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MiCloud Connect is a business communications solution for contact centers that includes features like IP PBX telephony service, desk phones, softphone, and collaboration tools. It is integrable with other business communication technology, including Microsoft Outlook and CRM software.
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MiCloud Connect (formerly ShoreTel) is a business communications solution that combines a distributed communications platform, intuitive user applications, IP phones, and an easy-to-use management system that integrates with leading business information systems. Voice Switches are purpose-built appliances providing VoIP telephony with reliability and availability. The appliances help extend system capabilities and secure access for remote IP phones and SIP service providers.
ShoreTel was acquired by Mitel in 2017; according to Mitel, they will continue to offer and support ShoreTel products, now under the name MiCloud Connect.
ShoreTel was acquired by Mitel in 2017; according to Mitel, they will continue to offer and support ShoreTel products, now under the name MiCloud Connect.
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| Operating Systems | Windows, Mac |
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MiCloud Connect is a business communications solution for contact centers that includes features like IP PBX telephony service, desk phones, softphone, and collaboration tools. It is integrable with other business communication technology, including Microsoft Outlook and CRM software.
Reviewers rate Answering rules and Audio conferencing highest, with a score of 9.
The most common users of MiCloud Connect are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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MiCloud Connect has proven to be a versatile tool for various organizations, addressing a range of communication challenges. Users have leveraged the software's feature set and add-ons to effectively manage call logs and activity, streamlining telephony functions and enabling users to become more independent of IT support. The intuitive GUI-based setup offers multiple options for call routing, forwarding, automatic transfer, and voicemail management. The ease and intuitiveness of transferring calls and taking messages with MiCloud Connect have saved users valuable time.
Furthermore, MiCloud Connect's one-click dialing of colleagues promotes efficient communication within organizations. The software enables true four-digit dialing across WAN, resulting in significant cost reduction for medium-sized offices. In addition to voice calls, MiCloud Connect also offers conferencing, fax to email capabilities, and chat messaging for quick responses within the organization, enhancing collaboration and productivity. The centralized platform enables seamless work in and out of the office, making it easy to manage multiple office locations with one interface. With its user-friendly features and ability to integrate multiple systems, MiCloud Connect proves to be a valuable solution for organizations looking for cost-effective voice communications and unified collaboration tools.
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June 23, 2022
MiCloud Connect Review
Used it in our PoC/Dev environment for analysis to tackle a business requirement to take our call-center phone systems to the cloud for cost-effectiveness.
- Contact center capabilities.
- IP PBX phone services.
- Softphone.
- Microsoft Teams integrations.
- Jira Integrations.
- Salesforce integrations.
June 19, 2022
An essential tool for business communication.
Transferring calls and taking messages is a breeze. Simply making a few calls was all it took for me to develop a feel for the system, and switching between calls is really simple. As a matter of fact, I can't think of anything that I dislike about ShoreTel. It's a huge time-saver, especially during the busy days of the week. It's also convenient to be able to dial a coworker with a single click.
- The administration interface makes it simple to control access and manage people.
- The cloud-based service is simple to roll out to remote workers and brand-new workplaces.
- The product has a simple and straightforward user interface.
- There are persistent problems with the app's functionality on mobile devices.
- At times, the web conferencing service may have delays. It appears to be less stable than competing approaches.
- Using a headset instead of the microphone and speakers integrated into a desktop computer slows down the softphone's performance.
We purchased Mitel MiCloud Connect intending to create a better unified communication plan. As a business, we continued to grow satellite offices, as well as number of employees who worked from home in various locations. We continued to find it challenging to deploy our previous phone system in remote locations (especially at work employees) without significant cost. As a whole, our intent was to allow us to have a phone system, but also a messaging platform, and conferencing solution, that would be elastic and grow with our business growth.
- The admin portal is easy to use and manage users.
- Deployment of new users is easy.
- The cloud solution makes it easy to deploy in new offices or for at-home employees.
- The user interface of the product is intuitive and easy to use.
- The mobile app continually has issues operating as it is supposed to.
- There is no "native" video conferencing solution.
