During troubleshooting we often need to check the installed version, for Lync/SfB Server we already know how to check the installed version using PowerShell:
Skype for Business Server Component Version using Get-CsServerPatchVersion
Skype for Business Server 2015 Component Version using PowerShell
Lync Server Component Version using PowerShell (Windows Registry)
On the client we can check the version by using going to Option > Help > About:
However, for the SfB 2016 MSI this is a slightly different since the displayed version is the MSO component and not the SfB client version:
To get the Lync/SfB client version we can simply run the following in PowerShell cmdlet:
(Get-ItemProperty -path “HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\lync.exe”).”(Default)” | ForEach-Object {Get-ChildItem -Path $_ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty VersionInfo | Select FileDescription,ProductVersion} | ft -autosize
Skype for Business 2016 MSI
Skype for Business 2016 Click-to-Run
Skype for Business 2015 MSI
Please note that this will work for Lync2013/SfB2015/SfB2016 Click-to-Run or MSI versions.
For Lync 2010 and previous client versions we need to modify from lync.exe to communicator.exe:
(Get-ItemProperty -path “HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\communicator.exe”).”(Default)” | ForEach-Object {Get-ChildItem -Path $_ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty VersionInfo | Select FileDescription,ProductVersion} | ft -autosize
