Applies ToMicrosoft Lync 2013

This article describes an update that provides two improvements for Microsoft Lync 2013.

Improvements that the update provides

Improvement 1

Consider the following scenario:

  • Multiple users, users, such as user A, user B, and user C join a Lync meeting.

  • User A shares its desktop or application to users B and C.

  • User C’s Lync 2013 client is disconnected from the network. User C cannot join the sharing session or drops from the session.

  • User C’s Lync 2013 client reconnects to network.

In this scenario, before user C installs the update, user C has to click the Rejoin button to view the shared content.After user C installs the update, user C can rejoin the sharing session automatically.

Improvement 2

This update adds the following new metrics to the Quality of Experience (QoE) report that is sent by Lync 2013 when every sharing session ends:

  • Number of times sharing started

  • Number of times control changed

  • Sharer signaling, media, and protocol connect times

  • Viewer signaling, media and protocol connect times

More Information

To install this update, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

2889929 October 2014 update for Lync 2013 (KB2889929)

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