How To Use Skype For Business Network Assessment Tool

On december 8 2017 microsoft released an updated network assessment tool for skype for business online.

How to use skype for business network assessment tool. The tool uses the same real time media technology as a skype for business online client. The tool in installed in the c program files microsoft skype for business network assessment tool directory. A few days ago microsoft released a free skype for business online network assessment tool tom arbuthnot has a good roundup here the tool tests the connection to microsoft network edge by streaming a set of packets to the nearest edge site and back for approximately 20s for a configured number of iterations. Like most free tools this one is limited in functionality.

Network performance requirements from a skype for business client to microsoft network edge. It does measure latency packet loss jitter and packet reorder percentage all of which are important. The skype for business network assessment tool provides the ability to perform a simple test of network performance and network connectivity to determine how well the network would perform for a microsoft teams and skype for business online calls. The results from using this tool can be used as part of a network assessment to determine if a network connection meets the targets.

As to our specific issue with screen sharing this was down to the fortigate firewalls using ssl inspection for the skype packets. Skype for business network assessment tool network 52 114 excellent thanks thomas can confirm the tool is now working as expected. The free skype for business network assessment tool measures network performance and network connectivity. Download the latest version of the network assessment tool over here.

In my last blog post i discussed why a network assessment is needed when moving to skype for business online this time i m going to walk through a quick example using the network assessment tool provided by microsoft and see if my home network meets the requirements just an example this tool is meant for internal corporate networks. This tool is not intended for load stress testing.