CU5

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/4012621

6.0.9319.277

February 2017 / CU4HF1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3207506

6.0.9319.272

November 2016 / CU4

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3199093

6.0.9319.259

June 2016 / CU3

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3149227

6.0.9319.235

March 2016 / CU2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3134260

6.0.9319.102

November 2015 / CU1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3097645

6.0.9319.88

September 2015

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3098601

6.0.9319.55

June 2015

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/3061059

6.0.9319.0

RTM

NA

Security updates

  • Critical
    Critical security updates will be peformed based on the severity status. Critical updates will be deployed within the upcoming certificate update window. Within those update windows the servers will be restarted and refreshed with the new updates.

  • Non-critical updates
    Non-critical security updates will be performed every 2 weeks in the certificate update window. 

Clients

Customers are able to deploy new versions of the skype for business client as they wish. Please ensure that the client complies with the current Skype for Business Enterprise CU. 

Most customers will not notice the client updates. These are packaged in the Microsoft Office click-to-run installers.