Using the Device Update Web Service

Topic Last Modified: 2012-06-21

Use the following tabs, in the Clients group of the Lync Server Control Panel, to manage the Device Update Web service:

• The Device Update tab, which allows you to view updates in the device update store, create device update rules in the Central Management store, approve or reject device updates for deployment, approve or reject updates for test devices, and roll back updates to a previous version.

• The Test Device tab, which allows you to specify the devices that are to receive pending updates for testing purposes.

• The Device Log Configuration tab, which allows you to manage the Device Update Web service’s log store, from where you can specify how long to keep log files and how often to flush the cache, among other things.

Device Updates Cabinet Files

Microsoft makes updates available in cabinet (.cab files) that you can download from the Microsoft Customer Service and Support website. An update .cab file contains updates for one or more unified communications (UC) device. After obtaining the .cab file, upload it to Device Update Web service by using the following Lync Server Management Shell cmdlet: