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Skype for Business Avatars Disappearing on You? Here’s How to Fix

The other day, our Support team deployed a new Skype for Business Server for one of our mid-market customers. Initial setup went smoothly…they had an existing Office 365 account, which they wanted to integrate. We set them up on a

chris.williams December 9, 2020 Microsoft Teams, PowerShell, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

2018 Begins, OCS Ends

Welcome to 2018! We’ll have a full post up soon. Before that though, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge a milestone coming very soon. OCS 2007. Office Communications Server. The first iteration of what has now become the

chris.williams January 3, 2018 OCS 2007, Skype for Business, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

The Skype Operations Framework Turned into FastTrack’s MyAdvisor!

I look away for one minute and Microsoft changes out the entire Skype Operations Framework. Now the SkypeOperationsFramework.com URL forwards to: https://fasttrack.microsoft.com/microsoft365/capabilities?view=voice Go ahead, click it. See for yourself. (But do come back—we have more to discuss!) In light of

chris.williams October 25, 2017 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business 6 Comments Read more

Skype for Business News: Skype4B Becomes Teams (Maybe), Teams Gets Guest Access (Sort Of)

If Microsoft wanted to stir up controversy before the Ignite 2017 conference…they sure succeeded! Last week the Skype for Business community got two major announcements. One appears accidental. The other was not. But both have certainly drummed up a lot

chris.williams September 13, 2017 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Persistent Chat, Skype for Business 3 Comments Read more

Gartner Rankings for Cisco UC and Skype for Business – Which is Better?

What’s this? Cisco UCaaS rated HIGHER than Skype for Business? How?! Amazing as it might seem, that is how Gartner recently ranked them: Gartner’s Magic Quadrant 2017 for Unified Communications Their 2017 UC rankings have Cisco at #1 overall. Skype

chris.williams August 23, 2017 Conferencing, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

A New Skype for Business Server Version IS Coming!

Permit me a little celebration. Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet broke some wonderful news. There is still life in Skype for Business Server after all! Mary Jo’s article: What’s Next for Microsoft’s Skype for Business Unified Communications Products –

chris.williams August 9, 2017 Uncategorized 1 Comment Read more

How to Sell Skype for Business (to People Who Hate Skype)

At a recent Meetup, someone commented on the irony of Microsoft pitching “Skype for Business” to IT admins…who’ve hated Skype for years. It’s true, too. Skype has a sordid history in the office. Many businesses outright block Skype, for some

chris.williams June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 Skype for Business No Comments Read more

Why You Need a Computer Without Lync 2013 Admin Tools to Run Skype for Business’ In-Place Upgrade

A few days ago, we cleared some time. Ready to test the new In-Place Upgrade by upgrading our in-house Lync Server 2013 to Skype for Business Server 2015. (Details, once again: System is a single Lync Server 2013 Standard Edition

chris.williams June 3, 2015 Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business No Comments Read more

Licensing for Skype for Business 2015: The Details

Back in November I asked the question, “Will Skype for Business have the same CAL structure Lync Server 2013 does?” Turns out that yes, it will! Now that Skype for Business Server 2015 is on its way out into the

chris.williams May 21, 2015 Skype for Business 3 Comments Read more

2014 Reader Survey: What are Your 2015 Lync Plans?

It’s the last Lync Insider post of 2014! Hope everyone’s Christmas shopping is done and the workload is light. It’s been quite a year for the blog. Add-ons coming out. Big announcements. Lots of updates & fixes. Lync is out

chris.williams December 17, 2014 Lync Server 2013, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 5 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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