GoTo Meeting vs. Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams

GoTo Meeting

Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
GoTo Meeting	Score 7.9 out of 10	N/A	From GoTo (formerly LogMeIn), GoToMeeting is an online meeting, desktop sharing, and video conferencing software that enables users to connect via the internet. It hosts a suite of online meeting tools, including real-time screen sharing and integrated audio.	$12 per month
Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams	Score 7.5 out of 10	N/A	Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.	N/A

Pricing

GoTo Meeting

Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams

Editions & Modules

Professional: $12.00
Per Organizer / Per Month for 150 Participants [billed annually]
Business: $16.00
Per Organizer / Per Month for 250 Participants [billed annually]
Enterprise: Custom Pricing
3,000 Participants

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
GoTo Meeting	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Pricing available by monthly or annual subscription, with discounts for annual commitments.

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Community Pulse
	GoTo Meeting	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Considered Both Products	GoTo Meeting Marc Duke Marketing Consultant Chose GoTo Meeting There is little to choose from when looking at a lot of the platforms in terms of video quality and ease of use. I have preferred Zoom more recently as it seems to work a lot better. BlueJeans is excellent in terms of sounds and video quality as well. PowWow Now is much worse … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose GoTo Meeting Google Hangouts is a bit less professional than GoToMeeting. Zoom is currently being toted as a great, free way to have meetings while staying home and working during the coronavirus outbreak, and because of this I suspect the program is being overloaded with users. GoToMeeting … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User General Manager Chose GoTo Meeting I have used Zoom and Skype for Business, we selected GoToMeeting due to the lower cost but had similar functionality Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Team Lead Chose GoTo Meeting GoTo Meeting closely stacks up to other video conference platforms. That being said, Zoom seems to have the best integration for businesses, while GoTo Meeting has some of the best security I have seen in a video conferencing platform. GoTo Meeting is fairly seamless in … Incentivized Helpful? peter awortwe IT Asset and Configuration Analyst, Service Catalog Manager, Knowledge Manager Chose GoTo Meeting GoTo Meeting was the choice at the time as it was less costly when we moved away from Skype for business. Incentivized Helpful? MN Michael Nemeyer Associate Chose GoTo Meeting I would say that Zoom Meetings are the best user interface, followed by GoTo Meeting and finally, Webex Meetings. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose GoTo Meeting A lot of control access for a huge audience. Audio and video quality is much better. Screen sharing presentation is an easy process with multiple access controls. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose GoTo Meeting We use Microsoft Teams internally and while that does allow internal teams to collaborate and chat, it has less functionality overall. Teams is not as user friendly and doesn't have things like a whiteboard or a good Q&A for meetings. Teams works well but we use Go To with … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose GoTo Meeting It works well; it has a nice feature list and good quality; the reason we chose the tool was that it was out of the normal rotation of the tool. Incentivized Helpful? DB Danny Boyle Senior Staffing Manager Chose GoTo Meeting I really like GoTo Meeting because it is a wonderful tool that provides me with a quality service, with innumerable features which are extremely flexible and adapt to my needs and are very wonderful, nothing is missing to add to this program. I really like that It gives me … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose GoTo Meeting in terms of security is less known makes it safer. We still use the software because we rely on it since day one. We understand that new alternatives are widely used but we still trust this software for its reliability. For corporate use is cheaper than its competitors. Incentivized Helpful? MG Marcus Gonzalez ESL Teacher Chose GoTo Meeting GoTo Meeting is just an all-around faster program. GoTo Meeting is a less clunky program than its competitors. The meetings we have when using this program are often smoother than the virtual meetings we have had using programs such as Zoom. I hope we use this program more in … Incentivized Helpful? Dustin Hovey Founder // Freelance Digital Marketing Consultant Chose GoTo Meeting For large webinars and external customer-facing meetings, GoTo Meeting is a strong solution. Microsoft Teams, and Zoom, are alternatives I prefer to use when speaking to smaller teams and for other types of connections due to their improvement in UI, mobile apps, and ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? BS Brian Silletti Manager Telecom & Field Services Chose GoTo Meeting Functionality amongst all the standard video/chat conference collaboration tools is about the same with the exception of better integration of other companies' software applications in their portfolio. I ran into issues with buffering with users on low bandwidth or "hot spot" … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Executive Chose GoTo Meeting I selected GoTo Meeting because it was a solid product before covid. However, once covid hit goto failed to keep up with its competitors. It came to making improvements and adding new features. In my opinion, it's slowly catches up but continues to lose ground as the other … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Former Employee Chose GoTo Meeting GoTo Meeting, [in my experience,] is severely underwhelming compared [to] the three that I mentioned above. If you are trying to decide to use either GoTo Meeting or Skype for Business [I feel] you have chosen your two worst options. Zoom and Google Hangouts, especially Google … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Director Chose GoTo Meeting GoTo Meeting competes well with all these tools, but the note-taking feature and calendar integration has kept this software at the top of the list. It has been in the market for a long while and it continues to meet the business expectations and to support the goals of the … Incentivized Helpful? Aaron Goldstein Business Analyst Chose GoTo Meeting I was not the decision maker when my company chose to implement GoTo Meeting. I think GoTo Meeting stacks up very well against the competitors in terms of functionality and intuitiveness of the software. I am not to sure how the software compares in terms of price point - to … Incentivized Helpful? John Ramírez Database Administrator Chose GoTo Meeting At this moment, this app is the favorite for our support teams for its flexibility and how easy it is to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Program Manager Chose GoTo Meeting Compared to its competitors, GoToMeeting offers a friendlier and more intuitive user interface that allows for screen share and session recording. Converting your recordings for distribution takes no time and is easy to do and manage. The screen sharing capabilities allow for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose GoTo Meeting GoToMeeting is a much more professional application. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User General Manager Chose GoTo Meeting GoToMeeting, in my opinion, sets the standard for these other services regarding ease of use and availability across various operating systems. However, if high-quality video conferencing, whiteboarding isn't a necessity then GoToMeeting is not for you. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose GoTo Meeting GoToMeeting allows us to use a phone number, whereas Skype does not. Incentivized Helpful?	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Nikolay Nikolov Financial administrator Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams The choice for Skype For Business against the competition (CiscoWebEx, GoToMeeting) was made due to the lower price of the former. And it was worth it. All my colleagues enjoy using Skype on a daily basis. