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Originally published: July 30, 2019
Updated: April 29, 2021

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Skype is a VoIP service that enables people to make and receive free voice and video calls over the internet using a computer, web browser, or mobile phone. VoIP supplies ways to communicate that go around the standard methods of landlines and cellular plans.
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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:

Services that integrate with Skype for Business Online will not be supported beyond the July 31, 2021 retirement. This includes support for third-party audio conferencing providers (ACP), Skype for Business Online Cloud Connector Edition (CCE), hybrid voice configurations, and Skype Meeting Broadcast.
Customers will not be able to move online users out of Teams Only mode after retirement.
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Users can be moved directly from Skype for Business Server to Teams Only after configuring Skype for Business hybrid with Microsoft 365 or Office 365.

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 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.

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

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