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Skype for Business Online - End of Life announced today

After a period of uncertianty; In that it was announced last year thet users of Skype for Business Online would be automatically moved to Teams -- and some were, Microsoft, today announced that the last day for Skype for Business Online is 31st July 2021. This means that customers have two years exactly today to move to Microsoft Teams instead. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/Skype-for-Business-Online-to-Be-Retired-in-2021/ba-p/777833  The service will be "Inaccessible" after this date we are being told. This is good news for Microsoft Partners like me, but there are still some vital features missing such as Call Center applications, Call Recording and transfer directly to Voicemail to name but a few. It is hoped that the long awaited API will be released in the coming months. I would bet that by November we will have a lot of information for the annual Microsoft Ignite event in Orlando. We are actively migrating customers from on-premise d