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams I wouldn't have selected Skype. I feel GoToMeeting had license issues for the company we used it in and billing issues. Zoom was effective most of the time but didn't have easy interpersonal communication. Slack has instant messaging, but not video chat. In theory, Skype … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Contributor Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype for Business was selected because it was a legacy tool in our organization. It will be replaced with Microsoft Teams in the next year or so. This is a welcomed change. Teams is much more current, engaging, and offers more capabilities and intonations with other O365 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype functions similarly to Webex and GoToMeeting, but overall is simpler to use and has many of the same key features as the other two software platforms. Incentivized Helpful? Tigran Petrosyan Risk Management Specialist Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams I think that overall Skype is better product compared to GoToMeeting, as it is more functional and can be better integrated in an overall working environment of a firm. GoToMeeting has a better video quality in my opinion, but it is also less reliable (there are constant lags … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams I think it is inherently easier to use Skype for business; builds on well-established experience base of individual Skype users. Functionality seems to be upgraded reasonably frequently. Integrates well with Microsoft suite of applications Helpful? Randy Palmer Manager, Training & Learning Development Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Of the five other products listed that I have used/evaluated (I have used them all), I would choose any one of them before using Skype for Business [(formerly Lync)] again. The one positive that Skype for Business has is that anyone that has used regular Skype will easily be … Incentivized Helpful? Elizabeth Cassidy Senior Analyst, Customer Analytics Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype for Business is the most popular web conferencing tool and with extremely flexible pricing. Many businesses have considered it to be the most inexpensive VoIP services provider offering a plethora of communication channels that make it possible to connect with anyone in … Incentivized Helpful? SA Samer Araabi Research Director Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams We [use] Zoom at least 10x more often than Skype for Business, and even though I feel like Zoom has some very shady business practices, their recent security upgrades have been a really valuable way to feel safer about our calls. The biggest drawback on Zoom vs Skype for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams The three are great tools, but each one have its set of benefits. Lync it's getting out of market, but certainly it still has a great market to those companies that are not worried with external communication, for example. Teams and Slack, have already this approach, but both … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype gives user ability to control who can view or download the shared contents which I have not seen on Webex. Skype falls behind in customization of appearance as I can modify Webex, change theme, change pictures which is not present in Skype. Screen sharing is better in … Incentivized Helpful? EM Emiliano Monterubbianesi Senior Programmer Analyst Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams The previous version of Skype (before the purchase of Microsoft) certainly had fewer features than those implemented after integration with Lync. It was fortunate that Microsoft purchased Skype to improve its Lync. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams BlueJeans is too costly for user to user. Microsoft Teams is being evaluated to replace both other solutions. Incentivized Helpful? Justin Wiebe CRM Manager - Analyst/Programmer Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams It's very well suited to compete against the "big players" in the video conferencing world. Even as it relates to "normal" Skype, it does a lot more, and a lot better. It might cost a bit more, but it seems to really work well when we get it going with a larger group for bigger … Incentivized Helpful? Naushad Akhtar Systems Analyst Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype for Business is more powerful yet easy to use. Has a better sound and picture quality. It does not need to be installed each time you get an invitation. You can use an external audio device or built-in devices. You can control another person's computer or give control of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype for business is severely lacking when hosting meetings -- other software options are definitely better. Again, the ability to initiate a meeting (and perhaps in-browser versus locally on the device) is a major impediment with Skype for Business. Microsoft needs to do a … Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Blodgett IT Support Specialist Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype for Business has made itself a clear leader among the pack. I would put it at the top of the list because it's easy to deploy/manage and simply works great! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams It integrates very well with Outlook making it the preferred tool for our business. Other tools do not provide this level of integration making it a seamless part of Outlook. Incentivized Helpful? Diana Tejeda Sales Transformation Leader Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams We had a similar situation, when the server was saturated, it was impossible to connect, but you could raise your hand to ask questions, it had polling and Q&A. You could also record the meetings, even when you connected through phone. Incentivized Helpful? Amanda Kraft Client Services Specialist Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams I wasn't the decision maker who selected the product but I would be sad if our company no longer provided it as a standard tool. I find it easier to use than GoTo Meeting or similar products but I still use traditional call-in conference lines because our older staff and … Incentivized Helpful? Andrey Perepelitsyn Microsoft SQL Server DBA Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Slack has a bit higher sound quality on calls but does not have a very comfortable GUI and not very good notification sounds. On the other hand, you can connect several accounts to Slack client, as for Skype for Business you can connect only one account and run only one … Incentivized Helpful? Leah Jakaitis Senior Data Analyst Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Most people are familiar with Skype (having personally used it), and Skype for Business has an approachable learning curve. It's also functional across multiple platforms and well-supported for smartphones, which makes it an easy choice when onboarding new clients/vendors. It … Incentivized Helpful? Amitai Levin Director of Human Resources Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Skype for Business allows for a much quicker interaction between employees and simplistic screen sharing within our company and doesn't require downloading any additional software or click on on any additional links. Until we began using Skype for Business we would have to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Engineer Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Ways HipChat is Better Hipchat is significantly more cross-platform friendly A little more customizable Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams It is very convenient for our company to use Skype for Business to conduct meetings and trainings. It also allows us to stay in constant (and instant) contact with colleagues/offices overseas. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Screen sharing Pro Easy to use Pro Set up	Pro Easy to use Pro Video calls Pro Instant messaging
Top Cons	Minus Internet connection Minus User interface Minus Stable internet	Minus Internet connection Minus Audio quality Minus Mobile app

