Skype for Business 2015: Confirmation of Pool Failover and Failback

Lync Server 2013 started the concept of needing a minimum of three Front End (FE) servers to make a pool and routing group quorum.
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Ignite 2017: The Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business Communications Merger

Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business are heading towards a merger within Teams that will put what Microsoft calls “Intelligent Communications” into the collaboration service.

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Microsoft is going all in on Teams and plans to phase out Skype for Business

 Microsoft Teams, the company’s Slack competitor with deep integrations into the Office 365 apps, has seen a lot of pickup over the last few months, with over 125,000 organizations now using it in one form or another. Maybe it’s no surprise, then, that the company today announced it is going all in on Teams as its core communications platform for the enterprise. Read More Continue reading Microsoft is going all in on Teams and plans to phase out Skype for Business

Microsoft isn’t Killing Skype for Business, But They Will be Making Changes

Microsoft isn’t killing Skype for Business but the company will be changing up how it is serviced and is trying to move customers to Teams.

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The Teams-SfB Fiasco and What Might Happen Next

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On September 7, Microsoft inflicted a PR fiasco on themselves by leaking the imminent replacement of Skype for Business by Teams. But what does this really mean? I think we will see a Teams-lite client replace the current SfB client with a formal announcement at Ignite. Although the leak was bad, some goodness does exist in what might happen.

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