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Microsoft Bolsters Skype for Business Online PreviewMicrosoft Bolsters Skype for Business Online Preview

Adds new locations and an expanded feature set as it continues fleshing out its UC in the cloud strategy.

Beth Schultz

October 7, 2015

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Adds new locations and an expanded feature set as it continues fleshing out its UC in the cloud strategy.

As our "Success With Skype" blogger Kevin Kieller mentioned in his No Jitter post earlier today, Microsoft is evolving Skype for Business toward a cloud-first model. News of its latest move along that path came just after Kevin's piece went live this morning, with the announcement that Microsoft has expanded its Skype for Business Online previews, both in geographical reach and supported features.

Since July, Microsoft has been offering the Skype for Business services previews to qualified Office 365 enterprise customers in the U.S. As discussed in an official company blog today, it is pushing those boundaries across the various preview offerings, as follows:

In the blog, Rohani and Stark said that more than 4,000 companies already are participating in the Skype for Business services for Office 365 preview. And, they added, that usage is growing at a 20% average weekly.

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Beth Schultz

In her role at Metrigy, Beth Schultz manages research operations, conducts primary research and analysis to provide metrics-based guidance for IT, customer experience, and business decision makers. Additionally, Beth manages the firm’s multimedia thought leadership content.

With more than 30 years in the IT media and events business, Beth is a well-known industry influencer, speaker, and creator of compelling content. She brings to Metrigy a wealth of industry knowledge from her more than three decades of coverage of the rapidly changing areas of digital transformation and the digital workplace.

Most recently, Beth was with Informa Tech, where for seven years she served as program co-chair for Enterprise Connect, the leading independent conference and exhibition for the unified communications and customer experience industries, and editor in chief of the companion No Jitter media site. While with Informa Tech, Beth also oversaw the development and launch of WorkSpace Connect, a multidisciplinary media site providing thought leadership for IT, HR, and facilities/real estate managers responsible for creating collaborative, connected workplaces.

Over the years, Beth has worked at a number of other technology news organizations, including All Analytics, Network World, CommunicationsWeek, and Telephony Magazine. In these positions, she has earned more than a dozen national and regional editorial excellence awards from American Business Media, American Society of Business Press Editors, Folio.net, and others.

Beth has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and lives in Chicago.