Features

GoTo Meeting

Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams

Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Product A and Product B
	GoTo Meeting 8.1 365 Ratings 2% above category average	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams 7.6 192 Ratings 5% below category average
High quality audio	8.4364 Ratings	8.0188 Ratings
High quality video	8.5357 Ratings	7.7183 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements	7.5333 Ratings	6.6180 Ratings
Mobile support	7.8285 Ratings	8.0144 Ratings

Screen Sharing

Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Product A and Product B
	GoTo Meeting 8.5 358 Ratings 7% above category average	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams 8.5 189 Ratings 7% above category average
Desktop sharing	8.8358 Ratings	8.8189 Ratings
Whiteboards	8.2239 Ratings	8.3119 Ratings

Online Meetings / Events

Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Product A and Product B
	GoTo Meeting 8.2 360 Ratings 0% above category average	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams 7.8 186 Ratings 5% below category average
Calendar integration	8.2317 Ratings	8.0172 Ratings
Meeting initiation	8.3346 Ratings	8.1180 Ratings
Integrates with social media	8.0174 Ratings	7.882 Ratings
Record meetings / events	8.3323 Ratings	7.6141 Ratings
Slideshows	8.3278 Ratings	7.7113 Ratings

Online Events Collaboration

Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
	GoTo Meeting 8.3 331 Ratings 1% below category average	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams 8.6 171 Ratings 3% above category average
Live chat	8.6324 Ratings	9.2169 Ratings
Audience polling	8.1230 Ratings	8.592 Ratings
Q&A	8.2252 Ratings	8.192 Ratings

