End of support for Zoom integration with Microsoft Skype for Business and Lync

The Zoom integration for Microsoft Skype for Business and Lync will be retired on January 13, 2024. After that date, Microsoft Skype for Business and Lync clients will no longer be able to attend Zoom meetings.

Due to this change, Zoom suggests using the Zoom desktop and mobile apps, or the Zoom web client with a compatible browser, for the best Zoom meetings experience.

Background

The Zoom integration for Microsoft Skype for Business and Lync offered 3rd parties using these services an easy and convenient method to attend Zoom meetings with their Skype/Lync client.

Over the past few years, Microsoft has announced:

End of Support for Microsoft Skype for Business Online, with a final retirement date of July 31, 2021.
End of Support for Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2015, with an end of mainstream support date of October 13th, 2020.
End of Support for Microsoft Lync, with an end of extended support date of April 11, 2023.
End of Support for Microsoft Skype for Business (client) 2019, with an end of mainstream support date of January 9th, 2024.
End of Support for Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2019, with an end of mainstream support date of January 9th, 2024.

As these Microsoft products reach or approach their end of support dates, their usage with Zoom has also dwindled. Accordingly, Zoom will end support on a timeline roughly matching Microsoft’s end of mainstream support dates.