End of support for connecting to Skype for Business server in Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows
While the Microsoft Teams product team is rapidly releasing new features and capabilities for Microsoft Teams Rooms and continues innovating to deliver more intelligent, inclusive, and productive meeting experiences we must end support for some legacy technologies. We are announcing the end of support for Skype for Business server connections for on-premises customers.
Skype for Business Server 2019 Cumulative Update Available for Download
We are excited to announce the Skype for Business Server 2019 June 2023 Cumulative Update (CU Build Number 2046.521) which, in addition to fixes for customer-driven bugs and many security hardening improvements, includes two new features: Emergency Mitigation Service (EMS) and OAuth for Dial-in and Web Scheduler.
Skype for Business Server TAP is now recruiting new customers
The Skype for Business Server team is looking for new members to join our Technology Adoption Program (TAP). TAP is an established program designed to validate updates to Skype for Business Server by asking customers to test them in their own lab or production environments.Skype for Business Server support, Skype for Business App SDK, & migrating users to Microsoft Teams
For millions of customers around the globe, Microsoft Teams is the preferred communications and collaboration platform, enabling chat, calling, meetings, file sharing, and application integration all from a single, cloud-based application. However, we understand some customers wish to maintain an on-premises deployment, either as a stand-alone or part of a hybrid configuration with Teams. As such, Microsoft will continue to support Microsoft Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business Server 2015, and Skype for Business Server 2019 through Microsoft’s Fixed Lifecycle Policy that covers customers through Mainstream and Extended Support phases.Skype for Business 2019 - Control Panel Phase 2 Released
Today, we have released the update for Skype for Business Server Control Panel! Please find the update here. This is a continuation to our earlier introduced phase one of modern control panel in July 2019 here. We had covered ‘Home’ and ‘Users’ tab in first phase, in this second phase we introduce ‘Conferencing’ and ‘Federation and External Access’ tabs. The ‘Dial-In Access’ sub-tab in Conferencing is not ready yet and it will be part of the next phase. We have also enabled Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to the Admin panel and the mechanism to provide different access permissions remains similar to the old Silverlight based panel. We are working on the feedback received in the preview and will be addressing them in future updates. Top enhancements in the roadmap are - Auto redirect for URL to avoid remembering pool name, and Admins need not be SIP enabled, Single Sign On for tenant. As always, we’re happy to get feedback on the new Panel as we work on the next phase. Now that CU3 has been released, we hope you’ll adopt it for better day-to-day admin experience.
