
Customers with hybrid configurations may move users from Teams to Skype for Business Server if needed. Customers will not be able to move online users out of Teams Only mode after retirement. This includes support for third-party audio conferencing providers (ACP), Skype for Business Online Cloud Connector Edition (CCE), hybrid voice configurations, and Skype Meeting Broadcast. Services that integrate with Skype for Business Online will not be supported beyond the Jretirement. Here are a few other things to know about the retirement of Skype for Business Online: Users must take this step within 90 days of the completed upgrade.
Migrating Contacts to Teams: Existing contacts from Skype for Business Online including federated (but no distribution lists) will be migrated when users log into Teams for the first time. #Skype for business online upgrade#
Migrating Meetings Data to Teams: It’s important for customers with Skype for Business Online-only deployments to use the Meeting Migration Service (MMS) to migrate existing Skype for Business Online meetings to Teams meetings prior to the assisted upgrade date to avoid the potential for data loss.Regardless of whether an organization manages all aspects of the upgrade or use the assisted process, our guidance includes steps to ensure meetings and contacts are successfully migrated from Skype for Business Online to Teams. Migrating Skype for Business Online Meetings and Contacts to Teams
Learn more about the post-upgrade experience. Post-upgrade, all new online users will be added in Teams Only mode. Once the upgrade has completed and users sign out of Skype for Business Online, they'll start using Teams for messaging, meetings, and calling. During this time, end users will still have access to Skype for Business Online functionality. In most cases, users within a tenant will be upgraded within 24 hours of the start of the upgrade. The duration of the upgrade will vary by volume of users and the characteristics of the deployment. Skype for Business Server users won't be impacted by the assisted upgrade process and will remain on-premises.
Skype for Business Online users in hybrid environment: The assisted upgrade will only switch Skype for Business Online users to Teams Only mode if they're not already in that mode. When this policy is applied, all Skype for Business Online users will be placed in Teams Only mode. Skype for Business Online-only: The assisted upgrade process will apply the TeamsUpgradeOverridePolicy policy to the tenant. The assisted upgrade experience will differ slightly depending on whether organizations have a Skype for Business Online-only or a Skype for Business Online with hybrid environment. Organizations that are scheduled for assisted upgrades after Jwill be able to use Skype for Business Online until their upgrade is complete. Even after scheduling, customers may still self-upgrade prior to the assisted upgrade date to better control the timing of their upgrade experience.Īssisted upgrades will begin in August 2021 with tenant-specific dates shared in the scheduling notifications mentioned above. Scheduling notifications are sent to tenant admins within the Microsoft 365 Message Center and Teams admin center 90 days before the date of the assisted upgrade.
Organizations that have not yet upgraded to Teams Only will be scheduled for Microsoft assisted upgrades to Teams to help with last-mile technical elements of the transition.
Here’s some additional guidance to help ensure a successful journey to Teams: With a month before service retirement, we encourage remaining Skype for Business Online customers to continue transitioning users and workloads to Teams. Hundreds of upgrade workshops and millions of successful Skype for Business Online to Teams transitions later, we’re closing in on this significant milestone. It’s been nearly two years since we first announced the Jretirement of Skype for Business Online.