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Microsoft Life-Cycle Reference  here Big news in Skype for Business, in a  blog on the Microsoft Teams blog , Microsoft has  officially announced the mainstream support end date/end of service for Skype for Business Online as 31st July 2021 . Customers have two years from this announcement to move off Skype for Business Online to Microsoft Teams or another solution. After that date, Skype for Business Online will no longer be accessible. Between now and 31st July 2021, current Skype for Business Online customers will experience  no change in service , and they’ll be able to continue to add new users as needed. Also, to align with this schedule, support for the integration of third-party party Audio Conferencing Providers (ACP) into Skype for Business Online has been extended to July 31, 2021, with limited support for remaining active tenants to allow additional time for transition. This is an update from the previous  2020 date . What about Skype

Most of the Enterprise Administrators find it difficult to understand the Microsoft Calling Plans how to best utilize it, whom to assign the licenses and how to configure it for the users. Let’s understand the different Microsoft Licenses and the how best we can utilize the licensing with the cost effective and best usage. Microsoft Conferencing Licenses are available for the customers with Enterprises Licenses only i.e. (Microsoft Enterprise E1, Microsoft Enterprise E3, Microsoft Enterprise E5, Microsoft). Let’s discuss the best usage of the licenses in details with addition of calling and conferencing services. Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise E1 License Microsoft E1 License comes with following Services ·          Microsoft Exchange Online ·          Microsoft One-Drive ·          Microsoft SharePoint Online ·          Microsoft Teams/Microsoft Skype for Business Online (Existing Customer until the services is retired in 2021) ·          Microsoft Stream etc.