Note: On Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, you may get the following error message when you try to run the Add-WindowsFeature cmdlet above:Īdd-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed. This will install all of the prerequisites except for the KBs and Silverlight.įor Windows Server 2012/2012 R2, open a PowerShell command window as Administrator and run the following commands:Īdd-WindowsFeature NET-Framework-Core, RSAT-ADDS, Windows-Identity-Foundation, Web-Static-Content, Web-Default-Doc, Web-Http-Errors, Web-Asp-Net, Web-Net-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Ext, Web-ISAPI-Filter, Web-Http-Logging, Web-Log-Libraries, Web-Request-Monitor, Web-Http-Tracing, Web-Basic-Auth, Web-Windows-Auth, Web-Client-Auth, Web-Filtering, Web-Stat-Compression, Web-Dyn-Compression, NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45, Web-Asp-Net45, Web-Mgmt-Tools, Web-Scripting-Tools, Server-Media-Foundation -Restart To make installing the prerequisites easier, here are the PowerShell commands. HTTP Activation - (Note: Required for Windows Server 2012/2012 R2.).Client Certificate Mapping Authentication.ASP.NET - (Note: For Windows Server 2012, ASP.NET 3.5 & ASP.NET 4.5 are required.).If you’re upgrading on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box, then you’ll want to install KB2533623 first.To apply this hotfix, you must first install KB2919355, which requires KB2969339 to be installed first. If you have Windows Server 2012 R2, please install KB2982006 before upgrading.For Windows Server 2012, KB2858668 should be installed before an upgrade.In addition to the latest service pack, you’ll want to ensure the following updates are installed where relevant to you: Windows Server 2008 R2 reached the end of the mainstream support lifecycle on.
You should only be using Windows Server 2008 R2 when you have existing servers with Lync Server 2013 already installed, and you’re intending to do an in-place upgrade of them. That’s because we recommend Windows Server 2012 R2 for all new servers to be used for Skype for Business. You may have noticed Windows Server 2008 R2 isn’t on this list. If it’s not on this list, it won’t work properly, please don’t try it for new installs of Skype for Business Server 2015. Windows Server 2012 with SP1 (required), latest service pack is recommended.Windows Server 2012 R2, latest service pack is recommended.Taken from the Server requirements for Skype for Business Server 2015 and Install prerequisites TechNet articles, the following prerequisites need to be installed before attempting to install Skype for Business Server 2015:įirst, make sure you are running the latest service pack for your OS: