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MichaelGG
Looks like the existing APIs, like for Lync (terrible rename to "Skype for Business" that they secretly shoved out in Windows Update this month - confusing and pointless).

IIRC, NetMeeting also had some cool APIs, allowing you to easily get access to data channels and so on.

TazeTSchnitzel
> terrible rename to "Skype for Business" that they secretly shoved out in Windows Update this month - confusing and pointless

It's not pointless. Having one name for your business and consumer products makes things simpler.

kolev
Lync branding was confusing anyway.
Someone1234
Try working in a shop that does Linq. Link, Linq, and Lync sound exactly the same when spoken. So sentences like: "let me send you the linq link on lync" occur.
pjtr
I frequently hear Linq pronounced "Link... Linqueue?", and Lync as "Link... Lüngg?"
mooreds
Where are the payment hooks? Seems like that'd be useful.
uzyn
This looks like it might greatly alter the landscape of lightly-integratable team communication tool space that Slack and HipChat are currently dominating.

Great move, Skype and Microsoft!

wavee
The web SDK "applies to: Skype for Business 2015" only. This is not an API for regular Skype accounts.

The Skype for Business allows external communication though, so... it will be possible to create integrations for regular users, right?