Both buttons will appear for the user in Outlook. Scheduling meetings in Islands mode – default experienceīy default, users in Islands mode can schedule meetings from Outlook with either Teams or Skype. Federation for Skype for Business to Teams is only for users in Teams Only mode. As such, there’s no interoperability in Islands mode. Teams only talk to Teams users, and Skype for Business only talks to other Skype for Business users. Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams, operates entirely separately. It means the user has both Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams. Islands mode is a mode you set a user into.
A new policy rolling out now allows admins to set Outlook to default to scheduling Microsoft Teams meetings. Lots have been encouraging users to use Microsoft Teams for meetings.īy default, in islands mode, users have the choice of scheduling in Microsoft Teams or Skype for Business. Putting users in Islands mode has massively increased as organizations with Skype for Business have quickly moved to leverage Microsoft Teams as part of their Business Continuity Plan (BCP).
