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vary signicantly, depending on the number of contacts on each list and how often they

change.

Calculating specic background trafc requirements for a Skype session is complicated

by many factors. This includes the size of a user’s contact list, how often they change

their Status, maintenance trafc, and other Skype operations occurring at the time, for

example, searches.

To be conservative, you should plan on 200 bytes per second, but in practice, those

numbers may vary signicantly. In two tests, one of a user with 50 contacts and one of

a user with over 600 contacts, average bandwidth over one hour was 200 bytes/s. As

this is an average, a client may generate no trafc for 15 minutes and then burst to 500

bytes/s for a minute. In another instance, however, a user with nine contacts generated

about 10 bytes/s.

2.3 Software distribution, upgrades and

version control

Our software installer lets you distribute Skype across your organization with

conventional IT tools, such as Microsoft SMS. We also provide a PC version of Skype

for Business that comes with a Windows Installer Package (MSI). By using the Windows

Installer Package Installation, you can manage version control of Skype and ensure that

everyone in your company is using the same version. You can download this at skype.

com/download/skype/windows/business.

Users will need administrative rights to upgrade Skype. If they don’t have these, any

automatic updating will create an additional Skype directory, complicating management.

You should disable automatic updates where users don’t have administrative rights. This

also gives you the opportunity to test each new implementation before rolling out to

users.

If you work with Macs, you’ll need to use the remote installs provided by the Mac OS.

These allow you to install while users are signed in, or schedule a remote desktop

installation, ensuring that machines get the client as soon as they become available.

2.4 Skype client conguration and policies

Even though Skype utilizes the P2P network, you’ll still have a lot of control over common

tasks and processes. Skype offers you control over the following aspects of the client:

Automatic updates

Importing contacts

Language

Local data storage

Selection of UDP/TCP ports

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