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Upgrading to Microsoft Teams from Skype for Business

by Jeff Brown

Microsoft Teams is the fastest growing product in Microsoft 365, but many organizations are still using Skype for Business. This course will teach you how to plan and migrate to Microsoft's newest collaboration tool, Microsoft Teams.

What you'll learn

Microsoft Teams is the newest born-in-the-cloud collaboration tool from Microsoft. However, many organizations are still using Skype for Business and want to migrate chat, calling, and meetings to Microsoft Teams. In this course, Upgrading to Microsoft Teams from Skype for Business, you'll develop an understanding of how the two products interact while successfully planning and migrating to Microsoft Teams from Skype for Business. First, you’ll learn about the different policies and settings available to make sure these two products can coexist until you are ready to move everyone to Microsoft Teams. Next, you’ll delve into the different ways to assign policies and manage the user experience. Finally, you’ll discover how to manage migrating Skype for Business meetings to Microsoft Teams meetings. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to upgrade to Microsoft Teams from Skype for Business.

About the author

Jeff is a Systems Administrator and Cloud Engineer with over a decade of experience in server and application administration. He has managed a wide range of technologies in his career, including Windows Server, Microsoft 365. and Azure. He enjoys solving problems, writing PowerShell scripts, and automating all the things. Jeff currently works as a technical consultant working with Azure. You can reach Jeff via Twitter (@JeffWBrown) or his blog (JeffBrown.tech).

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