Skye for Business Online retiring plan

Microsoft has announced the retirement plan for Skype For business online its communication software service and tool over Office 365 Last Tuesday.

It will be retired on July 31, 2021.

The communication recommended tool over Office 365 now is Microsoft Teams which does not cover only Skype for Business Online but also it is a robust tool for a lot of services and functionalities.

How this will impact new customers and exiting customers?

Microsoft answers that:

“Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021, and after that date the service will no longer be accessible. Between now and then, current Skype for Business Online customers will experience no change in service, and they’ll be able to continue to add new users as needed. However, starting September 1, 2019, we will onboard all new Office 365 customers directly to Teams for chat, meetings, and calling. Please note that the Skype Consumer service and Skype for Business Server will both be unaffected by this announcement.”

More about Teams can be found Here

And resources to transition from Skype for Business Online to teams can be found Here

It is worth mentioning too that this affects cloud Skype for Business only regarding Skype for Business On premise it is supported till 9/1/2024