Skype for Business Server 2019 Arrives On-Premises

• Skype for Business Server 2019 is primarily for on-premises customers who need more time to migrate to Teams.
• Improvements focus on hybrid scenarios, with no improvements provided for solely on-premises scenarios.
• Customers migrating to Teams in the near future are unlikely to be interested in this version.

Skype for Business Server 2019, released in Oct. 2018, is the latest version of Microsoft’s on-premises software for voice, chat, and video communication, as well as “enterprise voice” capabilities to integrate with or replace on-premises private branch exchange (PBX) telephone systems. The few new features are limited to hybrid deployments, where customers combine an on-premises Skype for Business Server installation with Teams or other Microsoft-hosted services. Most organizations should consider upgrading to Skype for Business Server 2019 only if they must run Skype for Business Server on-premises longer than their current version will be supported.