Microsoft's Skype for Business Online to be retired on 31 July 2021

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And starting 1st September 2019, all new Office 365 customers will only be able to use Microsoft's Slack-rival Teams for calling, chat and meetings

Microsoft is to retire Skype for Business Online on 31st July 2021. This is the first time that the company has mentioned a retirement date for Skype for Business Online as part of its drive to ...

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