Microsoft Skype for Business 365
Author: Paul Cobben
Date: August 8, 2022
Repackaging tips and silent install information for Microsoft Skype for Business 365. This App Tip provides comprehensive details for conducting a silent installation of Skype for Business. It includes additional insights, such as user environment specifics, extra installation parameters, and repackaging tips.
About
Skype for Business (formerly Microsoft Lync and Office Communicator) is an enterprise software application for instant messaging and videotelephony developed by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Office suite. It is designed for use with the on-premises Skype for Business Server software, and a software as a service version offered as part of Office 365. It supports text, audio, and video chat, and integrates with Microsoft Office components such as Exchange and SharePoint. In 2015, the software was rebranded from Lync to Skype for Business, co-branding it with the Microsoft-owned consumer messaging platform Skype (which had begun to integrate with Lync in 2013). In September 2017, Microsoft announced that it would phase out Skype for Business Online in favor of Microsoft Teams, a new cloud-based collaboration platform. Support for Skype for Businesses Online ended in July 2021, although a new version of Skype for Business Server will be available with a subscription license.
General Information
Vendor Information
Microsoft
Application Name
Skype for Business
Application Version
365
Download Link
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117
License Needed
Yes
Vendor Install
Installation Type
Setup.exe
Architecture
x86/x64
Description
Application Configuration/Settings
Registry
File
AD/GPO
AAD/GPO
User Environment Data
Registry
File
Other
Infrastructure Dependencies
Description
ODBC
Connection Name
Driver
Parameters
Setup.exe parameters
MSI Public Properties
Installation Commands
Silent Install Command
setup.exe /configure SkypeforBusiness365.xml
Silent Uninstall Command
setup.exe /configure SkypeforBusiness365_Uninstall.xml
Repackaging Score
MSI
Unknown
MSIX
Unknown
App-V
Unknown
ThinApp
Unknown
Citrix App Layer
Unknown
VMWare App Volumes
Unknown
Other
Full Functional
Silent Install
Repackaging Tips
Configure SkypeforBusiness365.xml
- Download the Office 365 Deployment Tool: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117
- Download the officedeploymenttool_x-y.exe to a folder created at (C:/Downloads)
- Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
- Navigate to the C:/Downloads folder
- Enter the following command to extract the ODT files: officedeploymenttool_x-y.exe /extract:C:/Downloads/SkypeforBusiness365
- Press Enter
- Select the checkbox to accept the Microsoft Software License Terms
- Click Continue
- Navigate to C:/Downloads/SkypeforBusiness365
- Delete the 3 existing .xml files as we will be creating our own - configuration-Office365-x64.xml - configuration-Office365-x86.xml - configuration-Office2019Enterprise.xml
- Navigate to https://config.office.com/deploymentsettings to Configure XML File
- Select the Architecture you want to deploy - 32-bit or - 64-bit
- Select Products and Apps you want to deploy - Office Suites - Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise or - Microsoft 365 App for Business - Visio - None - Project - None - Additional Products - None - Update Channel - Current Channel - Current Channel (Preview) - Monthly Enterprise Channel - Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel - Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel (Preview) - Select Version - Latest - 20XX - 20XX - Turn Apps On or Off to include or exclude them from being deployed - Access (Off) - Excel (Off) - OneDrive (Groove) (Off) - Skype for Business (On) - OneDrive Desktop (Off) - OneNote (Off) - Outlook (Off) - PowerPoint (Off) - Publisher (Off) - Teams (Off) - Word (Off) - Features - Enable or Disable background service for Microsoft Search in Bing
- Click Next - Select Primary Language - Match Operating System - Arabic (Saudi Arabia) - Bulgarian (Bulgaria) - Chinese (Simplified, China) - Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) - Croatian (Croatia) - Czech (Czech Republic) - Danish (Denmark) - Dutch (Netherlands) - English (United States) - Estonian (Estonia) - Finnish (Finland) - French (France) - German (Germany) - Greek (Greece) - Hebrew (Israel) - Hindi (India) - Hungarian (Hungary) - Indonesian (Indonesia) - Italian (Italy) - Japanese (Japan) - Kazakh (Kazakhstan) - Korean (Korea) - Latvian (Latvia) - Lithuanian (Lithuania) - Malay (Malaysia) - Norwegian Bokmal (Norway) - Polish (Poland) - Portuguese (Brazil) - Portuguese (Portugal) - Romanian (Romania) - Russian (Russia) - Serbian (Latin, Serbia) - Slovak (Slovakia) - Slovenian (Slovenia) - Spanish (Spain, International Sort) - Swedish (Sweden) - Thai (Thailand) - Turkish (Turkey) - Ukrainian (Ukraine) - Vietnamese (Vietnam) - Select Additional Languages (If Any) - Select Additional Proofing Tools (If Any)
- Click Next - Installation Options - Office Content Delivery Network (CDN) - Local Source - Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager - Show Installation to User (Off) - Shut down running applications (On)
- Click Next - Update and Upgrade Options - Uninstall any MSI versions of Office, including Visio and Project (Off) - Uninstall Visio (Off) - Uninstall Project (Off) - Uninstall SharePoint Designer (Off) - Uninstall InfoPath (Off) - For uninstalled MSI versions of Office, install the same languages (Off) - Automatically upgrade to the selected architecture (On|Off)
- Click Next - Licensing and Activation - Automatically accept the EULA (On) - Product Key - KMS Client Key - Multiple Activation Key (MAK) - Product Activation - User Based - Shared Computer - Device Based - General Info - Provide your organization name to set the Company property on Office documents - Provide a description for this configuration for documentation purposes
- Click Next - Application Preferences (Examples) - Disable First Run Movie (True) - Disable Office First Run on Application Boot (True) - Disable Opt-in Wizard on First Run (True) - Enable Customer Experience Improvement Program (False) - Automatically Receive Small Updates to Improve Reliability (False) - Send Office Feedback (False) - Turn on Telemetry Data Collection (False)
- Click Finish
- Click Export Button - Select Default File Format Option - Keep Current Option - Office Open XML Formats - OpenDocument Formats
- Click OK
- Accept the terms in the license agreement on the Export Configuration to XML screen
- Set the File Name to SkypeforBusiness365
- Click Export
- Open Notepad or your favorite text editor
- Add the following lines: <Configuration> <Display Level="None" AcceptEULA="TRUE" /> <Property Name="FORCEAPPSHUTDOWN" Value="TRUE" /> <Remove> <Product ID="O365ProPlusRetail"> </Product> <Product ID="O365BusinessRetail"> </Product> </Remove> </Configuration>
- Save the file to C:/Downloads/SkypeforBusiness365 and name it: SkypeforBusiness365_Uninstall.xml
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