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searchaux" style="display:none">Enterprise instant messaging and video conferencing software by Microsoft</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with regular <a href="/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media 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data-file-width="236" data-file-height="423" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Skype for Business</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr style="display: none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="margin:0px;">16.0.15601.20578 / March 3, 2023<span class="noprint">; 20 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2023-03-03</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Windows" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> and <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Audio, Video, Instant Messaging</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.skype.com/en/business">www<wbr />.skype<wbr />.com<wbr />/en<wbr />/business</a></span> <span class="penicon autoconfirmed-show"><span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1416838?uselang=en#P856" title="Edit this on Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this on Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Skype for Business</b> (formerly <b>Microsoft Lync</b> and <b>Office Communicator</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Enterprise_software" title="Enterprise software">enterprise software</a> application for <a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> and <a href="/wiki/Videotelephony" title="Videotelephony">videotelephony</a> developed by <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft 365 (formerly Office)</a> suite. It is designed for use with the on-premises <a href="/wiki/Skype_for_Business_Server" title="Skype for Business Server">Skype for Business Server</a> software, and a <a href="/wiki/Software_as_a_service" title="Software as a service">software as a service</a> version offered as part of 365. It supports text, audio, and video chat, and integrates with Microsoft 365 components such as <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Exchange_Server" title="Microsoft Exchange Server">Exchange</a> and <a href="/wiki/SharePoint" title="SharePoint">SharePoint</a>. </p><p>The software was previously named Lync before rebranding to Skype for Business in 2015, co-branding it with the Microsoft-owned consumer messaging platform <a href="/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a> (which had begun to integrate with Lync in 2013). Despite the same branding, Skype for Business and Skype have almost nothing in common and function as separate platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2017, Microsoft announced that it would phase out Skype for Business Online in favor of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a>, a new cloud-based collaboration platform. Support for Skype for Businesses Online ended in July 2021, although a new version of Skype for Business Server will be available with a subscription license.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skype_for_Business&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft released Office Communicator 2007 to production on July 28, 2007, and launched it on October 27, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was followed by <i>Office Communicator 2007 R2</i>, released on March 19, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Microsoft released the successor to Office Communicator, Lync 2010, on January 25, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2010, the platform was renamed Lync.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microsoft_Lync_logo_(2013-2015).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Microsoft_Lync_logo_%282013-2015%29.svg/110px-Microsoft_Lync_logo_%282013-2015%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Microsoft_Lync_logo_%282013-2015%29.svg/165px-Microsoft_Lync_logo_%282013-2015%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Microsoft_Lync_logo_%282013-2015%29.svg/220px-Microsoft_Lync_logo_%282013-2015%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="554" /></a><figcaption>Microsoft Lync logo (2013 version)</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 2013, Microsoft announced that it would allow Lync users to communicate with <a href="/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a>, a consumer IM platform it had acquired in 2011. This initially included support for text and voice communications.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 11, 2014, Microsoft announced that Lync would be renamed Skype for Business in 2015, also adding support for video calls with Skype users.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 22, 2015, Skype for Business 2016 was released alongside <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2016" title="Microsoft Office 2016">Office 2016</a>. On October 27, 2016, the Skype for Business for Mac client was released.<sup id="cite_ref-mac-client_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mac-client-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 25, 2017, Microsoft announced that Skype for Business Online would be discontinued in the future in favor of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Teams" title="Microsoft Teams">Microsoft Teams</a>, a cloud-based collaboration platform for corporate groups (comparable to <a href="/wiki/Slack_(software)" title="Slack (software)">Slack</a>) integrating persistent messaging, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration. Microsoft released a final on-premises version of Skype for Business Server as part of <a href="/wiki/Office_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Office 2019">Office 2019</a> in late 2018, and announced in July 2019 that the hosted Skype for Business Online will cease functioning on July 31, 2021. Since September 2019, Skype for Business Online is no longer offered to new <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_365" title="Microsoft 365">Microsoft 365</a> subscribers, and are being directed to Microsoft Teams instead. The next version of Skype for Business Server will be available with a subscription license.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-teams-replacement-announce_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-teams-replacement-announce-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Versions">Versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skype_for_Business&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Exchange 2000 Conferencing</li> <li>Windows Messenger 5.0 (<a href="/wiki/Live_Communications_Server_2003" title="Live Communications Server 2003">Live Communications Server 2003</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Windows Messenger 5.1 and Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 (<a href="/wiki/Live_Communications_Server_2005" title="Live Communications Server 2005">Live Communications Server 2005</a>)</li> <li>Office Communicator 2007</li> <li>Office Communicator 2007 R2</li> <li>Lync 2010</li> <li>Lync 2013</li> <li>Skype for Businesses 2015</li> <li>Skype for Businesses 2016</li> <li>Skype for Businesses 2019</li> <li>Skype for Business for Microsoft 365</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skype_for_Business&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Basic features of Skype for Business include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a> (IM)</li> <li>Audio calls</li> <li>Video calls</li> <li>Desktop sharing</li></ul> <p>Advanced features relate to integration with other <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> software: </p> <ul><li>Availability of contacts based on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Outlook" title="Microsoft Outlook">Microsoft Outlook</a> contacts stored in a <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Exchange_Server" title="Microsoft Exchange Server">Microsoft Exchange Server</a></li> <li>Users can retrieve contact lists from a local directory service such as Microsoft Exchange Server</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a> can show if other people are working on the same document<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>All communication between the clients takes place through a <a href="/wiki/Skype_for_Business_Server" title="Skype for Business Server">Skype for Business Server</a>. This makes communications more secure, as messages do not need to leave the corporate intranet, unlike with the Internet-based <a href="/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Live Messenger">Windows Live Messenger</a>. The server can be set to relay messages to other instant messaging networks, avoiding installation of extra software at the client side.