According to an announcement from Microsoft last month, Microsoft has decided to implement Microsoft Identity Platform 2.0 for added security which uses OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol. OAuth 2.0 is an established method that is used by third-party apps to access web-hosted resources via a third-party app ID. With this announcement, changes are expected for Skype for Business IP Phones. Looks like IT professionals have to make a few changes by 1st July 2019 or the phones won’t authenticate to Microsoft services
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Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2019 is Finally Here!
Friday, November 9th, 2018Here’s good news for all those waiting for the next and improved version of Skype: Skype for Business 2019 is out!
With the general availability of Microsoft Skype for business server 2019, there is a hype to know what features are actually present in the final release, as promised in the public preview. Since Microsoft is showing Cloud-first approach for most of its
products, this was the most awaited version for the cloud users who were promised a great many features in the public preview. Let’s dig deep into the final release of Microsoft Skype for business Server 2019.
Announcing the Skype for Business Server 2019 Preview
Monday, October 1st, 2018Microsoft has been widely recognized worldwide as the most promising player in the UC market over last several years. It is due to the fact that it competes with Cloud service along with the necessary 
software to focus more established collaboration vendors. Recently Microsoft is again in the news as it has announced its Skype for business Server 2019 public preview. Let’s have a closer look at what Microsoft has to offer in the upcoming version of Skype for Business Server 2019.
Deprecated Stuff
Like all other visions, the latest version Skype for Business Server comes with a set of things that have been considered as primitive and hence they are deprecated. The features deprecated with this version release of Skype for business are:
The all new Microsoft Skype for Business 2019 Announced
Wednesday, June 27th, 2018According to the latest news by a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Microsoft is seriously considering to add a Standard Edition to its Skype for Business Server 2019 about to released towards the end of this year. There is much anticipation about the offerings Microsoft has planned for its Skype4B users. With features like Hybrid Modern Authentication support for all user located anywhere in the world, improved WebRTC support that makes web meeting a better experience for customers and making the SfB Server 2019 based on a version of a cloud based code of Skype for Business Online, Skype for Business 2019 sure looks promising, let’s have a deeper look at some other features the product has to offer.
Federation among Tenants on Hosted Skype for business Platform and Skype for business Online
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017Few days back, one of our client (a Hosting Services Provider) registered a ticket on our support portal regarding “federation | Presence unknown status”
Communication has been started with the client to narrow down and rectify the issue. Upon analysis it has been discovered that tenant of their hosted platform is trying to federate and communicate with a company using office 365 Skype for business online services.
So we started our troubleshooting SOP, verified following at Hosted Side:
MachPanel Cloud Automation – Skype for Business is Available Now!
Thursday, June 4th, 2015
Skype for Business – Automation and Provisioning Solution
MachPanel Skype for Business enables you to experience and offer Skype for Business to your customers and grow your business. Now with MachPanel Skype for Business, you can provisioning, manage and bill your customer for Skype for Business and leverage UCaaS (UC as a Service) across the globe.
Do you need help to deploy Skype for Business?
MachSol offers turn-key services for Microsoft Skype for Business deployment, configuration, management and setting up complete infrastructure to let you offer Unified Communication as a Services (UCaaS). We can help you migrate or upgrade from legacy Microsoft Lync environment to Microsoft Skype for Business.
Lync is now Skype for Business — What’s New!
Monday, April 20th, 2015Earlier this year Microsoft announced Skype for Business will take over Microsoft Lync and in April Skype for Business update for Lync was rolled out that introduced completely new UI and UX based on commercial version of the Skype. Following are some of the highlights of Microsoft Skype for Business:
- – New look and feel
- – Call from Skype for Business using your desk phone for audio
- – Integration with the Skype directory
- – Call Monitor
- – Rate My Call
- – Quick access to call controls
- – Emoticons
The new UI is much similar to Skype and probably intended to keep the same user experience between the two different versions of the Skype. This includes the format of the IM, presence indicators, buttons, icons and other UI elements including emotions in Skype. Calling features include dialling to your desk phone if you have Skype for Business Server 2015 and it is just seamless call experience aside having rich integration of Skype directory to locate contacts. Call monitor is another good and handy feature introduced in Skype for Business which can expand to full screen and to the smaller miniature window for active Skype calls with complete call controls and quick access. Similar to the commercial version of the Skype, you can rate call quality which will help Skype for Business Server administrators to identify problems and improvements based on feedback data collected via rate my call features. However, this feature of Rate My Call works only for the on-premise deployments.
