

Microsoft had previously announced at Ignite 2020 that all the Office on-premises server products were moving to a subscription model.


We will provide more details on naming, features, requirements, and pricing in the first half of 2024.” The next version will require Server and CAL licenses and will be accessible only to customers with Software Assurance, similar to the SharePoint Server and Project Server Subscription Editions. Because mandatory profiles are read-only user profiles, the public key infrastructure (PKI) keys that are required for Skype for Business conferencing cannot be saved to the profile.In June 2022 we got a detailed blog post from the Exchange team about the Exchange Server roadmap: “We have moved the release date for the next version of Exchange Server to the second half of 2025. If you plan to use the Skype for Business conferencing features, avoid using Active Directory Domain Services mandatory profiles to sign in to the Skype for Business client.

