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Updating to 2.6

Step by step instructions for updating to Chime 2.6

How to Update to Chime 2.6

The following steps will show you how to update your current build of Chime for Lync to Chime for Lync 2.6 (Office 365)

Creating a New Azure Application

  1. Go to Azure Management Portal (http://manage.windowsazure.com) for your Office 365 Organization
  2. Select Active Directory from the panel on the left
  3. Select the directory for your Office 365 environment
  4. Select the Applications tab from the options on the top
  5. At the bottom of the screen, click the Add button
  6. Select “Add an application my organization is developing”
  7. Select a name for the application and select the Native Client Application
  8. Enter a Redirect Uri. This value will not actually be used, but must be provided

Configuring the Azure Application

After the application is created, it must have access rights configured.

  1. Click the Configure tab on the application
  2. Record the Client ID value, this will be necessary later to configure Chime
  3. Scroll down to “permissions to other application” and click “Add application”
  4. Choose Skype for Business Online
  5. Choose the following “Delegated Permissions”
    1. Read/write Skype user contacts and groups
    2. Receive conversation invites (preview)
    3. Read/write Skype user information (preview)
    4. Create Skype Meetings
    5. Initiate conversations and join meetings
  6. Click Save at the bottom to commit these changes
  7. Once the changes have saved, click Manage Manifest and then Download Manifest
  8. Download the manifest JSON file, and open it with your favorite text editor
  9. Find the line which reads “oauth2AllowImplicitFlow”: false and change it to “oauth2AllowImplicitFlow”: true,
  10. Save the changes to the manifest file locally, and then upload the modified file by clicking Manage Manifest and then Upload Manifest
  11. Select the JSON file that was downloaded earlier
  12. You will be prompted when the manifest has uploaded and the application successfully updates