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If you are currently on Skype for Business on-premises, Enabling can partner together to design your roadmap on how to transition to Teams in Microsoft 365. You can also find resources specific to moving from Skype to Teams at Skype for Business was based on Lync Server which was Based on Office Communications Server (OCS), when Microsoft built Skype for Business Online it was based on this iteratively improved legacy software platform and Microsoft themselves have expressed the modern built for the cloud approach as one of Teams’ key benefits, over Skype for. This product is governed by Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy. The support life-cycle for all active Skype for Business products is shown below:Ĭlient: The Skype for Business 2015 Client release is an update to the Lync 2013 Client and will follow the same product lifecycle. Two years ago, Microsoft announced that it is retiring Skype for Business Online on July 31, 2021, that is today.It tapped Teams as the successor to the communication tool, and urged organizations. Hundreds of upgrade workshops and millions of successful Skype for Business Online to Teams transitions later, we’re closing in on this significant milestone. Now that Skype for Business Online retired on July 31, 2021, what will the next impactful dates be? While, the Skype consumer service and Skype for Business Server were both unaffected by this announcement, the next known lifecyle deadline is in 10/2025. Summary: It’s been nearly two years since we first announced the Jretirement of Skype for Business Online.

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