Skype for Business Online
E34631
Skype for Business Online was Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise communication and collaboration service that provided messaging, meetings, and voice capabilities before being succeeded by Microsoft Teams.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skype for Business Online canonical | 2 |
| Lync Online | 1 |
| Microsoft Office Communicator | 1 |
| Microsoft Skype for Business | 1 |
| Microsoft Teams | 1 |
| Skype for Business | 1 |
| Skype for Business APIs | 1 |
| Skype for Business Server | 1 |
| Skype for Business mobile apps | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T264820 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skype for Business Online Context triple: [Microsoft Teams, replaced, Skype for Business Online]
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A.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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B.
Webex
Webex is Cisco’s cloud-based suite of video conferencing, online meeting, and team collaboration tools used by businesses and organizations worldwide.
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C.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based suite of productivity and collaboration tools that combines Office applications with cloud services, security features, and device management.
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D.
OneDrive
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage and file synchronization service that lets users securely store, access, and share files across devices and online.
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E.
SharePoint
SharePoint is a Microsoft web-based collaboration and document management platform used for creating intranet sites, managing content, and enabling team collaboration within organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Skype for Business Online Target entity description: Skype for Business Online was Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise communication and collaboration service that provided messaging, meetings, and voice capabilities before being succeeded by Microsoft Teams.
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A.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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B.
Webex
Webex is Cisco’s cloud-based suite of video conferencing, online meeting, and team collaboration tools used by businesses and organizations worldwide.
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C.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based suite of productivity and collaboration tools that combines Office applications with cloud services, security features, and device management.
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D.
OneDrive
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage and file synchronization service that lets users securely store, access, and share files across devices and online.
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E.
SharePoint
SharePoint is a Microsoft web-based collaboration and document management platform used for creating intranet sites, managing content, and enabling team collaboration within organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloud-based communication service
ⓘ
enterprise collaboration platform ⓘ software as a service ⓘ |
| announcement | retirement in favor of Microsoft Teams ⓘ |
| bundledWith |
Microsoft 365
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft 365 Enterprise plans
Microsoft 365 ⓘ
surface form:
Office 365 Enterprise plans
|
| category |
business communication software
ⓘ
collaboration software ⓘ videotelephony service ⓘ |
| deploymentModel | multi-tenant ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| discontinuationReason | migration to Microsoft Teams ⓘ |
| feature |
PSTN connectivity (via add-ons)
ⓘ
VoIP calling ⓘ administration via Microsoft 365 admin center ⓘ audio conferencing ⓘ enterprise voice capabilities ⓘ enterprise-grade security controls ⓘ federation with other organizations ⓘ file sharing in meetings ⓘ instant messaging ⓘ integration with Exchange Online ⓘ integration with Outlook ⓘ integration with SharePoint Online ⓘ online meetings ⓘ presence information ⓘ screen sharing ⓘ video conferencing ⓘ |
| offeredAs | subscription service ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| partOf |
Microsoft 365
ⓘ
Microsoft 365 ⓘ
surface form:
Office 365
|
| platform |
Azure
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Azure
|
| predecessorOf | Microsoft Teams ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Skype for Business Online
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lync Online
Skype for Business Online self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Skype for Business Server
|
| replacedBy | Microsoft Teams ⓘ |
| serviceModel | cloud-based ⓘ |
| serviceType |
collaboration
ⓘ
enterprise communication ⓘ unified communications ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successorPlatform | Microsoft Teams ⓘ |
| supportsClient |
Skype for Business Web App
ⓘ
Skype ⓘ
surface form:
Skype for Business client
Skype for Business Online self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Skype for Business mobile apps
|
| targetUser |
business users
ⓘ
enterprise organizations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Skype for Business Online Description of subject: Skype for Business Online was Microsoft's cloud-based enterprise communication and collaboration service that provided messaging, meetings, and voice capabilities before being succeeded by Microsoft Teams.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Teams
subject surface form:
Microsoft Surface Hub
this entity surface form:
Skype for Business
this entity surface form:
Skype for Business mobile apps
this entity surface form:
Skype for Business Server
this entity surface form:
Lync Online
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Skype for Business
this entity surface form:
Microsoft Office Communicator
this entity surface form:
Skype for Business APIs