​Microsoft Ignite has ended and that means some great new functionality and innovation are on the way!  As we scoured through the Ignite conference announcements and scheduled upcoming feature updates there were a couple of items we thought warranted being highlighted for a closer look.

1. Provide just in time learning

• ​Adopting a new tool or process in a few months?  Now is the time to start planning - but not yet time to start training end users.  Timing can be tricky, but ideally, it’s early enough to prevent user errors and late enough that employees can go back to their desks and try it out for themselves.

SKYPE FOR BUSINESS - IS GOING AWAY
While Skype for Business is an active and available tool, Microsoft has already transitioned it to the End of Life program: set to conclude on April 1st, 2020.  Microsoft has put a strong emphasis on Microsoft Teams as the default communications app for Office 365.  In fact, to kick off 2019: they successfully migrated 180,000 internal employees and vendors from Skype for Business to Teams.