</li> <li>A number of client types are available for Microsoft Skype for Business, including mobile clients.</li> <li>Uses <a href="/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol" title="Session Initiation Protocol">SIP</a> as the basis for its client communication protocol<sup id="cite_ref-msdn307432_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msdn307432-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Offers support for <a href="/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security" title="Transport Layer Security">TLS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secure_Real-time_Transport_Protocol" title="Secure Real-time Transport Protocol">SRTP</a> to encrypt and secure signaling and media traffic</li> <li>Allows sharing files</li></ul> <p>Note: With the release of Lync Server 2013 in October 2012, a new collaboration feature "Persistent Group Chat" which allows multi-party chat with preservation of content between chat sessions was introduced. However, only the native Windows OS client and no other platform supports this feature at this time.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main new features of this version are the addition of real-time multi-client <a href="/wiki/Collaborative_software" title="Collaborative software">collaborative software</a> capabilities, (which allow teams of people to see and simultaneously work on the same documents and communications session). Lync and Skype for Business implement these features as follows: </p> <ul><li>Collaboration through Whiteboard documents, where the participants have freedom to share text, drawing and graphical annotations.</li> <li>Collaboration through <a href="/wiki/PowerPoint" class="mw-redirect" title="PowerPoint">PowerPoint</a> documents, where the participants can control and see presentations, as well as allow everybody to add text, drawing and graphical annotations.</li> <li>Polling lists, where Presenters can organize polls and all participants can vote and see results.</li> <li>Desktop sharing, usually by allowing participants to see and collaborate on a Windows screen</li> <li>Windows applications sharing, by allowing participants to see and collaborate on a specific application.</li></ul> <p>All collaboration sessions get automatically defined as conferences, where clients can invite more contacts. Conference initiators (usually called "organizers") can either promote participants to act as presenters or demote them to act as attendees. They can also define some basic policies about what presenters and attendees can see and do. Deeper details of policy permissions are defined at server level. </p><p>Following Microsoft's acquisition of Skype in May 2011, the Lync and Skype platforms could be connected, but sometimes only after lengthy provisioning time.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extensions">Extensions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skype_for_Business&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Extensions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Skype for Business uses a number of extensions to the SIP/<a href="/wiki/SIMPLE_(instant_messaging_protocol)" title="SIMPLE (instant messaging protocol)">SIMPLE</a> instant-messaging protocol for some features. As with most instant-messaging platforms, non-Microsoft instant-messaging clients<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that have not implemented these publicly available extensions<sup id="cite_ref-msdn307432_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msdn307432-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may not work correctly or have complete functionality. Skype for Business supports <a href="/wiki/Federated_presence" class="mw-redirect" title="Federated presence">federated presence</a> and IM to other popular instant message services such as AOL, Yahoo, MSN, and any service using the <a href="/wiki/XMPP" title="XMPP">XMPP</a> protocol, although support for XMPP has been deprecated in Skype for Business 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Text instant-messaging in a web browser is available via Skype for Business integration within Exchange Outlook Web App. </p><p>Although other IM protocols such as <a href="/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Messenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo!</a> do have wider support by third-party clients, these protocols have been largely reverse-engineered by outside developers. Microsoft does offer details of its extensions on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network" title="Microsoft Developer Network">MSDN</a> and provides an <a href="/wiki/Application_programming_interface" class="mw-redirect" title="Application programming interface">API</a> kit to help developers build platforms that can interoperate with Skype for Business Server and clients.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clients">Clients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skype_for_Business&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Clients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of May 2018, the following Skype for Business clients are available: </p> <ul><li>Windows (Pro and Enterprise only, can download free Skype for Business Basic client) and macOS (included with Microsoft 365)<sup id="cite_ref-install-guide_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-install-guide-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Linux (provided by TEL.RED)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>iOS (Microsoft app in iTunes app store;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alternative client provided by TEL.RED)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Android (Microsoft app in Google Play;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alternative client provided by TEL.RED)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windows_10_Mobile" title="Windows 10 Mobile">Windows 10 Mobile</a> apps were discontinued by Microsoft in May 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-microsoft-retiring-skype-business-microsoft-teams-and-yammer-windows-phone_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-microsoft-retiring-skype-business-microsoft-teams-and-yammer-windows-phone-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Skype_for_Business&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Similar discontinued Microsoft products</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Meeting_Space" title="Windows Meeting Space">Windows Meeting Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_NetMeeting" title="Microsoft NetMeeting">Microsoft NetMeeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Office_Live_Meeting" title="Microsoft Office Live Meeting">Microsoft Office Live Meeting</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Others</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software" title="Comparison of web conferencing software">Comparison of web conferencing software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Microsoft%E2%80%93Nortel_Innovative_Communications_Alliance_products" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Microsoft–Nortel Innovative Communications Alliance 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