- #Where is skype for business in office 365 install#
- #Where is skype for business in office 365 full#
Besides that point, Skype for Business client works (great) where other clients have failed and will continue to fail because of the ports used for communication. So I like to end my story with where I see Microsoft heading.I see Microsoft in Leader\Innovator quadrant in Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS in 2016. Why? Because no other UCaaS provider can match the server landscape in a global scale as Microsoft. Call Flow\Auto Attendant) in Office 365 E5 solution. Not sure who Microsoft targeted as their customer base without main number directory setup (i.e. I found a solution to resolve that issue and kept on going, without using a hybrid solution (on-prem/cloud). Most important thing that Microsoft failed to release with E5 General Availability was Call Flow \ Auto Attendant.
We did run into some minor issues and one major issue. We migrated our phone numbers from different offices into Skype for Business - Voice earlier this week successfully. I wanted the number porting to happen during Christmas Holidays, our lowest time of the year. We signed off on the Office 365 - E5 solution within few days of the General Availability. Well, our phone system contracts were coming up next month so it made sense to do the migration now. Let's wait a few months, get the bugs worked out and then jump in the technology. I know you are asking, why do I want to be on the bleeding edge of technology. With about a dozen Users testing over two months, we learned Skype for Business had the right characteristics to match our business needs. Finding the right Users who adapt to change in technology while asking all the right questions are hard to come by in a company of 150 employees.
We wanted people who worked from home all the time, people who traveled frequently, and people who worked in different offices across US. The PSTN feature required more thought and finesse on choosing test users within my environment. Conference Bridge was an easy migration for my Users from Citrix OpenVoice or GoToMeeting. We started with Skype for Business Preview using the Conference Bridge then PSTN. I like to share my thoughts and explain where I feel they are heading. And before you run the script.I know some of us may have questioned where Microsoft is going with Office 365 - E5 Cloud PBX. Make the changes to your domain where i have capital letters in the script. This will apply the settings to all the users and disable the cloud service. To apply these two settings i made a powershell script. When the schema job is done, you have to apply settings to two attributes to disable the cloud service. Start the make AD ready tool and extract the schema. This is done by starting the skype for business server install. I had to extend the AD schema with skype for business schema. With no or little understanding that we are using a hosted service.Īfter two weeks of ping pong up trough the system, we finally found a solution. When reaching out to microsoft, they wanted me to change all our DNS records to their cloud records. NOTE: Once downloaded, open the application and login with your A number followed by.
#Where is skype for business in office 365 install#
Select the download and install the of Skype for Business or Lync client depending on your operating system. Select Office 365 under My apps settings. So when external users tried to connect with our users, they were routed to our cloud service, and not our hosted service. Click the gear in the upper right-hand corner.
The online service synced all our users to the online skype for business directory.
#Where is skype for business in office 365 full#
Since the E5 plan comes with full skype for business support.Īnd we have an azure ad connect sync. Users had trouble joining meeting, and getting contacts to join their meetings.Īnd external contact could not see our IM status.Īfter lots of reasearch, i found the problem maker. The solution worked great.īut when we upgraded the office 365 licence plan to E5, the trouble started surfacing. This gave us full IM and cellular service. The best alternative was hosted services. We started with Skype for Business Preview using the Conference Bridge then PSTN. When we the took the step to get in to skype for business. In my workplace we started out with exchange online and an E1 office 365 licence plan. Issue with hosted skype for business and office 365 E5 licence plan.