Skype for Business - Manage the .msi but not Users...

We are considering deploying Skype for Business across our large, international organization. Two questions:
Can we disable the File Transfer function in the .msi we push out to everyone? Our concern is data leakage of confidential information.
Our central IT shared services group wants to manage the configuration and deployment of the .msi but not be tasked with managing everyone's Skype accounts and billing/funding issues. Does Skype account creation and funding of those accounts remain with the individual Skype user when Skype for Business is used?
Thanks for your help.

Hi,
From your description above, did you use Lync 2013 basic version?
Please check if Windows 7 update to the latest version firstly.
As Holger Bunkradt said above, please try to install the update manually.
Best Regards,
Eason Huang
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