skype for business

Differences Between Skype For Business P1 & P2

Skype for Business P1 & P2 helps you to stay in touch with friends and family in your life away from work, you’ll appreciate the power and simplicity where it’s easy to find and connect with co-workers. And you can use the devices you already have to reach businesses through an enterprise-grade, secure, IT-managed platform.

Bye Bye… Skype For Business P1

Skype for Business Plan 1 is being retired from sale as of October 10. This means that you will no longer be able to acquire it, for Instant Messaging, Presence, and Peer-to-peer voice and video. These features will continue to be supported in all Microsoft 365 offers that include Teams, including Microsoft 365 F1. When your plan expires at the end of your current term, in order to have continued access to these features, you’ll have to switch to a different plan. We recommend that you evaluate the Microsoft 365 F1 plan for users that currently have Skype for Business Plan 1 assigned.

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Lync to Skype for Business to Teams

From Lync to Skype to Teams

Microsoft Teams is now the primary client for messaging, meetings and calling in Microsoft 365. Starting Oct. 1, 2018, new Microsoft 365 customers with 500 seats or less will be onboarded to Microsoft Teams and will not have access to Skype for Business. Tenants that are already using Skype for Business will be able to continue doing so (including provisioning new users) until they complete their transition to Microsoft Teams.

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Differences between Skype For Business P1 & P2

 

Skype For Business Plan 1

Skype For Business Plan 2

Connect from Skype for Business desktop app or from web Skype For Business P1/P2 Skype For Business P1/P2
Schedule meetings in Outlook Tooltip Icon Skype For Business P1/P2  
Join anonymously from web browser or free mobile apps Skype For Business P1/P2 Skype For Business P1/P2
Share your presentation and transfer control to other meeting participants Skype For Business P1/P2 Skype For Business P1/P2
Record audio and video calls Skype For Business P1/P2 Skype For Business P1/P2
Presence and group IM Skype For Business P1/P2 Skype For Business P1/P2
Transfer files in IM Skype For Business P1/P2 Skype For Business P1/P2
Audio and HD video calling to Skype for Business users Skype For Business P1/P2 Skype For Business P1/P2
Advanced meeting options including Polls and Q&A Tick Tick
Integration with on-premises communications systems, such as PBX and video teleconferencing systems   Tick
Enterprise-level support with 24/7 phone availability for all issues   Tick
24/7 phone support for critical issues, business hours availability for other issues   Tick

Skype for Business  Plan 2 licensed users will get the Basic client, not the Full client

If you want users to have the client, you will need to upgrade them to a license that includes it, such as an Enterprise-based license.

To deploy the Skype for Business client to your users, see Deploy the Skype for Business client in Microsoft 365.

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