Microsoft says Teams is now at 'feature parity' with Skype for Business Online

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However, this also presents a different challenge when it comes to Microsoft Teams. Starting October 1, 2018, new Office 365 customers with 500 seats or less will be onboarded to Teams and will not have access to Skype for Business Online. A new Skype for Business server will be available in the second half of 2018 for customers not ready to move to Teams, but Microsoft is pushing Office 365 users will to move over to Teams as the key communications client instead of relying on Skype for Business. There will be increasing pressure on organizations toward that end.

Skype for Business Server 2019 was released in October 2018. Despite the variety of misconceptions, the reality is that both Teams and Skype for Business will continue to offer businesses a valuable communications solution, with benefits, flaws and alternatives for each. One of the big attractions of the cloud is flexibility and ease.

Microsoft begins moving Skype for Business users to Microsoft Teams [Updated]

Recently, Microsoft have introduced a dedicated Admin Center for Skype for Business Online and Teams. This tool is in the process of rolling out and keep getting added with new capabilities. When you log in to Microsoft 365 Portal as an Admin, you will notice that the Skype for Business Administration tab is replaced by new Skype and Teams Admin portal. When you click on it, it takes you to the new admin portal. There are some self help materials available to get familiarize with Teams and guidance to move from Skype for Business to Teams. That view is important for those who has Skype for Business Hybrid deployments to have a visibility on where the majority of the users are located. It also shows where the user located at in a Skype for Business Hybrid scenario which i was talking about hat was missing in the Dashboard. It includes the policies that re assigned to the user and current Teams Upgrade status. It also shows the accumulated call quality information for the entire week. Call Analytic component was microsoft teams and skype for business added in to the Admin portal and it is a powerful tool that allows administrators to have an insight of how calls performed and how the network behaved during the call. The pre-configured policies which are available by default cannot be edited. Custom meeting policies can be configured to allow or deny certain features be used during a meeting. These policies can be assigned to individual users. Interestingly, this also allows to control media ports that used for Peer to Peer calls for QoS purpose. The default Global policy can be modified for organization wide configuration. Or, custom policies can be crated for more granular control. The default Global policy can be modified for organization wide configuration. Or, custom policies can be crated for more granular control. A Federation and control of Skype for Business to Microsoft teams and skype for business upgrade. For Teams Upgrade, Org-wide settings will be effected only if there individual user configuration is set to use Org-Wide settings by default is is. Otherwise, Teams coexistence can be set per user based to use Islands Mode, Skype for Business Only modes. This is purely base on how Microsoft is rolling this tool out to tenants. Not sure how long it will remain there. Like the on-premises deployment, this one also need to be configured with Building data to have an overall view of call quality information. It is under Preview still and hopefully Microsoft will release this in to production within upcoming months. There are lot still missing ex, Enterprise Voice related components, Dial-In conferencing from this tool that requires Powershell or legacy Admin Center to configure. Thanks and let me know your thoughts and comments below regarding the article.

Your organization's journey from Skype for Business to Teams can be defined by you. So what exactly is Microsoft Teams? We recognize that customers are using Skype for Business on-premises and many need to continue to use Skype for Business on-premises for some users or geographies due to their requirements. Phone support in Teams isn't nearly ready for prime time, some say. This will help ensure they have a positive upgrade experience and help alleviate calls to your helpdesk. Should you wish to do so, Microsoft Teams will likely become an option from your third party supplier, providing the functionality is indeed found to be improved from that of Skype, and better than the features already provided by the third party. Microsoft recommend all Office 365 customers start using Teams either alongside Skype for Business or separately. As illustrated below, a successful upgrade begins by bringing the right team together in the Project Stakeholder stage and then moving to Project Definition where the scope, goals, and timeline are solidified. The truth behind the story is this.