Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.
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Skype/Teams is simply better. There are many more features, better design, more intuitive experience, more integration with other features/apps, and somehow a superior usage performance. I like the fact that it is connected with all other spaces that the organization uses - …
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Skype for Business makes it easier to group contacts and receive offline/online notifications. It is a great way to make small-group contacts and discuss things over text and phone. It makes business calls more manageable and more interactive to organize. It's helpful if I need …
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Skype for Business's unique features offers many benefits.
When I need to communicate with my colleagues, I rely on the chat function. Its
interface is intuitive and has top-notch sound. Making groups is easy, and
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Employee
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Skype performs better overall and is more reliable in low connectivity areas. Skype also has more options for making changes on the back end(Sound/notifications/invitations, etc) to customize the experience better. An area of improvement for Skype vs Zoom would be their mobile …
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Teams is a superior product. The companies are now shifting more towards Teams as compared to Skype.
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Professional
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We have recently started using the tools which I listed above, these are contemporary with all the additional features required for the world which is looking at the work from home option as the new normal, some functions in our organization are thinking of completely making …
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Skype is a great tool to increase communication across an organization. I believe Microsoft Teams encourages greater collaboration amongst employees by making conversations and chats easily accessible and also keeping a history of conversations to allow users to pick up where …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype enables me to have a conversation with people worldwide via calls or messaging, which is extremely convenient. We can share our work or presentation during the call by sending files, images, and even screen sharing. As a result of its superior video and audio quality, …
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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.
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Team Lead
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Through instant messaging and phone calls, Skype allows me to connect with people all over the world. Whether it is a company or personal communication, the overall experience is very streamlined and satisfying. During the call, you can send files, images and even screen …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Our school district uses both Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Many of our users prefer Zoom over Teams because they say Zoom is easier. Not considering just the Chat feature, I like the ease of setting up a conference in Teams and sending out the calendar event. The integration of …
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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
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Hangouts have the worst user interface I've ever seen on a web application. Skype is a separate purchase, while Office 365 includes Skype as part of the subscription. When it comes to competing with Skype, Hangouts needs an overhaul of the UI. We've made the switch to Microsoft …
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Most of the above applications are more suited to the newer age smaller companies that can experiment and switch. Our primary use case for Skype for [Business] was an enterprise software for large-scale communication using Microsoft's suite of products and authentication at a …
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Hangouts has worst UI ever. It requires an additional purchase where skype comes free with office 365. Hangouts doesnt have dedicated PC or Mac app. It works only on browser due to which notifications are hit and miss. Skype has dedicated PC app but no web app. Hangouts needs a …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
This app integrates the features and functionality of Slack and Zoom into one app. This, when coupled with other MS platforms like Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, and others makes this app a very compelling option when compared to others.
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business comes as part of the entire Microsoft package and thus gives confidence over other products in a way that it is part of entire Eco-system. Other individual tools needs organisation permission because they are not part of eco system and thus can have impact on …
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Skype for Business (formerly Lync) at one time was the industry standard for communication and video calls. But times change, features adapt, and companies move on to new software focuses. That is what happened with Skype. If you use Skype for Business (formerly Lync), it …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
I had used "IBM Sametime" [at] my last company. It was also a good tool but as good as Skype for Business is. Skype for Business has many features and very user-friendly but IBM Sametime [did] not [have as] many features. Sharing screen and taking command is one of the best …
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Skype for Business existing before all these other softwares were present. So legacy is maintained by Skype. Main feature that stacks up Skype against all of the mentioned apps is security provided by Skype for Business apps. As we all know Zoom was not at all safe to use as lots …
Chose Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams
We have switched to Teams, and it does offer a lot more so I think that it was the right choice, but Skype [for Business (formerly Lync)] was a very functional tool. The main issues were the bandwidth issues. The work computers aren't particularly high in RAM or processing …