Windows 10: Skype for Business Online features now complete in Microsoft Teams

Brink · Aug 24, 2018

Last year we announced plans for Microsoft Teams to become the primary client for Intelligent Communications in Office 365, replacing Skype for Business Online over time. Today, we are pleased to announce we have completed our roadmap for bringing Skype for Business Online features and functionality into Teams, and Teams is ready to meet your messaging, meeting and calling needs.

Today, more than 200,000 organizations are using Teams, including nearly 70% of enterprise customers who use Skype for Business Online. We encourage your organization to join them and move to Teams today.

Teams delivers Intelligent Communications

In recent weeks, we added many new communications features to Teams.

Messaging: Teams now offers unified presence, federated chat, and contacts, as well as in-line translation capabilities that allow team members to converse in their native language.

Meetings: Cloud-based meeting recording, support for larger meetings of up to 250 participants; federated meetings, which provides the ability to host meetings across multiple organizations; meeting lobby so you can qualify dial-in callers before they join your meeting; and dial-in fallback support to ensure people can join a meeting even in the event of network issues.

Calling: Boss and delegate support, call queues, auto-attendant, consultative transfer, do-not-disturb breakthrough, the ability to forward a call to a group, and out of office support. In addition, Direct Routing enables you to bring your own telephone service to Teams, which along with Calling Plans provides you additional choice for dial tone in Microsoft Teams.

Enhancements to the devices ecosystem for Teams: An update for Skype Room Systems that enables them to join Teams meetings; Teams app for Surface Hub in the Microsoft Store; Teams Conferencing Gateway, which allows you to use existing Skype for Business certified SIP-based phones with Teams; and USB HID Support for Teams, enabling customers to answer, end calls and control mute and volume using USB peripherals. In addition, cloud video interop services to support Teams meetings with existing VTC systems are underway with offerings from Pexip, Polycom, and Blue Jeans to be generally available later this calendar year.

Make the move to Teams

Over the last few weeks we have released resources, tools and guidance to help current Skype for Business Online customers with their upgrade to Teams. This includes:

Self-serve guidance featuring a proven success framework for upgrading to Teams, including best practices, guidance, and resources for customers who are ready to use Skype for Business and Teams side-by-side or to fully transition to Teams.

Upgrade tools in the Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center that enable customers to migrate users from Skype for Business to Teams. These tools are starting to roll out now and are expected to be available to all Office 365 customers later this calendar year.

Not every organization has dedicated IT resources to manage their transition to Teams. In order to assist these customers, we will begin offering them Microsoft-driven automated upgrades to Teams. We will communicate directly with customers regarding their upgrade options through email and in the Office 365 Message Center.

To learn more about how to upgrade to Teams, and to get started today, visit the following resources:

Get Started on Your Skype for Business to Teams Upgrade

Microsoft Teams documentation and guidance

Teams features on the Office 365 Roadmap

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Brink · Aug 24, 2018

Microsoft Teams Will Replace Skype for Business

Microsoft confirmed this morning that it will replace Skype for Business with Microsoft Teams, as had been widely rumored. But it will still release a new Skype for Business on-premises server next year for those businesses not ready to move to the cloud.

To be clear, only the Skype for Business brand is really going away, and then only in the cloud for the short term. That is, all of the capabilities that Microsoft’s business customers expect from Skype for Business will be rolled into Microsoft Teams. That latter product has been well-received by customers and has experienced exploding usage in its first six months of availability. And it’s about to get a lot better. Or at least a lot more capable.

Key to this move is delivering a single architecture—and, on each client platform, a single way to access these features—for Unified Communications. Now, customers will be able to place calls, hold meetings, collaborate with others, and communicate in other ways all from a single place. And that place is Microsoft Teams...
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Brink · Aug 24, 2018

Update for bringing Skype for Business capabilities to Microsoft Teams

Since the worldwide launch of Microsoft Teams a year ago, we continue to advance the vision for Intelligent Communications. This vision includes bringing a complete set of Skype for Business capabilities into Microsoft Teams and Teams as the core communications client in Office 365. Over the last six months, we’ve made exciting progress in delivering new features and capabilities into Teams, and today, we have updated our Skype for Business to Teams Roadmap to reflect everything we’ve delivered across messaging, meetings and calling in Teams.

In the new roadmap, you’ll see updates on availability for key features including:

New messaging capabilities as well as secure guest access via email and on iOS and Android devices.

New messaging policies with the new Microsoft Teams & Skype for Business Admin Center.

The Skype for Business to Teams Roadmap is available at https://aka.ms/skype2teamsroadmap. Some of the new Teams capabilities are in the process of being rolled out to users over the next coming weeks. The latest updates and additional details about released and upcoming features can be found on the Office 365 Roadmap.

For more information on how we’re revolutionizing collaboration through Microsoft Teams, check out what we’re doing across devices, calling, and retention policies. We’ve also provided several tutorials to help you learn how to plan, enable, and manage Microsoft Teams.

Recently, Microsoft Teams with Intelligent Communications was also recognized as the “Best of Enterprise Connect”. You can find more information from the recent Enterprise Connect event via the keynote and .

Get started today with Microsoft Teams as your hub for teamwork, the single place for conversations, files and meetings. To learn more about adopting Microsoft Teams, visit Microsoft Teams documentation and practical guidance. To help plan your journey from Skype for Business to Teams, please visit: Intelligent Communications in Office 365.
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Source: Updated roadmap for bringing Skype for Business capabilities to Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Tech Community - 188007

Brink · Aug 24, 2018

Windows Phone apps Skype for Business, Teams, and Yammer discontinued

Windows phone apps for Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer are retiring on May 20, 2018

Summary

Effective May 20, 2018, the Windows Phone apps for Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer will be retired. Starting on that date, these apps will no longer be available for download from Microsoft Store, and Microsoft will no longer support them.

While Microsoft continues to support Windows 10 Mobile, we are not focused on building new features for the system. We will continue to invest in the Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer mobile apps for iOS and Android, and also in desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

Moving forward, Windows Phone users will have the best experience by using Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer in the mobile web browser.

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How does this affect me?

After May 20, 2018, the Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, and Yammer apps for Windows Phone will no longer be available from Microsoft Store. Existing users will have the following experience:

Skype for Business and Yammer apps may continue to work, but we can’t provide any guarantees. These apps will no longer receive updates or support.

The Microsoft Teams app will no longer work, and users will receive an error message when they try to connect.

What do I have to do to prepare for this change?

Going forward, Windows Phone users can connect to Skype for Business, Yammer, and Microsoft Teams by accessing them as follows:

Skype for Business: We continue to invest in the Skype for Business mobile apps for iOS and Android, and also in desktop applications for Windows and Mac.

Microsoft Teams: Users can access Microsoft Teams by using the mobile browser.

Yammer: Users can access Yammer using the mobile browser.

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Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...s-and-yammer-a

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