Remove references to Skype for Business Online in marketing materials for your Office 365 and Microsoft 365 offers by Oct 1 st.
Tenant Administrators will be given advance notification via email and through the Office 365 Message Center. Starting November 1 st, we will begin offering partner associated customers automatic upgrades from Skype for Business Online to Teams. Tenants that are already using Skype for Business online will be able to continue doing so (including provisioning new users) until they complete their transition to Microsoft Teams. 1 st, new Office 365 customers with 500 seats or less will be onboarded to Microsoft Teams and will not have access to Skype for Business Online. This transition represents an opportunity for you to help your customers realize the benefits of intelligent communications. This is a significant milestone for Microsoft together with our partners to upgrade Skype for Business Online with Microsoft Teams as the primary communications client in Office 365. Teams is now ready to meet your customers’ messaging, meeting, and calling needs. We recently announced that the roadmap for bringing Skype for Business Online features and functionality into Microsoft Teams is now complete. Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams upgrade: