Kurt Shintaku's Blog

At Microsoft, we will be ending the use of Skype for Business for Microsoft employees internally & switching over to Microsoft Teams.  By group policy, there will no longer be a means to schedule meetings through S4B & instead all meetings are being driven through Teams. 

(The Skype for Business client will remain on our machines & users will still be able to join existing Skype or Business meetings, but chat, creation of new meetings, & other features beyond that will require the use of Teams.)

HOW TO MIGRATE TO MICROSOFT TEAMS (IT PLANNING & TRAINING)    
So how is Microsoft IT doing it?  More importantly, how will you do it?

There’s lots of documentation on migrating to Microsoft Teams and fortunately, it comes with recordings of the original presenters sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2018.

I strongly recommend reviewing the following:

• BRK3141 Designing your path from Skype for Business to Teams
  https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65549
  Planning the end-to-end upgrade experience
• BRK3142 Planning a seamless migration from Skype for Business to Teams for IT Admins
  https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65552
• Recommended upgrade path for pure SfBO orgs
• The Teams-only experience
• Upgrade paths for other orgs
• Typical Migration Paths
• Interop between SfB and Teams
• Managing Coexistence
• Planning your migration
• BRK2190 Delighting your End Users: Facilitating a smooth transition from Skype for Business to Teams
  https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65533
• BRK3124 “Meetings First”:  Microsoft Teams Meetings for ​Skype for Business Server users
  https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65542
• BRK3230: How Microsoft Does IT:  The Journey from SfB to Teams
  https://myignite.techcommunity.microsoft.com/sessions/65523

PLANNING RESOURCES
For more Skype-to-Teams Upgrade Planning Resources:

• FastTrack Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams migration
  https://aka.ms/skypetoteams
• Upgrade Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams
  http://aka.ms/UpgradeToTeams
• Free Instructor-led training for Microsoft Teams
  https://aka.ms/teamslivetraining

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
For written guidance on how to accomplish & more detail:

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/migration-interop-guidance-for-teams-with-skype
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/skype/grant-csteamsupgradepolicy?view=skype-ps