{"id":10061,"date":"2019-08-06T20:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T03:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moderneuc.com\/?p=10061"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:02:26","slug":"microsoft-skype-for-business-online-to-be-retired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/microsoft-skype-for-business-online-to-be-retired\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Skype for Business Online to be retired"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Microsoft Skype for Business Online to be retired on July 31, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/jorgep.com\/blog\/B21T\">Microsoft\u2019s\nJames Skay blog post on 7\/30\/2019<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today we\u2019re announcing that\nSkype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021. This post provides\ndetails on the retirement plan, a brief explanation of why we\u2019re making this\nannouncement now, and a summary of what we\u2019re doing to help customers migrate\nto Teams.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the blog post, after July 31, 2021, Skype for Business will no longer be accessible. Between now and then, however, Skype for Business Online users will continue to use the service as usual and can continue to add new users. Starting Sept. 1, 2019, however, all new Office 365 customers will be onboarded to Teams and won&#8217;t have the option of selecting Skype for Business Online instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021.<\/li><li>Microsoft will on-board new Office 365 customers to Microsoft Teams starting September 1, 2019.<\/li><li>Several new features will be added to Microsoft Teams before Skype for Business Online&#8217;s retirement.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft launched Microsoft Teams in 2017, and it has seen a steady increase in users over time. It recently <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft-teams-hits-13-million-daily-potentially-more-slack\" target=\"_blank\">hit 13 million daily active users<\/a>, which likely more than Slack. With the success of Microsoft Teams, it&#8217;s not surprising that Microsoft is planning to migrate users to the newer service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you probably recall  Skype was an acquired by Microsoft back in 2011 for $8+  billion dollars, which was one of the largest ones at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitely the end of an era for sure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Skype for Business Online to be retired on July 31, 2021 As per Microsoft\u2019s James Skay blog post on 7\/30\/2019: Today we\u2019re announcing that Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021. 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