Skype for Business upgrade plan

Does anyone has any information about the upgrade path for "Skype for business" from Lync 2013 enterprise Servers ?
Regards, Pushkal MishrA, This posting is provided “AS IS” with no warranties and confers no rights. I request you to test the solution in lab and post successful outcome you should try this on production.

Hi Pushkal MishrA,
Please follow this guide to perform the upgrade process.
http://summit.office.com/Media/Default/Office%20365%20Summits/ITP29%20-%20Servicing%20the%20Existing%20Deployment%20and%20Upgrading%20to%20Skype%20for%20Business%20Server_v04.pptx
Best regards,
Eric
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Hi,
As far as I can tell for now, no.
Currently there is only a preview version of Skype for Business, you can download it from this link below:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-skype-for-business
Anyway, Lync will surely be upgraded to Skype for Business gradually in future updates or versions, please keep focusing on our products.
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