Reminder : Microsoft 365 – News – Skype for Business Online will retire on 31 July 2021

by Prasham Sabadra · July 19, 2021

Hi All,

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Almost year before we have published an article regarding retirement of Skype for Business Online – Microsoft 365 – News – Skype for Business Online will retire in 12 months and now date is very close. So this is just reminder to “Skype for Business Online” customers 🙂

Important News: Skype for Business Online will retire on – 31 July 2021

What this means OR what will get affected / Details :

After the Skype for Business Online service retires, our organization can continue to use Microsoft Teams as part of an existing licensing agreement
Support for the integration of third-party party Audio Conferencing Providers (ACP) into Skype for Business Online will end as Skype for Business Online retires
Skype consumer service and Skype for Business Server products are not affected by the retirement of Skype for Business Online
If organizations still not upgraded to Microsoft Teams, Microsoft highly recommends to upgrade to Teams ASAP
All Skype for Business Online customers need to plan the transition to Microsoft Teams before access to Skype for Business Online will end
Microsoft have very good reference documentation, material and training’s, following are few references :
- Getting started with your Microsoft Teams upgrade
- The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Teams
- Teams upgrade planning workshops – Live, interactive planning sessions
- Instructor-led training for Microsoft Teams – Free live online training classes

To explore in more details Microsoft Teams OR to start with Microsot Teams, we have vey good series of articles on Microsoft Teams, please have a look once – https://knowledge-junction.in/category/technology-articles/m365/microsoft-teams/

Thanks for reading 🙂 Stay tuned for upto date Microsoft 365 news 🙂

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