- The web conferencing solution has lag issues occasionally. It doesn't seem to be as stable as other solutions.
- For whatever reason, the softphone on desktop struggles when using headsets instead of the computer's natively built in mic and speakers.
September 17, 2019
ShoreTel Sky VoiP review and consideration
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We were originally M5 users and then became ShoreTel Sky users after the acquisition. ShoreTel Sky is used as our Telco provider where we leverage VoIP with Cisco 7XXX series phones at two main locations and for remote users too. The feature set and add-ons they offer suit our company very well. Direct dial, In-use, park and transfer are only a few of the options we leverage. We also use other features to train (listen in) and manage call logs/activity for our users. With the capability of PoE we can also leverage data use from the handset too.
Aug 2019 Update: We are still leveraging our Cisco 79XX series phones and have the same great functionality with Mitel. The platform has been updated a bit but as Administrators we have the same controls we did before. We will begin to visit the new offerings that Mitel will push out but for now we remain stable. The options I mentioned above are all still in place and our Phone Assistant still remains strong. I along with a number of users have a Cisco device at home and at work. We all can log on both back and forth from the office and home with no issue.
Aug 2019 Update: We are still leveraging our Cisco 79XX series phones and have the same great functionality with Mitel. The platform has been updated a bit but as Administrators we have the same controls we did before. We will begin to visit the new offerings that Mitel will push out but for now we remain stable. The options I mentioned above are all still in place and our Phone Assistant still remains strong. I along with a number of users have a Cisco device at home and at work. We all can log on both back and forth from the office and home with no issue.
- Call quality is very good. Dedicated circuit for QoS is helpful. Even leveraging the Mitel Cloud service over our own ISP has been problem free. The disadvantage to that is the owned and operated router from Mitel where they control more connectivity issues and troubleshoot them as well.
- Support is also very good. Receive US based support staff when calling in. Issues resolved quickly.
- They are continuously growing in support and service.
- Issue with fail over. Determination has to be made to fail-over to DR site. This could take an additional 45 mins to 1 hr. when decision is made. You can be down for some time already before they flip.
- As of Aug 2019 we have had much less issues in connectivity and fail-over. The Mitel platform appears to be stable.
- Looking for better choices of handsets/easier programming for off-net phones. After comparing a number of vendors we've not been able to compare the specific feature sets that Mitel provides.
September 12, 2019
A Shoretel Sky review from a company that recently deployed it.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
- Four digit extension dialing between branches and being able to transfer calls between branches works great.
- Customer service is always very helpful with any problems.
- The Phone Assistant is very easy to use and has a lot of features.
- The Shoretel Mobility app for iPhone does not work very well and is not very intuitive in my experience.
- We have had many intermittent instances of employees reporting that call quality is bad, sounds like the caller is garbled and underwater.
- I deployed Shoretel Sky to eleven branches in four states over a 6 month period and experiences were not very consistent. Had issues with not enough power bricks being sent with the phones, some phones not having the the face sticker showing messages, directories, etc., user guides (quick start guides) not getting shipped with the phones at some branches, and phones being programmed incorrectly. This made it very difficult to plan my trips to train employees and install these at the various locations.
February 01, 2019
MiCloud Connect Review
We have been using MiCloud Connect across the whole organization, spanning multiple sites. We use it as a phone system and unified communications. We use work groups for several teams and a good portion of our staff uses the connect desktop software.
- Phone system.
- Call handling.
- Instant message/conferencing.
- Would like a traditional call forward option.
- Greater analog ports on-premise gear.
October 25, 2018
ShoreTel - a great product for any SMB
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- It's easily upgraded when a new version is released.
- ShoreTel is great with expansion.
- The SDK was key in deciding on a VoIP solution.
- Newer versions are slightly behind the times in supporting things like Office, and 64bit OS.
March 14, 2018
ShoreTel Easy and Rock Solid
Shoretel is implemented as our phone and uc system.
- Easy to configure
- Easy to maintain
- Easy for End Users
- Integration into other apps, CRM, etc
October 05, 2017
ShoreTel review from the trenches
ShoreTel provides voice over IP phone services for our entire company. ShoreTel allows us to place inner office phone calls and provides a company directory as well as instant messaging between users and teams.
