With Teams’ success, it has been very quiet on the Skype for Business Server front. In August 2022, Microsoft confirmed they “remain committed” to supporting Skype for Business Server beyond 2025. Now some news for Skype for Business Server customers, The Skype for Business Server team is looking for new members to join their Technology Adoption Program (TAP). From their blog: TAP is an...
On the 20th July Microsoft announced and released a preview of SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Some highlights from the announcement: “With SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, you’ll end the cycle of long and costly major version upgrades to get new features and remain in support. Microsoft will deliver our latest innovations to customers through updates that can be installed on...
It’s not long until the Skype for Business Online end of service date of 31st July 2021. Cloud Connector Edition (allowing bring your own PSTN on SfB Online) also retires on 31st July 2021. Skype for Business Server lives on, but possibly as a service subscription. Most Skype for Business Online organisations will have already migrated to Teams, either manually or by Microsoft’s assisted upgrades...
While we’re close to the end of Skype for Business Online (retiring 31st July 2021), Skype for Business server lives on for those who want/need it, with Skype for Business Server extended support until 2025 and Skype for Business Server 2022 confirmed. One challenge Skype for Business Server has is that its control panel uses Silverlight technology, which will reach the end of support on October...
Thought this was worth a post to get the word out. There is an important update for Skype for Business Server 2015, 2019 and Lync Server 2013 to protect against CVE-2021-24099, Skype for Business and Lync Denial of Service Vulnerability The exploit was privately disclosed to Microsoft by Markus Wulftange of Code White GmbH and has not yet been seen in the wild. If exploited, it can cause a total...