Teams Tidbits - Skype for Business to Teams Capabilities Roadmap

[Christopher Weaver]

First published on TECHNET on Nov 01, 2017
Hello All,

This information just came across my inbox, so I thought I would share it with you.  If you have not heard we are going to be folding Skype for Business into Teams as it moves forward as the hub for teamwork in Office 365.  All of these features can or will be able to be found on the O365 Roadmap as they rollout.

NOTE: As always any dates or feature sets could change or slip, this information should be used for testing and learning only.

By category here is how the features stacks up:

Messaging:

	Available Today	Coming by Mar 31 2018
Enterprise Grade	Persistent 1:1 and Group Conversations Team + Channels for Teams Productivity	Hide/Share/Mute Chat
Skype for Business interop and federation	Teams-SfB 1:1 Chat Interop Guest Access for External Users	Contact Groups Unified Presence Federated Chat between Teams and Skype for Business Import Contacts from Skype for Business Skype for Business Interop with Persistent Chat
Platform and devices	Windows, Mac, Edge, Chrome iOS, Android, Windows Phone
IT Pro	Messaging Tenant-level policies eDiscovery/Hold/Archiving of Messages	Messaging Policies Message Retention Policies Messaging Interop IT Policies

Meetings:

	Available Today	Coming by Dec 31 2017	Coming by Jun 30 2018
Enterprise Grade	Schedule in Outlook & Teams Private and Channel Meetings User Facing Diagnostics 80 users in a meeting Audio Conferencing (preview) Participant Management Improved Device Selection	Audio Conferencing in over 90 countries Anonymous Join Interactive Troubleshooting Lobby Support Mute Other Participants	Broadcast Meetings Cloud Recording Federated Meetings Large Meeting Support (~250) Lobby for PSTN callers Outlook meeting schedule from other platforms (OWA, OLK, mobile) PSTN Fallback
Collaborative meetings	Enable Meeting Lifecycle with Pre/During/Post Desktop sharing Conversations Immersive Meeting Experiences	Application Sharing Give and Take Control in sharing	PowerPoint Load and Share Whiteboard and Meeting Notes
Platform and devices	Windows, Mac Mobile: iOS and Android Meetings	Edge, Chrome Browser Support for meetings	Enable VTC Interop Services* Skype Room Systems Support* Surface Hub Support Trio 1 Touch Teams Meeting Join*
IT Pro	Call Quality Diagnostic Portal Tenant Policies	Enable Call Quality Analytics	User-Level Meeting Policy eDiscovery enhancements

* Capability has third party dependencies

Calling:

	Coming by Dec 31 2017	Coming by Jun 30 2018	Coming by Dec 31 2018
Enterprise Grade	Blind Transfer Call Blocking Call Forwarding Caller ID Masking e911 Support Extension Dialing Translate user input to standard format phone # Hold Multi-call Handling Simultaneous Ringing Speed Dial Suggested Contacts Voicemail Enable Existing Calling Plan Support	Boss and Delegate Support Call Queues Consultative & Safe Transfer Do not Disturb breakthrough Distinctive Ring 1:1 to Group Call Escalation with Teams, Skype for Business, and PSTN participants Forward to Group Organizational Auto-Attendant Transfer to PSTN Call Hybrid connection to Teams Out of Office Support	Call Park Group Call Pickup Location-Based Routing Shared Line Appearance
Skype for Business interop & fed	SfB-Teams Calling Teams Interop Policies	Call Support between Teams & Skype Consumer
Platform and Devices	Windows, Mac, Edge, iOS, Android TTY Support	Support for existing certified SIP Phones* USB HID
IT Pro	SfB-Teams Interop Policies Call Quality Diagnostic Portal	eDiscovery Enhancements

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Pax