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Technology is a wonderful tool - except when the tools you are using are incompatible with those of your colleagues. Moving to the Office 365 unified suite of tools in the Cloud becomes an easy decision when weighed against the other options, as discovered by Timothy Harris, vice president of global IT shared services at Mylan, a global pharmaceutical company. He first wrote about it in the Microsoft Office 365 blog, which is reprinted here with permission.

Industry pundits termed Tuesday's release of Skype for Business as a component of Office 365 a "game changer," for Microsoft's directive to host Enterprise Voice in the cloud. In our opinion, this is the most exciting development in office cloud technology. The best is yet to come.

Catch our five essential Skype for Business resources here.

Today Microsoft began rolling out Skype for Business to the world (the client became available today, with Skype for Business server due on May 1). And industry sources agree: It promises to be a game changer. Here are five online resources to help with the transition:

Ford Motor Company is powering their business with the cloud in a big, bold way: By debuting a new, hybrid cloud-based service that will allow car owners to upgrade their in-vehicle infotainment systems automatically -- and like many of our customers, when it came to choosing a platform to run it on, they selected Microsoft Azure. 

In 2015, Microsoft Lync transitioned to Skype for Business. While you may have been familiar with Lync as a robust enterprise communication tool, the rebranding to Skype for Business brought a fresh look and enhanced functionality that combined the best of both worlds.

In 2021, Skype for Business Online was officially retired. Microsoft then transitioned its users to Microsoft Teams, which offers similar functions as Skype for Business along with enhanced collaboration and communication tools.

In this article, we will dive into the changes and improvements that have been made through Microsoft Teams.