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The 5 Most Useful Skype4B / Teams Posts in 2018

Let’s start 2019 with a refresher. 2018 was a busy year, with new content and updates for older, more evergreen content. In today’s post I’ve listed our the 5 most popular posts in 2018, by number of unique visits. If

chris.williams January 16, 2019 Instant Messaging (IM), Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

The Skype for Business Insider Year in Review – 2018 Edition

Just like that, we’ve reached the last post of 2018! I do have a post on the Mediation Server for our “How It Fits into Skype for Business” in the works. But since it’s already mid-December, I thought a ‘year

chris.williams December 19, 2018 ChatOps, Intelligent Communications, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

Device Review: Yealink T58A Skype for Business Phone

Today I’m reviewing the Yealink SIP-T58A desk phone. Like its little brother (which we reviewed last time), this is a softphone designed for Skype for Business users. I put it through the same paces as the T56, within the same

chris.williams November 28, 2018 Intelligent Communications, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Device Review: Yealink T56A Skype for Business Phone

Time for a new device to review! This time we have a new desk phone: the SIP-T56A from Yealink. Matt at Jenne.com kindly sent me this unit for review, after we expressed interest in the Yealink line. The T56A is

chris.williams October 31, 2018 Reference, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 1 Comment Read more

5 Ways to Conceal a Teams Channel

We can’t make fully private channels in Teams yet. But we can conceal a channel from other Teams users. Private Channels has taken the top spot at UserVoice, as the most-requested Teams feature. Microsoft is, as of this post, “Working

chris.williams July 5, 2018 ChatOps, Microsoft Teams, Security, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

The Future of Enterprise Skype for Business Server: Your Feedback

What will enterprises do with their on-prem Skype for Business deployments after 2020? What factors weigh upon those decisions? I asked you…and you answered! I received several responses from enterprise admins, all running Skype for Business Servers on-prem. Some went

chris.williams June 21, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

Is Skype for Business GDPR Compliant? What About Teams?

I’ve received feedback from several enterprise sysadmins and consultants about on-prem costs. Thanks very much! It’s not quite enough to comfortably make some 2020 predictions though…if you haven’t responded yet, please take a moment. It really can help us all.

chris.williams June 13, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications 7 Comments Read more

The Call Goes Out – Enterprise Skype for Business Admins, Sound Off on On-Prem Costs!

Well, my last post certainly poked a hornet’s nest, didn’t it? First things first: I DID oversimplify the comparison. Not intentionally, but that’s what came out. Mea culpa. I was aiming to do as straightforward a comparison between Skype for

chris.williams May 30, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business, Unified Communications 1 Comment Read more

The Skype for Business Quagmire Creeping Up on Enterprises

Skype for Business Server has one new version coming. After that, enterprises could get stuck between an economic rock & a financial hard place. Skype for Business Server 2019 is coming. However, given all the pushes toward O365/Teams, it’s not

chris.williams May 16, 2018May 17, 2018 Conferencing, Exchange, Intelligent Communications, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 12 Comments Read more

The Top 8 Skype for Business-Teams Complaints

Teams is 1 year old! Let’s talk about its problems. I asked Twitter followers, checked feedback sites, and polled co-workers. All told, I came up with 8 of the most common complaints for Skype for Business and Teams. Why do

chris.williams March 15, 2018October 11, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 2 Comments Read more
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The Skype4B Insider is a blog about the technology we use to communicate in business today. Here we talk about Microsoft's Skype for Business Server 2015, Lync Server 2013, Unified Communications, Voice over IP and related technologies like Exchange Server. Written by Chris W., MCSE in Communication and PlanetMagpie IT Consulting's Digital Marketing & Communications Manager.

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  • The Skype for Business Insider Year in Review – 2018 Edition
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