skype for business
Microsoft rebrands Skype Room Systems as Microsoft Teams Rooms
by Pradeep
6 months
Back in 2016, Microsoft announced the Skype Room Systems (formerly codenamed Project Rigel). Skype Room Systems bring the Skype for Business meeting experience with rich HD audio and video to meeting rooms. To date, more than 130 ...
Microsoft won’t end its Windows phone enterprise apps just yet
1 year
Earlier we reported that Microsoft was shutting down its enterprise Windows phone messaging apps this May. Microsoft seems to have had a change of heart with regards to this. Now, Microsoft is keeping its Teams and Skype for Bus...
Windows phone users won’t be able to use Microsoft Teams at all from next month
1 year
Two days ago, Microsoft announced it was killing off the Windows phone apps for Microsoft Teams, Yammer and Skype for Business. The firm offered an olive branch to distraught users, claiming that they would be able to access the...
Microsoft Teams April update brings Skype for Business interop with persistent chat
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft today announced the April Update for Microsoft Teams that includes several new features and improvements. This is a significant update that may trigger many Skype for Business users to start using Microsoft Teams. Read a...
Skype for Business on Mac updated with tabbed window experience for chats and more
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft yesterday released an update for Skype for Business on Mac to Insiders in both Fast and Slow rings. This January release update (version 16.14) comes with a lot of features like tabbed UI for chats, ability to accept ch...
Microsoft will fully shut down Office Live Meeting by end of this year
by Pradeep
2 years
Microsoft recently announced that it will completely shut down Office Live Meeting service by December 31, 2017. So, organizations using Live Meeting should migrate to Skype for Business and Skype Meeting Broadcast as quickly as p...
Microsoft details its Teams updates for November
2 years
Microsoft has detailed what they added to their Teams app over the month of November to make it more palatable to business users and in general. For admin users, Microsoft is making it easier to use PowerShell to manage teams, and...
Skype for Business on Mac updated with several essential features
by Pradeep
2 years
Microsoft today released an update for Skype for Business on Mac to Insiders in both Fast and Slow rings. This v16.13.168 update comes with several new features like the ability to have status updates from your Outlook calendar, t...
Microsoft provides roadmap for Skype for Business features coming to Microsoft Teams
by Pradeep
2 years
Last month, Microsoft announced that they are going to replace Skype for Business with Microsoft Teams as their default communication solution for the enterprise. At that time they just announced that several Skype for Business fe...
It’s official: Microsoft is replacing Skype for Business with Microsoft Teams
2 years
As rumored, Microsoft is officially going to be replacing Skype for Business with Microsoft Teams. The company today confirmed at its Ignite conference that Skype for Business will be killed in favor of Microsoft Teams. The compan...
Lenovo’s new ThinkSmart Hub 500 is an awesome Skype Rooms appliance
by Pradeep
2 years
Lenovo today announced a new Windows 10 IoT Enterprise based meeting room solution powered by Skype for Business. The Lenovo ThinkSmart Hub 500 is a Skype Room Systems device which can connect remote and local participants to Sky...