<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>A list member sent me a private message asking why I thought IPv6 support for Skype might be possible given that Microsoft didn't have IPv6 support in their own Lync product. That got me curious and I did some digging. </div><div><br></div><div>In doing so, I was pleased to learn that the soon-to-be-released Lync 2013 now adds support for IPv6:</div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>- <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj204965(v=ocs.15).aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj204965(v=ocs.15).aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here's someone walking through figuring out that IPv6 is supported by most aspects of Lync 2013 using the "preview" release available now:</div><div><br></div><div>- <a href="http://geek35094.blogspot.com/2012/09/lync-2013-ipv6-and-directaccess.html">http://geek35094.blogspot.com/2012/09/lync-2013-ipv6-and-directaccess.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>This Channel 9 video gets into IPv6 support around the 36-minute mark:</div><div><br></div><div>- <a href="http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/cfbb/955ae04f-707a-4615-9eeb-f5957361cfbb/EXL334_mid.mp4" style="font-family: Arial; ">http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/cfbb/955ae04f-707a-4615-9eeb-f5957361cfbb/EXL334_mid.mp4</a><span style="font-family: Arial; "> </span></div><!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?-->
<div><br></div><div>From what I can find on the web, it looks like Lync 2013 is slated to be released soon, potentially this month.</div><div><br></div><div>Good to see!</div><div><br></div><div>Now, what does that mean for Skype? Perhaps nothing. Microsoft is busy selling Lync into US government agencies and other places where there may be mandates for IPv6, so they have a driver to get IPv6 support in the product. That same business driver is probably *not* there for Skype. </div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, one of the features of Lync 2013 includes federation with Skype... and in a bit of that Channel 9 video they stated that one of their design goals was to enable Lync 2013 to work in an IPv6-only environment. So... *maybe*... that might provide a reason to ratchet up the IPv6 attention within Skype. (or not)</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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