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Cloud Conversations: Tom Arbuthnot on Empowering.Cloud, Unified Communications, and Microsoft Teams

Cloud Conversations is a regular podcast that we’ll be featuring here on Petri. It’s about everything connected to cloud computing, including technologies like Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM), Microsoft Defender, Windows, Intune, and much more! Cloud Conversations: Tom Arbuthnot on Empowering Cloud, Unified Communications, and Microsoft Teams Tom Arbuthnot is a Microsoft MVP, a Microsoft Certified...

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Microsoft 365 Apps and Services To Drop Support for Some TLS Certificates in 2025

Last Update: Mar 15, 2022

Microsoft announced this week some important Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate changes regarding the Microsoft 365 services. The company detailed in a blog post that its Microsoft 365 apps and services would drop support for the current TLS certificates in May 2025, in favor of the new Root Certificate Authorities (CAs). Microsoft says that this…

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Microsoft Teams Matches Skype Functionality, Ready For The Road Ahead

Microsoft says that Teams now matches Skype for Business Online’s feature set but the company still won’t say when they will decommission Skype.

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Microsoft isn’t Killing Skype for Business, But They Will be Making Changes

Microsoft isn’t killing Skype for Business but the company will be changing up how it is serviced and is trying to move customers to Teams.

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The Teams-SfB Fiasco and What Might Happen Next

On September 7, Microsoft inflicted a PR fiasco on themselves by leaking the imminent replacement of Skype for Business by Teams. But what does this really mean? I think we will see a Teams-lite client replace the current SfB client with a formal announcement at Ignite. Although the leak was bad, some goodness does exist in what might happen.

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Goodbye Skype for Business, Hello….Teams

It looks like Microsoft is going to rebrand Skype for Business and bring the platform under the Teams umbrella.

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Microsoft Adds Several New Features To Skype for Business

Microsoft is adding a couple of new features to Skype for Business that will allow the platform to handle high call volumes more effectively and new hardware is coming too.

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Office 365 Adoption Content Pack for Power BI Coming Soon

After an extensive trial, Microsoft is preparing to release the Office 365 Adoption Content Pack to all enterprise tenants. Gaining insight into how people use the Office 365 applications will help tenants maximize their investment in the cloud. However, the content pack is not a silver bullet and won’t make your organization any more effective than it is today.

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Amazon Takes on Skype For Business With Chime But It Won’t Come Cheap

Amazon has announced a new chat service called Chime that will take on Skype for Business but the high price point may be a turnoff for many potential customers.

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Skype for Business Comes to Volvo Cars

Volvo Cars announced today that it will be the first automaker to integrate Microsoft’s Skype for Business into its vehicles.

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