- ShoreTel has instant message capabilities that allow users to communicate without interruptions.
- ShoreTel has been around for years and the company is stable.
- It just works, we've had zero service interruptions that can be directly attributed to ShoreTel.
- The user interface looks like something straight out of the 90s.
July 07, 2017
ShoreTel: It's not Cisco, but it's not bad either.
ShoreTel VOIP and the applications are easy to use and cost effective. We use the service across multiple sites and in a few call centers and have very few problems.
- Shoretel is cost effective. I am a Cisco fan. I love Cisco VOIP and their products, however, working for a non-profit, we didn't have the budget to deploy a full Cisco VOIP system.
- Call Clarity. The call clarity with ShoreTel is nice. Like all VOIP systems, it does require some adjustments with the settings, but once you are done, it sounds great.
- Their phones feel cheap. They feel like they were made with cheap plastic, and we have probably replaced almost 40% of their phones because they quit working or had issues. Their warranty covered the replacements of these phones.
June 26, 2017
ShoreTel VoIP PBX
We use ShoreTel IP phones, ShoreTel communicator software, and switches deployed across our entire organization which consists of five offices. We are able to stay in touch with our remote offices via four digit extensions versus dialing the local phone number. Our customers can get transferred to the appropriate party regardless of which office they call.
- Setup is quick and painless
- Management of the phone system is web browser based
- Is the only phone system that we looked at that continued to run if the server went down
- Integrates with Microsoft Outlook
- Customizable
- Updates to the system are cumbersome.
- Better support for Bluetooth headsets would be nice
We use ShoreTel across our entire organization which includes two branch locations and a home office employee. We needed a solution to manage phones and call routing across our organization, and utilize data networks to reduce call costs too. We also needed a solution that could be managed fairly easily by in-house IT staff. We wanted a way to evenly distribute calls to an inside sales team and ShoreTel accommodated that need too.
- Ease of phone management - easy to deploy; easy to relocate; and, easy to reassign extensions.
- Ease of overall system management - one pane of glass for all our switches, phones, users, call routing etc.
- Regular product updates and feature additions and/or refinements - listens to their customer base and provides clear upgrade paths.
- Encourages third-party enhancements and affords ease of integration to broaden the range of their already robust IP telephony solution.
- While very good reporting is offered via a third-party, it would be nice to have more report offerings baked in to the boxed solution.
May 12, 2017
Unified Communications is a cinch with Shoretel
We use Shoretel IP PBX across our organization, plus our customers as well.
- The Shoretel Communicator client is extremely convenient and efficient for our business needs. The Outlook synchronization works particularly well along with the quick dialer. Being able to type in a partial name or phone number and then click on a name to call a contact directly is very useful. It automatically adds all of my new contacts and their numbers, email, etc.
- Voice quality and QoS is excellent. We never have any issues of latency, dropped packets, static, etc. DSCP QoS tagging works out of the box as long as you enable it on your network.
- Shoreware Director, the administration portal is very user friendly, and doesn't require the end user to be very tech savvy. Everything in there is pretty self-explanatory.
- Creating users, changing numbers and extensions, MAC work are all very simple with minimum training.
- There are some minor issues with software bugs on new build releases.
- Quality control with the phones could be better. They have about a 3% failure rate in our experience, but the RMA process is quick and painless.
ShoreTel is being used across our organization. It allows for seamless interaction between our two offices and increases productivity here at our main office by giving us communication options. From 4 digit dialing, to the internal chat function on Communicator, to being able to check my voicemails from Outlook, the ShoreTel platform is second to none. We are pleased to be using it daily, and we are proud to be a ShoreTel reseller, too.
- Mobility App - easy to use, great features
- Conferencing - setting a conference up is a breeze and the Outlook plugin makes it even easier
- Communicator - allows you to see all things telephony in one place
- Conferencing- Once I set a meeting for a certain time period, I cannot go and change it mid-stream. In other words, if I know we're going to run over the 45 minute allotted time, I cannot go change it to 1 hour in Outlook. I will still get cut off by the system.
