For Microsoft 365 Family subscribers, you can share 3 your subscription with up to five other people and each person can enjoy the benefits of premium Microsoft 365 apps across all their devices (PC, Mac, and mobile), 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage, 60 Skype minutes per month, and advanced security.
-->- Microsoft 365 includes Skype for Business, which lets you have instant messaging (IM), audio and video conversations, and Skype meetings. To download Skype for Business, sign in to Microsoft 365, then at the top of the page, click Settings Microsoft 365 settings Software Skype for Business. With Skype for Business you can.
- When you buy a Microsoft 365 Family or Microsoft 365 Personal subscription, your purchase includes 60 minutes of free Skype calls to mobiles and landlines every month, in more than 60 countries worldwide. You can enjoy using the inclusive Skype minutes with the Microsoft account that you have associated with your Microsoft 365 subscription.
Microsoft 365 Skype For Business Online
Originally published: July 30, 2019
Updated: September 29, 2020
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Last year we announced the July 31, 2021 retirement of Skype for Business Online. After that time, the service will no longer be accessible.
To enable customers to plan and implement a successful upgrade from Skype for Business Online to Teams, Microsoft offers comprehensive guidance and resources, including a proven success framework, free instructor-led training, upgrade planning workshops, and FastTrack onboarding assistance for eligible subscriptions. There is also an extensive list of Microsoft partners who are able to assist customers with their upgrades to Teams.
The Skype consumer service and Skype for Business Server products will not be affected by the retirement of the Skype for Business Online service.
In addition to the retirement of Skype for Business Online, customers using Skype for Business Online Cloud Connector Edition and 'Hybrid Voice' configurations will require changes as well. Go here to learn more.
Current Skype for Business Online customers with existing Microsoft 365 tenants will experience no change in the service up to its retirement date and may continue adding new users as needed. As of September 1, 2019, all new Microsoft 365 customers will be onboarded directly to Teams.
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For more detailed information about the Skype for Business retirement, see the Teams blog.
Change Log
September 29, 2020
ADDED: Skype for Business Online Cloud Connector Edition and 'Hybrid Voice' configurations detail.
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