(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp.’s Skype helped pioneer modern video conferencing and instant messaging. But its power has taken a backseat in recent years to the convenience of communicating via nearly ubiquitous social networking...

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Let us talk about the Skype for Business 2015 Mediation server; keep in mind this can apply to Lync 2013 as well.  One of the areas when talking about enterprise voice that will surely come up is “SIP Trunks”.   So let’s jump straight into an a...

The Web Application Server is not a true Skype for Business Server 2015 (SFBS 2015) role, but a SharePoint role that SFBS 2015 leverages for its document rendering of Office related applications.  The Microsoft Skype team went with a more formi...

Today was a great day for those of us that work within SharePoint. If you did not participate then you truly missed some great information about the future of SharePoint and Office 365. The event was similar to the May 4th event from last year...

Liam Cleary discusses the SharePoint Framework and how to get a super cool web part or control into SharePoint Online. 

In Skype for Business Server 2015, server roles perform specific functions. For example, the Front End Server provides instant messaging (IM) and presence, web conferencing, user authentication, and so forth. Edge Server enables remote workers ...

The purpose of the Security & Compliance center is to provide a central location for advanced administration of Office 365 service components and services. The core menu is broken into separate menu items (blades) that link off to separate admi...

The new Security & Compliance center uses and requires specific permissions with roles for any access to anyone other than Administrators. The security follows a similar model to how Exchange has handled administration. Within the Security & Co...

Within the navigation for the Security & Compliance center, you are able to view extensive reports for Office 365. To access the reports, expand the Reports blade and then select Dashboard. Once the dashboard opens you will see that curr...