- ShoreTel app for Android- every time I open it, it closes (and I get a message about this), and I have to open it again. I've reinstalled it several times, and it continues to do this.
January 18, 2017
Shore-nuff ShoreTel is still Awesome!
ShoreTel is our central communication tool. The ability to work in and out of the office on one centralized platform is invaluable. My favorite elements of the ShoreTel UC solution is the easy to use conference bridge that is simple to administer and aesthetically pleasing. One touch entry to conference rooms is awesome and I love how simple it is to share with others. I am also a huge fan of the overall look and feel of the desktop client and hardware. It makes our organization appear even more modern than we already are. I would recommend ShoreTel to any business owner looking to improve communications, enhance productivity, and/or improve the appearance of their organization.
As a company that prides ourselves on working with our clients to provide education and on-going learning, we have even created a repository of useful how-to guides and best practice articles. They can be reached here:
- Conference Bridge
- Mobility
- Reliability
- Strong ROI
- Better integration capabilities
- No multi-point video
- More experience in the Cloud Phone arena
November 18, 2016
Shortel Install and expansion
This is used across the whole organization and allowed us to reduce our PRI circuits down to one, as well as receptionist down to one. We also now have true four digit dialing across the WAN. This results in a net cost reduction of almost $2500 a month.
- The system up-time has been 100% over 3 years.
- With separate systems and two locations we used to have to fake the system into 4 digit dialing by forwarding all remote extensions to DIDs. Now with Shortel extended to the remote location we have true 4 digit dialing.
- The Shortel desktop application makes managing calls and call routing a breeze for even our most novice users.
- The licensing structure can make the system more expensive than your traditional phone system.
- The admin interface does not work in the latest web browsers.
- Haven't seen a dedicated soft-phone app.
November 15, 2016
ShoreTel worked for us
Currently ShoreTel is implemented for a select few departments across the institution. It was chosen as a VOIP solution to allow more flexibility for our enrollment services department.
- Easy to use VoiceMail System.
- Call Forwarding
- Ring Groups
- Warm and Cold Transfer (difficult for some users)
- Directories
- More robust Station-side Automated Attendant
Our company uses ShoreTel throughout the entire organization. Each person has their own DID, and the ability to use all basic applications, scribe, efax as well as communicator. We also utilize the call accounting software as well as call recording software. This helps address the problems presented with outbound dialing, training, receiving messages,
- Excellent voice quality
- Help/support directly from the phone for all users (unlimited)
- Simple to make adds/moves/changes to users on system as well as setting up permissions for who can do what
- more integrations
- ability to add wireless phones to cloud system with functionality
- better conference phone made by shoretel
ConvergeData is a Certified ShoreTel reseller in Florida and Texas that also uses ShoreTel for our internal phone system.
- Ease of deployment - we have installed 100-200 user deployments successfully in the course of a single weekend on numerous occasions.
- Ease of management - management of the system is intuitive and admin training usually takes less than 4 hours to learn the bulk of what you need to know.
- ROI - upfront system cost is almost always lower than Cisco, Avaya, Mitel. Over 5-7 years ShoreTel also provides a better ROI than hosted solutions as well.
- ShoreTel recently stopped offering their phones in silver which I believe was a mistake based on the demand in the market for phones in that color.
- There was talk of instant messaging being an included feature at some point, now it requires the purchase of the conference bridge and a Professional License which isn't usually a problem except for our small business customers who usually have budget constraints. 14.2 allows for the virtualization of the conference bridge so in a VM environment the cost of IM is now just the added Professional License.
February 25, 2015
Shoretel VOIP review
ShoreTel is used by the entire organization. It addressed a problem with poor desk phone usage and integration in Outlook. We had an old non-VOIP system, and were looking for a newer system. ShoreTel met our needs and is very easy to administer. We are extremely happy with the decision to use ShoreTel.
- Easy Administration. Many other systems we reviewed were particularly difficult to administer.
- Lowest total cost of ownership. Other systems' total cost of purchase and maintenance were extremely high.
- Wonderful phone sound quality. We were able to evaluate many different units, and were most satisfied with the sound of the ShoreTel units.
