Skype for Business Online service description – Service Descriptions

Skype for Business Full
No
No
No

Skype for Business Basic
No
Yes1
Yes1

Lync 2013 Basic
No
Yes1
Yes1

Skype for Business Windows Store app
Yes
Yes
Yes

Lync for Mac 2011
Yes
Yes
Yes

Skype for Business mobile clients
Yes
Yes
Yes

Skype for Business Web App
Yes
Yes
Yes
Instant messaging, presence, and contacts
Skype for Business Server 2015
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

PC-to-PC IM and presence
Yes
Yes
Yes

Multiparty IM and presence
Yes
Yes
Yes

Contact Card configuration
Yes
Yes
Yes

My Picture configuration
Yes
Yes
Yes

My Picture: URL photo experience
Yes
No
No

Contact list configuration
Yes
Yes
Yes

Unified contact store
Yes
Yes
Yes

Address book search
Yes
Yes
Yes

Distribution list expansion
Yes
Yes
Yes

Persistent chat
Yes
No
No

Photos of sender/receiver
Yes
Yes
Yes
Skype-to-Skype audio, video, and media
Skype for Business Server 2015
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Desktop sharing
Yes
No2
Yes

Application sharing
Yes
No2
Yes

File transfers
Yes
Yes
Yes

Voice
Yes
Yes
Yes

Video
Yes
Yes
Yes

Media path optimization
Yes
No
No

Network Quality of Service (QoS) – Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)
Yes
No
No

Video-based screen sharing
Yes
No2
Yes
Federation and public IM connectivity
Skype for Business Server 2015
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Lync Server 2010 (IM, Presence, Audio, Video, Conferencing)
Yes
Yes
Yes

XMPP (used by Google Talk, for example) and Sametime federation
Yes
No
No

Skype federation
Yes
Yes
Yes

AOL and Yahoo! federation
Yes
No
No
Skype for Business Online meetings
Skype for Business Server 2015
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Ad hoc and schedule audio conferencing
Yes
No
Yes

Ad hoc and schedule video conferencing
Yes
No
Yes

Active speaker video
Yes
No
Yes

H.264 encoding and decoding
Yes
No
Yes

Multiparty video
Yes
No
Yes

High definition video or pictures of all attendees
Yes
No
Yes

Presenter controls
Yes
No
Yes

Participant selected view
Yes
No
Yes

OneNote sharing
Yes
No
Yes

Ad hoc and schedule web conferencing
Yes
No
Yes

Dial-in audio conferencing via certified Audio Conferencing Provider (ACP)
No
No
Yes

PowerPoint sharing
Yes
No
Yes

Whiteboard and annotations
Yes
No
Yes

PowerPoint upload
Yes
No
Yes

Polling
Yes
No
Yes

Client-side recording and playback
Yes
No
Yes1

Server-side recording and playback
No
No
No

Meeting lobby
Yes
No
Yes

Guest access to Skype for Business meetings with Skype for Business Web App
Yes
No
Yes

Schedule Skype for Business meetings in Outlook
Yes
No
Yes

Schedule Skype for Business meetings in Outlook on behalf of others (Delegation)
Yes
No
Yes

Schedule Skype for Business meetings with Web Scheduler
Yes
No
Yes

Schedule Online meetings in Outlook on the web
Yes
No
Yes

Outlook delegation for scheduling meetings
Yes
No
Yes

Create public meetings with static meeting IDs from Outlook
Yes
No
No
Security and archiving
Skype for Business Server 2015
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

IM and media encryption
Yes
Yes
Yes

IM and file filtering
Yes
No
No

Client version control
Yes
Yes
Yes

IM content archiving
Yes
No3
No3

Conference content archiving
Yes
No3
No3

Application sharing, and desktop sharing archiving
Yes
No
No

User-level archiving configuration
Yes
No3
No3

Login trace files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Exchange and SharePoint interoperability
Skype for Business Server 2015
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Presence interoperability with Exchange Server
Yes
Yes
Yes

Presence interoperability with Exchange Online
Yes
Yes5
Yes

Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Server
Yes
No
No

Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Online
Yes
No
No

Outlook on the web interoperability
Yes
Yes5
Yes

Archiving interoperability with Exchange Server
Yes
No
No

Archiving interoperability with Exchange Online
Yes
Yes
Yes

Skill search with SharePoint Server
Yes
No
No

Skill search with SharePoint Online
No
No
No
Skype for Business Online administration and management
Skype for Business Server 2015
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2

Microsoft Office 365 portal
No
Yes
Yes

Microsoft 365 admin center
No
Yes
Yes

Skype for Business admin center
Yes
Yes
Yes

Windows PowerShell
Yes
Yes
Yes

Skype for Business Online reporting in Microsoft 365 admin center
No
No4
No4