This feature of XenApp-XenDesktop Enterprise and Platinum editions is supported by Citrix and was developed using Microsoft Windows and Lync APIs and proprietary Lync codecs (licensed by Citrix from Microsoft) which are fully supported by Microsoft, according to the timelines published in Microsoft’s product lifecycle policy. See “Virtual Desktop Infrastructure” in Microsoft TechCenter Infrastructure qualified for Microsoft Lync.įor customers who are still using Lync Server 2010, version 1.8 of the Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack for Microsoft Lync provides an ideal solution. Citrix and Microsoft continue to fully support the VDI Plug-in solution according to its lifecycle. Prior to the Citrix-Microsoft collaboration on HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.0, Microsoft promoted a “v1” solution consisting of a Citrix Receiver for Windows plug-in called the VDI Plug-in. Each vendor can open trouble tickets with the other vendor as needed, eliminating the need to pong the issue back to the customer for redirection. The vendor receiving the trouble ticket will triage the issue and escalate as appropriate. HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.0 is compatible with Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015 and Office 365 (Skype for Business Online).Ĭustomers with valid support contracts who experience an issue with this solution should open a trouble ticket with the vendor whose code they suspect to be causing the issue, that is, Microsoft for Skype for Business or Citrix for the HDX RealTime Optimization Pack.

The HDX RealTime Optimization Pack consists of the HDX RealTime Connector for Skype for Business (which runs on the XenApp or XenDesktop server) and the HDX RealTime Media Engine on the user device (Windows, Linux or Mac). This “v2” solution, the result of close collaboration between the two companies and extensive customer input, was released to market in December 2015. Technical support of Microsoft Skype for Business on XenApp and XenDesktopĬitrix and Microsoft jointly support the delivery of Skype for Business from XenApp and XenDesktop via the HDX RealTime Optimization Pack 2.x and the Skype for Business 2015 client (version.

This article contains information about the technical support of Microsoft Skype® for Business, formerly Lync®, on XenApp and XenDesktop.

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