What is known about UCMA support in 'Skype for Business', the next generation of Lync Server?

Microsoft has announced that the next version of Lync will be "Skype for Business". In the first half of 2015, the next version of Lync will become Skype for Business with a new client experience, new server release, and updates to the service
in Office 365.
http://blogs.skype.com/2014/11/11/introducing-skype-for-business/
What is known about support for UCMA and other Lync SDKs in the new version that is expected to be released in less than six months?
UCFin

There is now publicly available information that all the Lync SDKs will be supported in Skype for Business. Specifically, there will be support for:
Unified Communications Managed API (UCMA)
Lync Server SDK
Lync Client Managed API (including UI Suppression)
Unified Communication Web API (UCWA)
You can read more on my blog post: here: http://blog.thoughtstuff.co.uk/2015/03/lync-development-apis-whats-supported-in-skype-for-business/
-tom
Tom Morgan Developing Lync

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