UPDATE: Skype for Business Online retirement on July 31, 2021

Originally published: July 30, 2019
Updated: September 16, 2021

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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. Below are additional details:

To enable customers to plan and implement a successful upgrade from Skype for Business Online to Teams or Skype for Business Server, Microsoft offers the following resources:

The Skype consumer service and Skype for Business Server are not affected by the retirement of Skype for Business Online. Customers with hybrid deployments of Skype for Business Server or Lync Server 2013 should review Implications of the upcoming retirement of Skype for Business Online.

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.

For more detailed information about the Skype for Business retirement, see the Teams blog.

Change Log

September 16, 2021
ADDED: Guidance for customers using Microsoft Teams Rooms devices.

September 29, 2020
ADDED: Skype for Business Online Cloud Connector Edition and "Hybrid Voice" configurations detail.

April 29, 2021
ADDED: 3 month EOS notification; updated impacts and resources