Skype for Business Server 2019, an enterprise ready communications and collaboration platform that brings together a client experience inspired by Skype with enterprise-grade security, compliance, and control. Skype for Business Server offers features including presence, IM, voice and video calls, and online meetings. Skype for Business Server 2019 provides several new features to improve manageability of on-premises servers and hybrid solutions.
What's new
Unified messaging services: Cloud Voicemail
Exchange UM remains available in Skype for Business Server 2019 when you integrate Skype for Business 2019 with Exchange 2013 or Exchange 2016. Due to changes in support in Exchange 2019, Exchange UM integration is being de-emphasized in favor of Cloud Voicemail and Cloud Auto Attendant features.
Cloud Voicemail enables all your Skype for Business 2019 users—whether they are homed on premises or online—to have access to the same voicemail service in the Microsoft Cloud. Cloud Voicemail provides the following benefits for both your on-premises and online users:
Access to voicemail in their Exchange mailbox by using the Skype for Business Online, Teams, or Outlook clientsAbility to use the web-based portal to manage their voicemail options
Call monitoring: Call Data Connector
Call Data Connector greatly simplifies call monitoring in a hybrid environment because you no longer need to use different sets of on-premises and online tools to monitor all of your users call quality. Whether your users are homed on premises or online, you can choose to view call quality for your entire organization online.
With Call Data Connector, you can perform the following tasks by using a single toolset:
Monitor your user experience across Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business Online, and Skype for Business Server.View and troubleshoot problems across your networkAssign helpdesk and administrator roles for Call Analytics, so that you can empower helpdesk workers to view and troubleshoot their areas of responsibility.
