

Here are some other details you should know about the Skype for Business Online service retirement: Skype for Business Online will be fully functional through Jto allow customers time to transition users to Teams or to an instance of Skype for Business Server. What to expect as Skype for Business Online retires? Regardless of the technical and change management dynamics with your upgrade, you can accomplish so much over the next three months.

Thank you! If you still have Skype for Business Online users, keep working your upgrade plan. Those using Skype for Business Server will not be affected, and the company will continue supporting the service until Octoat the very least.As we approach the retirement of Skype for Business Online, we want to take a moment to appreciate the efforts organizations are making to complete their transitions to Teams prior to July 31, 2021, as well as those who have already upgraded to Teams. Those already using Skype for Business will retain all access, including the ability to add new users, until the retire date. Microsoft says it is also working with its other Skype for Business certified partners to bring more options to Teams at a later date.Īdditionally, starting September 1 of this year, Microsoft will also discontinue the service for new users, providing them with Teams as their central place for communication. Contact Center Integration and Compliance Recording, with Five9, Genesys, and NICE to enabling Contact Center solutions, and ASC, NICE, and Verint to providinh Compliance Recording.Shorter retention periods in channels and chats, allowing messages to automatically be removed from permanent storage locations in as soon as one day, depending on the option selected.


During the time before Skype for Business Online is discontinued, Microsoft plans to add an additional set of features to Teams, including messaging and calling interchangeability between the two "in the first quarter of calendar year 2020" according to their blog post.
