What is Skype for Business? A non-technical introduction for the rest of us
Skype for Business was announced on Nov 11th 2014 and has not yet been publicly released. (expected release date: first half 2015) Therefore some of the...
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Hi, I'm Tom. I'm a Microsoft 365 Developer & Architect. I empower developers, architects, and organizations to achive more with Microsoft 365 by creating applications and services with technologies like Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Bot Framework, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Graph, Adaptive Cards, and Office Add-Ins.
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