Skype For Business Plans & Features
Microsoft Lync is Microsoft Skype For Business
Plans & Features of Skype for Business
| Features | SFB Plan 1 | SBF Plan 2 |
| Clients for Skype for Business Online | ||
| Skype for Business Full | No | Yes |
| Skype for Business Basic | yes | No |
| Lync 2013 Basic | yes | No |
| Skype for Business Windows Store app | Yes | Yes |
| Lync for Mac 2011 | Yes | Yes |
| Skype for Business mobile clients | Yes | Yes |
| Skype for Business Web App | Yes | Yes |
| Instant Messaging, Presence, and Contacts | ||
| PC-to-PC IM and Presence | Yes | Yes |
| Multiparty IM and Presence | Yes | Yes |
| Contact Card Configuration | Yes | Yes |
| My Picture Configuration | Yes | Yes |
| My Picture: URL Photo Experience | No | No |
| Contact List Configuration | Yes | Yes |
| Unified Contact Store | Yes | Yes |
| Address Book Search | Yes | Yes |
| Distribution List Expansion | Yes | Yes |
| Persistent Chat | No | No |
| Photos of Sender/Receiver | Yes | Yes |
| Skype-to-Skype Audio, Video, and Media | ||
| Desktop sharing over video-based screen sharing (VbSS) | Yes | Yes |
| Desktop and application sharing over Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) | Yes | Yes |
| File transfers | Yes | Yes |
| Video | Yes | Yes |
| Network Quality of Service (QoS) – Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) | No | No |
| Federation and Public IM Connectivity | ||
| Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Lync Server 2010 (IM, Presence, Audio, Video, Conferencing) | Yes | Yes |
| XMPP (used by Google Talk, for example) and Sametime federation | No | No |
| Skype federation | Yes | Yes |
| AOL and Yahoo! federation | No | No |
| Skype for Business Online Meetings | ||
| Ad Hoc and Schedule Audio Conferencing | Yes | Yes |
| Ad Hoc and Schedule Video Conferencing | Yes | Yes |
| Active Speaker Video | Yes | Yes |
| H.264 Encoding and Decoding | Yes | Yes |
| Multiparty Video | Yes | Yes |
| High Definition Video or Pictures of All Attendees | Yes | Yes |
| Presenter Controls | Yes | Yes |
| Participant Selected View | Yes | Yes |
| OneNote Sharing | Yes | Yes |
| Ad Hoc and Schedule Web Conferencing | Yes | Yes |
| Skype for Business meeting dial-in via Audio Conferencing (first party) | No5 | No5 |
| Skype for Business meeting dial-in via Certified Audio Conferencing Provider (ACP) | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint Sharing | Yes | Yes |
| File Transfer | Yes | Yes |
| Whiteboard and Annotations | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint Upload | Yes | Yes |
| Polling | Yes | Yes |
| Client-Side Recording and Playback | Yes | Yes |
| Server-Side Recording and Playback | No | No |
| Meeting Lobby | Yes | Yes |
| Skype Meeting Broadcast | Yes | Yes |
| Guest Access to Skype Meetings with Skype for Business Web App | Yes | Yes |
| Schedule Skype for Business Meetings in Outlook | Yes | Yes |
| Schedule Skype for Business Meetings in Outlook on Behalf of Others (Delegation) | Yes | Yes |
| Schedule Skype for Business Meetings with Web Scheduler | Yes | Yes |
| Schedule Online Meetings in Outlook Web App | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook Delegation for Scheduling Meetings | Yes | Yes |
| Create public meetings with static meeting IDs from Outlook | No | No |
| Voice calling | ||
| Auto attendants | No | No |
| Busy options | No | No |
| Branch office survivability | No | No |
| Call admission control | No | No |
| Call answer/initiate | Yes | Yes |
| Call delegation | No | No |
| Call forwarding and simultaneous ring | No | No |
| Call history | Yes | Yes |
| Call hold/retrieve | Yes | Yes |
| Call park | No | No |
| Call transfer (blind, consult, and mobile) | Yes | Yes |
| Caller ID | Yes | Yes |
| Call waiting | Yes | Yes |
| Camp-on | Yes | Yes |
| Clients for PC, Mac, and mobile | Yes | Yes |
| Device switching | Yes | Yes |
| Distinctive ringing | No | Yes |
| Do-not-disturb routing | Yes | Yes |
| Emergency calling – static location | No | No |
| Emergency calling – dynamic location | No | No |
| Enterprise calendar call routing | Yes | Yes |
| Extension dialing | No | No |
| Group call pickup | No | No |
| Hunt groups/call queues and treatment | No | No |
| Integrated dial-pad | No | Yes |
| Location-based routing | No | No |
| Music on hold | Yes | Yes |
| Outbound DID manipulation | No | No |
| Private line | No | No |
| Qualified IP desk phones | No | Yes |
| Shared line appearance | No | No |
| Skype and federated calling | Yes | Yes |
| Team calling | No | Yes |
| Video call monitor | Yes | Yes |
| Voicemail | No | No |
| Calling Plans (Domestic Calling Plan, with required add-on purchase) | No | Yes3 |
| Calling Plans (International Calling Plan, with required add-on purchase) | No | Yes3 |
| Communication Credits | No6 | Yes |
| Skype for Business Voice | Yes | Yes |
| Security and Archiving | ||
| IM and Media Encryption | Yes | Yes |
| IM and File Filtering | No | No |
| Client Version Control | Yes | Yes |
| IM Content Archiving | No2 | Yes |
| Conference Content Archiving | No2 | Yes |
| Application Sharing, and Desktop Sharing Archiving | No | No |
| User Level Archiving Configuration | No2 | Yes |
| Login Trace Files | Yes | Yes |
| Customer Key for Office 3658 | No | No |
| Exchange and SharePoint Interoperability | ||
| Presence Interoperability with Exchange Server | Yes | Yes |
| Presence Interoperability with Exchange Online | Yes | Yes |
| Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Server | No | No |
| Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Online | No | No |
| Outlook Web App interoperability | Yes | Yes |
| Archiving interoperability with Exchange Server | No | No |
| Archiving interoperability with Exchange Online | Yes | Yes |
| Skill Search with SharePoint Server | No | No |
| Skill Search with SharePoint Online | No | No |
| Skype for Business Online Administration and Management | ||
| Microsoft Office 365 portal | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Office 365 admin center | Yes | Yes |
| Skype for Business admin center | Yes | Yes |
| Windows PowerShell | Yes | Yes |
| Skype for Business Online reporting in Office 365 admin center | Yes | Yes |
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