It’s time to finally say goodbye to Skype for Business Online. Though the sunset date for the platform — July 31, 2021 — is quickly approaching, you still have time to get ready. However, there are some important things to think about when moving to whatever your replacement platform will be.

For most organizations, the logical next step is Microsoft Teams, and many of these organizations have already found new ways to take advantage of Microsoft Teams to collaborate over the past year. To help continue the push forward, here are three of the questions I hear most often from organizations that are planning to fully transition to Teams ― and my thoughts on how to best prepare.

While we at CDW are in the business of providing IT solutions and services to our customers, behind the scenes we deal with the same operational issues that other enterprises face. Earlier this year, our leadership made the decision to close our offices and arrange for all non-essential CDW coworkers to start working remotely.

Over the course of a weekend, our Information Technology teams gained firsthand knowledge of what our customers were either already going through or soon going to be. It was a tall order to tackle the enterprise networking, storage, security, collaboration and communication needs to allow 7,100 coworkers to work from home, but our teams rose to the task. Now, we’re sharing our experience with our customers.

What do you think of when you hear that you need to join a web conference? WebEx GoToMeeting TeamViewer Lync Skype Clearly, there are a lot of options out there to choose from when it comes to business solutions. 

Skype for Business is the name of the next version of Lync. Lync Server becomes Skype for Business Server. Lync Online becomes Skype for Business Online. Both Skype and Lync have been around for more than a decade and both are extremely successful. Lync is getting a new name and a fresh look and feel…

What Is It? You may have been hearing the buzz around Microsoft’s pending product launch for “Skype for Business,” but what exactly is it? Simply put, Skype for Business is the next generation of Microsoft’s unified communications platform. Make no mistake, this is not a first-generation product.