Skype for Business is used by big organizations that helps users to connect with their colleagues or business partners in within the company or around the world. We would like to provide you a bit overview or information about Skype for Business application. I will continue to develop this script to add features.Before we let you know that how you can disable or stop Skype for business from starting automatically at Windows startup. The script can be downloaded from TechNet: I have therefore created a small script that takes care of this. Remember to disable account in AD and Skype for Business!

Not sure why it is like this also in Skype for Business, but I see it as a huge security risk. Especially if he start working for a competitor. Therefore he can make phone calls and see previous colleague’s presence information. John is still able to log on to Skype for Business on his personal laptop. He had Skype for Business on a non-company laptop that he used at home. This certificate is valid for up to 6 months. Skype for Business clients authenticate against the front end by a certificate that’s created the first time they log on from the computer in use. Most AD admins don’t know that they also need to disable the Skype for Business user on the front end server. Then they delete disabled users every 3 month or so.

My experience is that most Active Directory admins disable a user in AD and move them to an OU called “Disabled Users” and underlying OU named by the month they are disabled. I start of my first blogpost with a PowerShell script.

Disable skype for business on startup