These are not service pack type updates but are instead the full client repackaged as a single firmware.
Just last week CU1 was released and CU2 is slated for release in Q2 2011. These packages unfortunately are all identically named as ucupdates.exe so be careful when downloading more than one at a time.Īdditionally Microsoft plans to release new versions of the Lync Phone Edition client quarterly as Cumulative Updates (CU). So there are now three separate packages which can be downloaded: one for the original Tanjay devices, a second for Polycom’s Aries devices, and a third for Aastra’s Aries devices. Although the client features are identical between the Aries devices the firmware is unique between the different manufacturer’s devices in order to support differing hardware components and physical features. Secondly there is a brand new Lync Phone Edition client which only runs on the new Aries family devices: the Polycom CX500, CX600, CX3000 and Aastra 6721ip, 6725ip. This client looks nearly identical to the previous version but has a few tweaks (most prominently a Lync Server branded background). First, the original touchscreen-based client which started in OCS on the CX700 and was updated for Lync. The Lync Phone Edition client now has two different interfaces.
Lync Server 2010 now has multiple versions of the update package, as they are both different clients (with different interfaces and features) as well as different device designs between vendors. Both phones were identical and used the exact same software so a single installation package was distributed and updated on a regular basis. Previously the only supported devices that used the Office Communicator Phone Edition client were the Microsoft reference-design “Tanjay” family of devices: the Polycom CX700 and LG-Nortel IP8540. This is basically the same process as was used in Office Communications Server except that now there are multiple update packages, which on the surface appear to be identical. By default an installation of Lync Server does not contain any pre-installed or pre-approved updates, this must be performed manually by an administrator.