Microsoft plans to release a preview of "Skype for Business Advanced Analytics" by year's end.
Microsoft's partner support for Skype Operations Framework includes "Modality, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Avanade, Unify Square, Tata Communications and Carousel," per the announcement. It's designed to help organizations move from using the server version on premises to using Microsoft's service-enabled Skype for Business Online solution. This week, Microsoft added cloud migration support to the Skype Operations Framework. This effort goes by the umbrella name of " Skype Operations Framework." By "Framework," Microsoft seems to just mean "Program." It's yet another Microsoft "FastTrack" kind of effort, providing tools and resources, as well as partner support, to organizations looking at using Skype for Business. Microsoft is improving resources for organizations considering moves to Skype for Business. The Apple CallKit Framework is one of the enabling factors. He displayed a "Skype loves Apple" slide at one point during the Ignite session. Pall indicated that a lot of these "modern collaboration" client improvements are happening first on the Apple side. That capability will be "coming soon," per the Ignite presentation. In addition, the iOS 10 operating system will soon be capable of telling call recipients that they are getting a Skype call on iPhones. Consequently, it can takes advantage of these high-definition video and audio capabilities, Microsoft explained, in an announcement this week. The Skype for Business Mac client has been "written from the ground up" using the Swift programming language. Meetings controls are now out of the way (but accessible by a mouse move).Meetings show in high-definition video (including PowerPoint).Meeting scheduling doesn't require jumps to Outlook.Recent chats are shown and newly arriving chats get indicated.According to the Ignite presentation, the new Skype for Business Mac client will have the following feature improvements in its user interface: The client previously had been at the private preview stage since July. The big Skype for Business news this week is that Microsoft is planning a "general availability" product release of its Skype for Business Mac client in October. For more details on that Microsoft reorganization, see this story. The Skype team instead will be led by Rajesh Jha, who will head the Office Product Group. However, a leaked memo from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discussing a newly formed Microsoft AI and Research Group explained that his role will be shifting at Microsoft, although specific details weren't explained.
Pall has long headed Microsoft's unified communications product efforts. Gurdeep Singh Pall, Microsoft's corporate vice president for Skype, cited the following Skype progress markers in an Ignite session:
Microsoft gave a progress report on its Skype for Business product line at this week's Ignite conference, as well as announced some coming improvements expected to arrive this year. News Skype for Business Mac Client Coming in October
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