The “Skype Shutting Down” news has taken the business space by a storm. Yet again a transition is here from Microsoft. This time it is Skype for business Online into Teams. The very popular business communication tool now transits itself into Microsoft Teams, a better collaboration platform that can be integrated to Office 365. Many customers have been most interested in the cut-over deadline to...
A look into Upgrading from Skype4B Online to Teams – 2019 Edition
With the release of Skype for Business Online 2019, much talk is surrounding the topic of upgrading from Skype for Business Online to Teams. It is because, Microsoft Teams is surely there to stay for future and its high time companies making the upgrade to eventually stay in line with the current digital communication trends. Skype for Business Online to Teams Framework Microsoft has been...
What Changes OAuth 2.0 brings to Skype for Business Users
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...
Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2019 is Finally Here!
Here’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...
Announcing the Skype for Business Server 2019 Preview
Microsoft 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...
Federation among Tenants on Hosted Skype for business Platform and Skype for business Online
Few 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...