Skype Retirement Begins Aug. 24

IS Communications All Caregivers

With the completion of the Microsoft Office 365 rollout, we now have a common platform that improves interoperability, business productivity, and user satisfaction across the organization. To fully utilize this common platform, we are consolidating your legacy Skype account into your Teams account. If Teams is already your preferred solution for collaboration, the changes described below should have minimal impact.

The transition to Teams will occur over several weeks, beginning August 24, 2020. All caregivers who are impacted by this change will receive additional communication about their scheduled migration.

The transition will begin in August and focus on migrating all individual Skype accounts to Teams.

  • Beginning Aug 24, 2020 − Teams will become the primary collaboration tool, but Skype will still be available.
  • September 19, 2020 − Skype will no longer be available to individual caregivers. Teams becomes the sole collaboration tool for PSJH caregivers.

Once all individual Skype accounts are moved to Teams, Skype will be disabled and uninstalled from the device. Caregivers will no longer be able to place or receive external calls through Skype. If you need external dialing, please request it here. Teams will be used to reach contacts within PSJH, as well as federated partners.

Please Note: We are aware of the current limitations for large meeting space/conference meetings and plan to continue offering Skype for large conference calls greater than 300 attendees. Once Teams has the functionality to meet our requirements, we will transition those accounts to Teams as well. The process of migrating individual Skype accounts to Teams can continue while maintaining the capability to host large conference calls via Skype.

Learn how to use Teams

For more information, visit the OneTeam site or email PSJHISOneTeam@providence.org.

 

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