Skype for Business Online Limits Office 365

Created by Abhishek Devrani, Modified on Thu, 17 Oct, 2019 at 6:03 PM by Old Tickets Krishna


Skype for Business, formerly known as Microsoft Lync Server, is a unified communications (UC) platform that integrates common channels of business communication and online meetings, including instant messaging (IM), presence, voice over IP (VoIP), voicemail, file transfers, video conferencing, web conferencing and email.



The limits in Skype for Business Online fall into the following categories:

 

1.Peer-to-peer limits

                           

 Feature 
 
  Skype for Business Server 2015 
 
  Office 365 Business Essentials 
 
  Office 365 Business Premium 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise E1 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise E3 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise F1 
 
 File transfer limit
 
 No limit
 
 No limit
 
 No limit
 
 No limit
 
 No limit
 
 Not applicable
 
 Conversation limit1
 
 99
 
 99
 
 99
 
 99
 
 99
 
 99
 
 Open tabbed conversations limit
 
 50
 
 50
 
 50
 
 50
 
 50
 
 Not applicable






2.Meeting limits

 

  •   File upload limit   The maximum size of files that can be uploaded to a Skype for Business meeting, including handouts and PowerPoint          presentations. 
  •   Participants in a Skype for Business meeting   The maximum number of participants (including the presenter) who can join a single Skype      for Business meeting. 
  •   Presenters in a Skype for Business meeting   The maximum number of presenters in a single Skype for Business meeting. 
  •  Skype for Business web app meeting participants   The maximum number of Skype for Business web app meeting participants who can    join a meeting. 
  •  Skype for Business web app anonymous participants   The maximum number of Skype for Business web app meeting participants who  can anonymously join a meeting. 
  •  Guests joining by phone   The maximum number of guests who can call in to a meeting.  

  


Meeting limits across Office 365 options

                                               

  Feature 
 
  Skype for Business Server 2015 
 
  Office 365 Business Essentials 
 
  Office 365 Business Premium 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise E1 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise E3 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise F1 
 
 File upload limit
 
 500 MB
 
 500 MB
 
 500 MB
 
 500 MB
 
 500 MB
 
 Not applicable
 
 Participants in a Skype for Business meeting1
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 Not applicable
 
 Presenters in a Skype for Business meeting
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 Not applicable
 
 Skype for Business web app meeting participants
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 Not applicable
 
 Skype for Business web app anonymous participants
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 Not applicable
 
 Guests joining by phone
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 250
 
 Not applicable
 
 Individuals in a team-call group
 
 25
 
 25
 
 25
 
 25
 
 25
 
 Not applicable







3.Meeting retention limits

                                                

 Feature 
 
  Skype for Business Server 2015 
 
  Office 365 Business Essentials 
 
  Office 365 Business Premium 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise E1 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise E3 
 
  Office 365 Enterprise F1 
 
 Meeting content retention: One-time meeting
 
 Configurable1
 
 15 days
 
 15 days
 
 15 days
 
 15 days
 
 Not applicable
 
 Meeting content retention: Recurring meeting
 
 Configurable1
 
 15 days
 
 15 days
 
 15 days
 
 15 days
 
 Not applicable
 
 Meeting content retention: Meet Now meeting
 
 Configurable1
 
 8 hours
 
 8 hours
 
 8 hours
 
 8 hours
 
 Not applicable
 
 Meeting expiration: One-time meeting
 
 End date plus 365 days2
 
 14 days
 
 14 days
 
 14 days
 
 14 days
 
 Not applicable
 
 Meeting expiration: Recurring meeting
 
 With end date: end date plus 365 days2
 Without end date: Last conference plus 6 months3
 
 14 days
 
 14 days
 
 14 days
 
 14 days
 
 Not applicable
 
 Meeting expiration: Meet Now meeting
 
 8 hours
 
  8 hours
 
 8 hours
 
 8 hours
 
 8 hours
 
 Not applicable


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