Microsoft Office Live Meeting Users Need to Migrate to Skype For Business before 31 December 2017

Microsoft will shut down their Office Live Meeting service at the end of 2017 and customers need to be planning the move now to Skype for Business.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

February 15, 2017

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Microsoft Office Live Meeting Users Need to Migrate to Skype For Business before 31 December 2017

Earlier this month Microsoft informed customers who are still using the companies Office Live Meeting service that they need to migrate off that product before the end of 2017.

Microsoft's Greg Baribault took to the Skype for Business blog to lay out the details of this mandatory move from Office Live Meeting to Skype for Business.

In the blog post he laid out the benefits that Skype for Business has over Live Meeting:

  • Increased scale, with up to 10,000 attendees in a Skype Meeting Broadcast

  • Support for participating in meetings from iOS, Android, and other mobile devices

  • Better quality, with HD video and video based screen sharing

In addition, this chart was used to show a complete functional comparison between the two services:

Via Microsoft

Microsoft is recommending that meeting organizers begin scheduling their future calls in Office 365 and Skype for Business now however, there is no need to reschedule calls that are already on the calendar through 31 December 2017 as they will work before the shutdown. Guides for learning about the Live Meeting to Skype for Business transition are available from Microsoft.

For any IT Pros that are involved in migrating users from Live Meeting to Skype for Business, Microsoft also has some resource for you including a Live Meeting to Skype for Business resource site and their FastTrack Center.

As of today there are just 320 days to execute your move to Skype for Business from Office Live Meeting.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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