Microsoft Skype For Business Server 2019

Lync is now Skype for Business, a communications and collaboration platform that brings together an experience inspired by Skype with the enterprise-grade security compliance, and control of Lync.

Skype for Business offers features including presence IM, voice and video calls, and online meetings.
Skype for Business provides a new client experience, a new server release, and updates to the service in Office 365 If users in your organization are already familiar with Skype, they'll appreciate the power and simplicity of Skype for Business where it's easy to find and connect with co-workers.

If users in your organization are coming to Skype for Business from Lync, they'll recognize all of the features they already use but in a fresh new interface with simplified controls and new additions. In addition to the new client experience Skype for Business Server 2019 provides several new features to improve manageability of on-premises servers and hybrid solutions.

New features in Skype for Business Server 2019 include the following:

Cloud Voicemail
Call Data Connector
Side-by-side migration
Migration to Teams

Unified messaging services: Cloud Voicemail

Exchange UM remains available in Skype for Business Server 2019 when you integrate Skype for Business 2019 with Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2016. Due to changes in support in Exchange 2019, Exchange UM integration is being de-emphasised in favor of Cloud Voicemail and Cloud Auto Attendant features.

Cloud Voicemail enables all your Skype for Business 2019 users—whether they are homed on premises or online—to have access to the same voicemail service in the Microsoft Cloud. Cloud Voicemail provides the following benefits for both your on-premises and online users:

Access to voicemail in their Exchange mailbox by using the Skype for Business Online, Teams, or Outlook clients
Ability to use the web-based portal to manage their voicemail options


Call monitoring: Call Data Connector

Call Data Connector greatly simplifies call monitoring in a hybrid environment because you no longer need to use different sets of on-premises and online tools to monitor all of your users call quality. Whether your users are homed on premises or online, you can choose to view call quality for your entire organization online.

With Call Data Connector, you can perform the following tasks by using a single toolset:

Monitor your user experience across Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business Online, and Skype for Business Server.
View and troubleshoot problems across your network
Assign helpdesk and administrator roles for Call Analytics, so that you can empower helpdesk workers to view and troubleshoot their areas of responsibility.


Installation and Upgrade: Side-by-side migration

In a side-by-side migration, you deploy a new server running Skype for Business Server 2019 alongside a corresponding server that is running a previous version (Skype for Business Server 2015 or Lync Server 2013), and then transfer operations to the new server. If it becomes necessary to roll back to the previous version, you have only to shift operations back to the original servers.

Operating systems for Skype for Business Server 2019

After you have the hardware in place, you'll need to the install operating system (OS) that will allow you to install and successfully use Skype for Business Server 2019.

Windows Server 2019

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