Skype integration (Consumer Federation)

It would be nice to integrate public Skype (not Skype for Business) into Teams. I am able to chat with Skype for business users within my organization but when working with external clients I still have to go back to public Skype. If I could even just simply chat and call with Skype users as well that would allow me to use Teams as my sole communication platform.

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Matt shared this idea · November 04, 2016 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminAlex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded · June 14, 2019

Integration with Skype Consumer is no longer under review, and officially planned.

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under review ·

AdminAlex (Teams Engineering, Microsoft Teams) responded · February 12, 2019

Thanks for all of the feedback on this. The feature team is taking a look at this request again, and I hope to have good news to share soon.

~ Alex

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Warren responded · June 11, 2018

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the feature team has declined this request. The topic will remain open for votes and comments.

-Warren

under review ·

Warren responded · May 30, 2018

This request is still under review.

Please keep the votes and feedback coming. I share your feedback with the feature team each month.

-Warren

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Warren responded · May 02, 2018

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this item has moved back to the being “under review”.

There has been a priority shift and unfortunately this item was impacted.

Please keep the votes and feedback coming. I share your feedback with the feature team each month.

I hope to have better news in the near future.
-Warren

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Warren responded · March 05, 2018

A small update, as this item continues to be worked upon!

The items is part of the public convergence roadmap and targets Q2 (Skype Consumer):
https://skypeandteams.blob.core.windows.net/artefacts/Skype%20for%20Business%20to%20Teams%20Capabilities%20Roadmap.pdf

As more information becomes available this topic will be updated.
-Warren

working on it ·

Warren responded · February 05, 2018

This topic, what we refer to as consumer federation, is being worked upon!

The items is part of the public convergence roadmap:
https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-roadmap?filters=%26freeformsearch=teams
As more information becomes available this topic will be updated.

-Warren

working on it ·

Warren responded · February 05, 2018

This topic, what was refer to as consumer federation, is being worked upon!

The items is part of the public convergence roadmap: https://products.office.com/en-US/business/office-365-roadmap?filters=&freeformsearch=Teams

As more information becomes available this topic will be updated.

-Warren

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Suphatra responded · March 22, 2017

Hi everyone, it looks like this got put as “declined” — I actually have a best practice on my team to NEVER put anything as declined (you’ll see some older tickets have that, that was before my time, folks). So I’m sorry this got slipped through — its not a decline, for the very reason that Mark points out below.

Also special thanks to Andreas for seeing the activity on this closed item and bringing it to my attention.

And thank you to all of YOU for helping us makes Teams better!

Sincerely,
Suphatra

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v-brorob responded · March 13, 2017

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Filip Kohout commented · June 14, 2019 12:56 · Flag as inappropriate

When?
Leonel Sanders commented · June 14, 2019 12:00 · Flag as inappropriate

Great news
Salah Al-Kurdi commented · June 14, 2019 11:53 · Flag as inappropriate

What a wonderful gift... Can you share expected dates
AndyG commented · June 14, 2019 11:52 · Flag as inappropriate

Excellent news!
Dan M commented · June 14, 2019 11:25 · Flag as inappropriate

Awesome news! Can't wait for this to launch. Any details you can share on timeline? It is missing from the Office 365 roadmap site...
Anonymous commented · June 14, 2019 11:11 · Flag as inappropriate

Good news!
Luis Martino commented · June 14, 2019 11:10 · Flag as inappropriate

Excellent news!!! That is the right move! Adoption is now a slam dunk for lots of people knowing Skype (consumer) federation will be integrated into Teams!!
Anonymous commented · June 14, 2019 11:09 · Flag as inappropriate

Happy to read this!
Noor A commented · June 14, 2019 11:00 · Flag as inappropriate

Timeline? my staff can't wait!
Gary Herbstman commented · June 14, 2019 10:56 · Flag as inappropriate

YAY!!! "Integration with Skype Consumer is no longer under review, and officially planned."
Renato Pereira commented · June 14, 2019 10:50 · Flag as inappropriate

Can we expect for when this year?
Chris Wylie commented · June 14, 2019 02:04 · Flag as inappropriate

I cant believe this hasnt been addressed yet, its really going to hold back our planned migration to Teams. we have a number of external contacts using regular skype and if users cannot contact them via teams then they will not want to switch.
James Walsh commented · June 14, 2019 00:24 · Flag as inappropriate

I had been told by a few sources that SfB would still work after migration for messaging consumer Skype users. But today our coversion happened and SfB is not non functional! What are we supposed to do?!
Jammy commented · June 13, 2019 10:11 · Flag as inappropriate

Force customer migrate to Teams and cannot switch back to SFB is tterrible means.
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Hesham Alaa commented · June 13, 2019 08:17 · Flag as inappropriate

We need this feature so much. Actually I don't understand why it's not there from the beginning it was implemented already in Skype for Business.
Anonymous commented · June 12, 2019 12:47 · Flag as inappropriate

My company won't allow me to fully implement Teams in my organization because all of our outside customers use free Skype.
Paulo Serol commented · June 12, 2019 07:56 · Flag as inappropriate

Cannot move our company into Teams without this feature, most of the users contacts (customers/suppliers) are skype contacts.
Blank commented · June 12, 2019 02:56 · Flag as inappropriate

Still Waiting on this MS Any updates?
Anonymous commented · June 11, 2019 19:19 · Flag as inappropriate

This feature will be pivotal for my team's buy in! We need to be able to import our contacts from Personal Skype to Teams so we can seamlessly chat with both internal and external contacts within the new Teams platform!
Paul Malone commented · June 10, 2019 11:16 · Flag as inappropriate

is the peredect way to integrate small business with large corporation, it will equal the feel we play at. It will change the game.