However, Microsoft considers Teams to be good enough now for organizations to make the switch. Under Microsoft's Modern Lifecycle Policy, Microsoft is only required to give its Office 365 customers a 12-month advance notice that a service is getting discontinued if no successor product is available. The service is part of some Office 365 subscriptions. Skype for Business Online, introduced in 2014, is Microsoft's unified communications service, providing presence, voice-over-IP, messaging and videoconferencing capabilities. The online event, called 'Demystifying Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams Migration,' is scheduled for Monday, August 26 at 9:00 a.m. Update 8/1: Microsoft plans to hold a 1.5-hour public Web presentation on how to migrate to Teams. The Skype for Business Server version of the product will be sticking around because Microsoft acknowledged that many of its customers still 'need to continue to use Skype for Business Server for some users or geographies due to their requirements,' according to a FAQ document on the transition, dated July 30. Users of Microsoft's Skype for Business Server product and the consumer Skype service aren't affected, the announcement assured. Just the Skype for Business Online service will be getting axed.

New Office 365 customers will get directed toward Microsoft Teams starting on Sept. Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it's planning to end its Skype for Business Online service on July 31, 2021, and it is encouraging customers to use the Microsoft Teams service instead.

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