- I think that ShTel's conference room phones could use some work. I think they mentioned that they were coming out with a new unit, but the ones we tested were not acceptable to us.
- We also hope that ShoreTel comes out with a system which works with SIP.
February 25, 2015
ShoreTel VOIP System Review
Our entire organization uses ShoreTel. We use it for conferencing. We can have up to 20 users simultaneously in one conference. We alse use it for fax to email capabilities. We have also purchased the chat feature so that employees can shoot a simple chat message over to a colleague for a quick response. Our entire call center is integrated with ShoreTel. The ShoreTel call manager allows you to see an end users telephone presence whether they are available, on the phone, in a meeting, or out of the office. It is a very user friendly product.
- ShoreTel Conferencing
- Least cost routing
- Shoretel Communicator Software
- The version of chat we are using is version 1. Logs of chat sessions would be a benefit.
February 04, 2015
ShoreTel Sky. Great service from a great company.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- ShoreTel Sky Support is responsive, effective and quite good.
- ShoreTel Sky functionality meets the demands of our fast-paced, cloud-centered business.
- ShoreTel Sky suite of products serves our needs quite well.
- ShoreTel Sky is very dependable and is something we trust.
- Some provisioning tasks aren't fully integrated into the ShoreTel Sky portal. Examples include the provisioning of new user accounts which is done through an old portal UI and Sky Mobility which requires online provisioning be followed up with a call to support to finish enablement.
December 19, 2014
ShoreTel outshines the rest
ShoreTel VOIP is used by the entire organization here. We utilize Contact Center for our Customer Service team and Dispatch group. We are a 24/7 utilities company so the phone system is crucial in our line of business. ShoreTel is great!!!!
- Simple to install, manage and use. I came in with no ShoreTel experience at all. We have a great partner we use as a vendor for higher level issues. For the most part, ShoreTel was a lot easier to learn...especially coming from a Cisco background.
- ShoreTel is a great solution for small to midsize companies.
- Customer Satisfaction....there is very little downtime attributed to technical issues with the ShoreTel system.
- I am very satisfied with the product as is.
June 30, 2014
ShoreTel - both phone and computer
Most businesses where I used/supported/installed ShoreTel benefited most from interoffice dialing by extension. Also, the speaker phones have excellent audio quality. The system allows for customized paging and has very customizable auto attendant and call center features out of the box. More complex versions can be purchased, but every place I have worked with ShoreTel was satisfied with the out-of-box features. The phones are also aesthetically pleasing and comfortable to use.
- Call center features are great out of the box if you have a small call center. The PC interface is great, allowing call center agents to view & control calls and queues using their PC and not ever touching the phone.
- The auto attendant recordings and logic can be set up in-house. Even hold music can be set up in-house. It's a big money saver not having to use a service for these things. The call routing using auto attendant logic is very flexible and easy to configure as well as troubleshoot.
- The audio quality of the speaker phone is the best I've used.
- You can configure custom ring tones.
- An inherent problem with VoIP systems is that they are dependent on the computer network. Should network problems affect the computer systems, they can also affect the phone system depending how the systems are configured and/or segregated.
- The handset slips off the phone too easily. It's a minor point, but annoying and easily remedied but a slightly different design.
- Last I used ShoreTel, there was no click-to-dial feature in the PC interface. You had to copy/paste phone numbers into the ShoreTel interface. There was a third party solution to address this, but I'd like to see it native to ShoreTel (if it hasn't been added at this point).
June 30, 2014
ShoreTel VoIP: Simplicity, Scalability & Reliability
Nortec Communications currently uses the ShoreTel VoIP system across the whole organization. Being in a Sales role, I'm always on the road visiting clients and potential customers; with ShoreTel's Mobility solution, I can make calls from my cell phone with my Office extension as if I'm in the office. I also work out of my home office often and I can use my Softphone to make & receive calls via my laptop/device with the ShoreTel Communicator client.
- Reliability: N+1 design - automatic failover (Redundancy)
- Simplicity: easy admin control/management via ShoreTel Director
- ShoreTel's Enterprise Contact Center could use some improvement and more development.