Miro vs. Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams

The seamless integrations with top-ranked tools like Zoom, Jira, and Google tools makes it easy to connect with other applications and workflows. It's easy to create and organise ideas visual with mind maps, which is great way to brainstorming and collaborate on new projects easily. The support team is very user-friendly and supportive at any given time.

Skype is useful for collaborations across distances, including work from home, as well as a more convenient way to communicate with a large group of people. Skype is also useful to communicate with specific parties quickly, rather than relying on cellular service in areas where not as available. Skype is less useful if the team does not use computers , tablets, smartphones, etc in daily workflow as it would rarely be used.

• Miros features are stand-out like sticky notes, digital markers and shapes makes work easier.
• Boost our collaboration remotely and on-premises.
• Easy to use templates which are great for my team ideating and brainstorming sessions during project management.
• Keep all our resources connected to our board by embedding documents, spreadsheets and PDFs with simple clicks.

• Quickly check a user's status and communicate with them.
• Video conferencing is breathtaking, and the voice quality is excellent.
• It's a very user-friendly site with straightforward responses.
• Cloud, hybrid and on-premise deployment options are available for document sharing via chat.
• The video conferencing quality is excellent, and it is possible to organize your groups in a professional manner.
• This tool is easy to use and integrates with Calendar to view team members' schedules.

• Privacy mode to allow participate to create cards that are hidden by facilitator.
• Polls or voting that is simplified.
• Allow the facilitator to separate background/structure items (that cannot be moved) from other items that everyone can interact with (that can move), thus preventing error movements in boards.

• Skype's UI leaves a lot to be desired, especially considering newer platforms like Zoom, Teams, Slack, Meet, and so on. It's slow and lacks many features that are now de facto in the newer communication apps.
• Skype calendar also is often buggy - meeting times do not get updated on the calendar even if the correct time does come up on the Outlook calendar.
• It does not give you the option to mute chats - oftentimes, you want to keep some group chats on mute without leaving them entirely.
• Closing off a chat before it's saved will remove it from Skype history. You'd need to go search for it on Outlook mail.

Miro is very good but still too basic. It would be great to have more precision and some advanced tools. More control over the text size and objects alignment is a need for our design team. Also, the experience on the tablets is not so good. Many dead clicks and problems while trying to select objects and tools.

The software is simple to install and configure. It is rather simple to explain for correct use. It is possible to profile users for the different functions offered. It is integrated quite completely with Outlook and with Active Directory security. It performs all communication functions well with one or more interlocutors and the possibility of granting control of your computer is convenient.

It's pretty easy to use. My gripes are with some small idiosyncrasies with selection behavior with objects and editing text. When I move an object, it automatically de-selects it when I am not done with it. I have to click to select again. Text control is challenging and could be improved. It could use a little more styling capability. It's also weird that it behaves differently in a shape then when using the text tool.

Very easy to use. Even though Microsoft Teams has a lot of features and integrations, as a user I feel completely comfortable on finding what I need, getting information about the app extensions and using them. It's a very comprehensive tool, intuitive design and does not make me feel tired to be using it. I am glad with the current experience.

I have never had a problem with the availability

Most of the time pages load quickly but occasionally it does take time to point you to the area that you initially worked on.

I have personally not required support when something was broken but used the training slides provided to get more knowledge of the tool

I have only had to reach out to the Support team at Skype for Business once with an issue, and I was pleasantly surprised and encouraged by the quickness and thoroughness of their response. The wait time was short and my question was dealt with politely and clearly, so I would say the support team has it together.

Not applicable as never had in person training

Superb. very well explained videos. Really helps get the knowledge up on the product. The slides are divided into the topics of usage. I have enjoyed following and implementing all of these slides. The videos are well explained and it is easy to follow. There are tutorials that you can take yourself later. It would be nice however if more training modules were added.

Our implementation consisted in the following phases: 1. A couple of member of our teams started with a free account where they played with some of the features and mapped some of our business flows 2. We added more members into the product who were participating in the business flows of the phase 1 3. We divided into teams (Marketing, Product, Engineering) and we gave every member an account

Skpe for business is utilized company wide in regards to my company. Everyone not only uses it, but uses it often. It is an effective way of communicating. It also integrates very nicely with outlook and all conversation history is pushed to a folder within the outlook system. We also have it so that if someone misses a message, they are sent an email reminder saying that there is a message that went unread.

During pandemic we heavily relied on Miro for our meetings with our clients and projects discussion with our teams that were remotely working. We were able to achieve a great milestone over the years of using Miro. Boosted our workflow, collaboration and teamwork. I love the support team was readily accessible and proactive 24/7.

For the below reason I will always choose this app over its competitors: Better audio and video quality, Little to no disconnections or freezing when on a call/video conference Integrates well with mailbox/ calendar/ one drive, and SharePoint is easy to use

The product is being used across the company and still no issues with the same.

• Miro makes it super easy to collaborate in a hybrid working environment.
• Allows teams to work together on different projects, interactive workshops easily.
• Saves time and cost. By allowing us to ideate engage and hold meetings in virtual room which enhances productivity and efficiency of all our employees.

• Skype for Business has enabled a migration in part away from fixed line telephony and introduced the user to mobile working with a headset which cannot be overstated as being a game changer.
• Being able to schedule Skype for Business meetings through Outlook has meant meetings with colleagues without a meeting room has been a great enabler.