Tag Archives: Skype for business Server

Office Servers FAQs

There’s an updated set of FAQs for Office Servers. With four(!) updates this month, Microsoft seem to be working hard to perfect this document, which focuses on Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server. If you’re looking for answers on CALs, Subscription Editions, or cloud-equivalent use rights, it’s a handy five-page overview. Find the latest version here: https://bit.ly/4uoPKUo.

If you’re interested in the changes, all four copies are in our Licensing Guides Gallery for subscribers: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery – just search for “Office Servers FAQs” and click on the “What’s New” icon.

Skype for Business Server SE

Microsoft announce (June 2024) that the next release of Skype for Business Server will be a Subscription Edition (SE) which will be available early in the third quarter of 2025. From a licensing perspective it will follow the same rules as for SharePoint Server SE: you’ll need active SA to use the product – or buy the subscription licences – and if the SA lapses, then you retain rights to the 2019 version of the product.

Find the announcement article with migration path recommendations here: https://bit.ly/3WMVrvf.

Skype for Business Online is retired

Microsoft confirm that the Skype for Business Online service is retired. It’s replaced, of course, by Teams, and organisations that haven’t yet made a full transition from Skype for Business Online can find useful information here: https://bit.ly/3muR2gh.

This retirement does not affect the Skype consumer service or Skype for Business Server products.