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Skype for Business will offer phone numbers to Office 365 users

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March 19, 2015
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Earlier this week, Microsoft launched previews of Office 2016 for Windows and Skype for Business, but the Skype news didn’t end there. The Microsoft-owned company today detailed its plans for the next year: enterprise voice and new meetings devices. Skype for Business will offer enterprise voice in Office 365 with PSTN calling and conferencing. The functionality will first become available as a technical preview in the U.S. this summer.

Office 365 users will thus be able to leverage Skype for all their written, audio, and video conversations. “The Office 365 Skype for Business voice and video services are based on an intelligent real time network, spanning Microsoft’s global data centers, to deliver secure, high quality voice and video traffic at the speed of light across the globe,” Microsoft explained.

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In other words, Microsoft is looking to enhance its cloud offering with real-time communications; Skype for Business will be available via Office 365 data centers in 37 countries. Cloud plus on-premises hybrid options will let enterprises rely on Microsoft’s cloud when they need it without having to give up what they already manage on-premises.

Microsoft has partnered with AT&T, BT, Colt, Equinix, Level3 Communications, Orange Business Services, TATA Communications, Telstra, Verizon, and Vodafone. These companies will help deliver direct connections to Office 365 Skype for Business customers through Azure ExpressRoute for Office 365.

Next up, Microsoft is also hoping to push “a rich portfolio” of meeting devices specifically built for, and integrated with, Skype for Business. Called Skype Room Systems, which all Lync Rooms Systems devices can upgrade to, the push will deliver the Skype for Business experience to the broader business market, which the company estimates at more than 50 million meeting spaces worldwide.

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