Wednesday 26 February 2014

Office 2013 SP1 Lync Changes

Office 2013 SP1 was release over night and there are some fixes and improvements with the Lync 2013 client. The fixes for Lync are

This service package fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) articles:
  • 2919506 Can't hear the first few words that a callee speaks when they answer a call in Lync 2013
  • 2919507 The "Program Events" sound setting is reset to the default value after you restart Lync 2013
  • 2919508 Can't rotate the screen orientation of a video window in a Lync 2013 video conference on a Windows 8.1-based device
  • 2919510 A pie chart clock icon appears in the "Conversations" tab as a meeting icon in Lync 2013

You can download SP1 from Microsoft now;

I also noticed the emoticons have changed and finally look a bit more modern:

Let me know if you notice any other additional changes.

Edit:
A few additional changes have been announced that were included in the SP1 office upgrade
  • Toggle pictures of sender/receiver

  • Support of high-resolution monitors (200% scaling mode) this change makes Lync scale properly when you adjust the DPI on your monitor to 200%. 
  • Transfer files and pictures in a Persistent Chat room

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