Online Events Security

Comparison of Online Events Security features of Product A and Product B
	GoTo Meeting 8.4 332 Ratings 1% above category average	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams 8.1 154 Ratings 3% below category average
User authentication	8.3296 Ratings	8.2140 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions	8.5317 Ratings	7.9146 Ratings
Confidential attendee list	8.5261 Ratings	8.1108 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	GoTo Meeting	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Small Businesses	ClickMeeting Score 9.5 out of 10	ClickMeeting Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	ClickMeeting Score 9.5 out of 10	ClickMeeting Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises	Google Meet Score 8.3 out of 10	Google Meet Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
	GoTo Meeting	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (400 ratings)	8.6 (195 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.0 (41 ratings)	9.0 (7 ratings)
Usability	8.5 (32 ratings)	9.0 (14 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	6.7 (49 ratings)	8.5 (40 ratings)
Online Training	7.3 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.2 (5 ratings)	7.0 (2 ratings)
Configurability	1.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	3.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	4.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	GoTo Meeting	Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Likelihood to Recommend	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) It enhance the overall coordination and synergy among team members, fostering a conducive environment for in-depth project requirement deliberations. The versatility of this communication tool empowers us to engage in interactive discussions, share insights, and align our strategies cohesively, thereby contributing significantly to the success and efficiency of our project management endeavors. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft 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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) Goto meeting delivers high-quality audio and video, which ensures clear communication even in virtual environments. The mobile app allows users to join meetings on the go, ensuring flexibility for participants who may not always be at their desktop computers. virtual backgrounds and appearance settings are useful. Incentivized Mahedi Hassan Network Engineer Read full review	Microsoft Instant messaging to anyone who we know only by name/email. Even if they're offline, they get the message in missed convos and a notification automatically goes to them via Outlook mail. All conversations are saved and accessible via Outlook. Video and voice calls are a norm in the WFH scenario, and an average employee has around 4-5 calls a day. Skype gives notifications for upcoming meetings, allows easy scheduling via outlook calendar, and its audio/video quality [is] reasonably good compared to the amount of data it consumes. Status availabilities - in the WFH scenario, you could be off for lunch, out of office, busy, sharing screens - and might not want to be disturbed. Skype allows you to do that, and in case you're off, ensures that you know that you have missed messages. Screen sharing - we have to share screens at least once or twice a day with a coworker when working on some issues/features, and Skype easily lets us do that. One of the best things about Skype is that the screen can be shared without being on a video/voice call - which is of immense advantage because oftentimes, you could prefer sharing the screen, while it [is] too noisy to talk. Dushyant Pathak (DKP) Technology Analyst Read full review
Cons	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) You have to download an app that doesn't work well in order to blur the speakers and hosts background. I tried the third party app a few times, but its terrible. I think the Customer service is ok In my opinion, if you don't have the latest updates to your computer, it won't run properly. Sometimes the host video doesn't appear. Incentivized BW Britt Wittelsberger Senior Marketing Manager Read full review	Microsoft Probably the biggest area is the video element as it has historically struggled in this area. The need to be forced to federate with another organisation by providing yours and enabling the other organisation settings is a bit tedious but once done, allows for simple collaboration between third-parties. Functionality wise, as it's an older product and being superseded by MS Teams, it feels as if it's run its course but was very good for what it does/did at the time. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) While we have found GoTo Meeting to be very useful and a part of our normal way of doing business, there are alternatives that are more cost-effective. For example, Microsoft Teams is available as part of our M365 subscription. This will require us to complete a cost analysis to determine which product makes more sense for us to move forward with. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft 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. Incentivized EM Emiliano Monterubbianesi Senior Programmer Analyst Read full review
Usability	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) The simplicity of GoToMeetings desktop, mobile, and web-based applications make it a very robust and user-friendly meeting solution. At times, it may be more complex than needed, but it is nice to have so many features that can be used if needed. Once installed, it is very easy to use and navigate. Incentivized Rusty Angell Field Correspondent Read full review	Microsoft 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. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) When we have issues, they seem to respond quickly and do everything they can to help us. They have even tried to find other ways we could get more use out of their product, or improve the way we are currently using it. Overall, their support has been fairly good for us. Incentivized Parker O'Very Marketing Operations Read full review	Microsoft 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. Incentivized Sarah Bandy Executive Director Read full review
Implementation Rating	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) Not really, it is very simple to install and get started. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft 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. Incentivized Greg Golding Account Executive Read full review
Alternatives Considered	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) Zoom is definitely GoTo Meeting's biggest competitor in terms of similar features and overall functionality. I have read about security issues with Zoom in the past, but haven't seen GoTo Meeting make any headlines regarding security. That might be something to consider for larger organizations Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft 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 Jian Groenewald Provisioning Administrator Read full review
Return on Investment	GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) Positive: Staying close to client and making sure they have the best customer service. Positive: Creating higher client conversion rates by being present on calls. Negative: When technical issues occur on GoTo Meeting the client is left wondering how professional we are. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft We almost lost our biggest client because of the poor performance early on in our implementation...the online meetings were poor quality for audio and bandwidth refreshing Many of the employees in our company disliked the quality so much, they started to sign up for free Cisco WebEx accounts to use instead The majority of employees in our company lost trust in our CTO because of his decision to switch from Cisco WebEx to Skype for Business Incentivized Randy Palmer Manager, Training & Learning Development Read full review
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