How to migrate from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Those of you that use Skype as the defaultcollaborative toolknow just how versatile it has proven itself throughout the years. However, all good things come to an end, and it seems that Skype for Business will be retired and replaced with Microsoft Teams.

The two programs have plenty of overlapping functionalities, and can already be used simultaneously, so the transition shouldn’t be too hard.

More so, upgrading is recommended, since Microsoft Teams extends the capabilities of Skype for Business, bringing together chat, meetings, calling, collaboration, app integration, and file storage into a single interface.

What are the steps needed to migrate from Skype to Teams?

Unfortunately, switching from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams isn’t as simple as simply uninstalling Skype from all PCs and simply replacing it with Teams.

First of all, preparations need to be taken in order to familiarize employees with Microsoft Teams and teach them why it is important and beneficial for them to go through this upgrade.

Once users are notified about the upgrade, follow these steps:

1. Move to Teams using Skype for Business Server Control Panel

This step involves using the Skype for Business Server Control Panel.

Use the migration notification feature

1. Upgrade all the users at one time

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2.Update Teams users in stages

If you want to move all the users gradually to Microsoft Team, do the following.

2.1 Identify groups of users for an upgrade

Alternatively, you can also use PowerShell to enable notifications for groups of users.

2.2 Set the coexistence mode for users to Teams Only

When you enable these notifications, users will see a notification in their Skype for Business client. This will prompt them to “Try” Microsoft Teams.

If they click theTrybutton, the Teams client will launch, or the browser will launch for the web version is the client isn’t installed.

Your Skype for Business will then silently download the Microsoft Teams client on your PC, and will then apply the appropriate settings to it, according to your on-premise settings.

This will allow the automatic migration of users from Skype for Busines to Microsoft Teams.

By following these steps, you as an IT administrator should be able to migrate users from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams easily.

Do you think that migrating from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams is a good idea? Let us know in the comment section below.

How to migrate from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams#

What are the steps needed to migrate from Skype to Teams?#

1. Move to Teams using Skype for Business Server Control Panel#

Use the migration notification feature#

1. Upgrade all the users at one time#

2.Update Teams users in stages#