He said: “Gold level partners and those with a track record with Skype for Business are a great place to start. It’s a sought after tool that IT Managers would love to get their hands on. Randy also mentioned that there isn’t a certified Teams migration partner directory. Sticking with the theme of change management, Kristof Maes at Xylos suggested the main reason for organizations not already adopting Teams is the change & adoption requirements to move to Microsoft Teams as a complete Workstream Collaboration tool. They can also help with governance, change management and user adoption.” “A partner can help them understand the features and benefits and also the implications of moving to Teams. He suggested if a company does want to migrate to Teams, whether from Skype for Business Online or Server, they should engage a partner that can help. I asked one influencer, Randy Chapman, Modern Workplace Architect at Symity, for his take on where IT Managers should start with migrations. It did, however, include many partners, resellers, and managed service providers that are fully qualified Microsoft MVPs. Our recent Unified Comms influencers list didn’t include any direct employees of Microsoft.
Should end users be going to Microsoft or partners for help with Skype to Teams migrations? I also reached out to Gartner to see if they had any insider info on the matter before release the 2019 Magic Quadrant but they suggested they do not reveal their research process to the public. But, overall it’s not lacking much in the way of functionality.įor a breakdown of the differences between the two platforms, this post compares Skype for Business vs Microsoft Teams. My immediate answer was the lack of federation and the guest access alternative. What is there that Skype can do that Microsoft Teams cannot do? He justified his remarks with a counterquestion to me: ”Ĭhris added that Microsoft will still deliver Unified Comms-as-a-Service – just not through a Skype body. “I don’t think Gartner relied on Skype for Business in Office 365 for their judgement too much. I reached out to collaboration expert, Chris Isak, Founder and Journalist at TechAcute to get his thoughts on the matter: One question raised on Twitter was whether the removal of Skype for Business Online removed the UCaaS element to Microsoft’s offering. The timing of the Skype for Business Online retirement announcement was only a week after Gartner named Microsoft as a leader. Tom went on to suggest that the MVP community is in favor of Microsoft’s decision: “Microsoft Teams use is growing massively and Microsoft is putting all its efforts into their cloud-native UC and Collab proposition, which makes sense.” “ The MVP community is, by definition, on the pulse of what Microsoft is doing, so the end of life of Skype for Business Online in favour of Microsoft Teams was unsurprising. I asked Tom Arbuthnot for his take on the feeling in the Microsoft MVP community.
He also said, “Managers should have known this was coming as Microsoft has been clear about its progression path from Skype for Business to Teams generally.” What has been the immediate reaction to Skype for Business retirement in the MVP community? “Admins should already be working on their migration strategies.” Patrick was to the point, rather than fluffy and dancing around Microsoft’s communications. “The Skype for Business retirement date doesn’t change anything at all for Skype for Business Online customers. I asked Patrick how the Skype for Business retirement announcement would change IT Manager’s day to day lives.
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