Last year, when Microsoft announced that their flagship Teams application would soon replace Skype for Business, users responded with a mixture of uncertainty and concern. Although Microsoft Teams had a lot to offer back then, it couldn't compete with all the features that enterprises could get from their Skype for Business app. Of course, a lot has changed in the last year, and Microsoft Teams is now more feature-rich and engaging than ever.
In fact, there's been so much growth in the Microsoft Teams app over the last 12 months, that the company has actually ended up well ahead of it's self-imposed deadline for achieving feature parity between the apps.
During the Microsoft Inspire partner show, Ron Markezich, the Office 365 marketing VP, said that Microsoft has finally achieved true feature parity between Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business.
Microsoft Races Ahead of the Game
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Back in 2017, Microsoft officials suggested that most Skype for Business features would be out in Teams by the end of the second quarter this year. However, they also noted that many of the advanced calling features on Skype wouldn't be available until the end of 2018. Now, it seems that Microsoft is well-ahead of schedule, in fact, ZDNet quotes a message from a Microsoft spokesperson which echoes the feature parity announcement of Ron Markezich.
The quote indicates that "feature parity" is here, and that Microsoft define that as having all the convergence roadmap engineering work done, and ready to roll out to customers. In other words, even if you're not seeing the exact same features on Microsoft Teams now, the company assures us that they're ready to introduce those capabilities soon.
