This will take a few minutes, in my case it did as this is just a lab.Open up a PowerShell window and run the following command: Stop-CsWindowsService.On your Lync 2013 Servers we now need to stop the Lync Services, if you have an Enterprise Pool all the servers need to have there services stopped.Once the Topology has published you can view the Next Steps as highlighted above.Once the wizard has started click the Next button.Click the Action Menu in Topology Builder and then click on Topology and then on Publish.Now it is time to Publish the Topology.As you can now see the pool moved from Lync Server 2013 to Skype for Business Server 2015.When you are prompted to upgrade click the Yes button.Right click on the pool and then select the option “Upgrade to Skype for Business Server 2015”.Expand your topology and then expand your pool.Select the destination and then type in a file name for the topology you downloading and then click the Save button.Once the Topology Builder opens, select the first option as shown above and then click OK.Click on the start button or press the windows key and then type in Skype, once you see Skype for Business Server Topology Builder click on the icon.As shown above the Admin Tools now have a green tick as the installation is complete.Once successfully completed you will see the window above.Progress window for installing the Admin Tools.
When the wizard starts click the Next button.
Logging into the Skype for Business Server 2015 Control Panel.Īs Step 1 is pretty straight forward lets jump to Step 2:.Perform the in-place upgrade to Skype for Business Server 2015.Upgrade to Skype for Business Server 2015 in the Topology.Install the Lync Admin tools on a server which doesn’t have Lync 2013 Server installed.
Install the patch for your windows version.