If you have questions about these two products today, that's already a good thing! You already understand the advantages of integrating one or the other of these solutions in your company.
With the arrival of Microsoft Teams (Online) many companies feel confronted with having to make a choice between the two Microsoft products.
Despite the rumors about the future of the solution Skype for BusinessDespite the rumors about the future of the solution, it is more durable than ever with the arrival of its new version Skype for Business Server 2019. Even if users will also be able to have telephony (SIP) through Teams the solution has its limitations that some companies can not afford and will prefer to privilege the solution Skype for Business that has already proven itself.
9 things you need to know...
Below are the main topics that will surely affect companies that are already using the solution Skype for Business On-Premise solution with the SIP telephony function or those who wish to implement it.
Finally, the following content is mainly intended to give you more elements to help you think about the Microsoft Teams solution in relation to Skype for Business or rather how they can complement each other...
Teams is not intended to replace Skype for Business On-Premise
Microsoft Teams is above all a new "client" for the user, of the collaborative space type, and is based on the existing collaborative services Office 365 .
Microsoft Teams can coexist with your infrastructure Skype for Business On Premise (FrontEnd + Edge)
There are several solutions to have telephony on Teams, With a SBC on site (physical). In a datacenter like Amazon, Azure, etc. (sbc virtual). There is also for very small customers Operator Connect or use a multi-tenant SBC with an operator.
The "clients" Teams and Skype for Business can be deployed and used in parallel on the user station.
Microsoft is not talking about migration Skype for Business On-Premise to Teams but a transition for users who want it.
Skype for Business coexists with Teams with or without functional restrictions. The principle is to let the user choose with which tool he wants to communicate, for which use and at which time...
Configuration policies at the tenant level Office 365 allow the distribution of communication functionality between the two platforms.
Microsoft Teams telephony on Direct Routing with an on-site physical SBC , is currently (updated December 2021) equivalent to that of an Skype for Business On-Premise infrastructure.
to be continued...
Update7.12.2021: When we published our article (April 2018) we recommended you to wait until the calling features are fully integrated in Microsoft Teams. Today we can say that 99% of the calling features that were present on Skype for Business are available on Teams. Also, more than 70% of our customers have already migrated their telephony to Teams and almost all of them use at least Teams for collaboration.
Comparison of the functionalities of Skype for Business and Teams
Attention, this table is rather technically oriented to allow them to better understand the limitations of Teams compared to an On-Premise/ or Hybrid solution of Skype for Business.
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