Return on Investment
- I don't know the value of the impact, certainly positive. One tool communicates within the company efficiently.
- Compared to the normal phone, it allows you to do more things faster and efficiently
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Return on Investment
- Positive- makes work easier.
- Positive- makes my work more efficient.
- Positive- makes things fun.
Return on Investment
- Allows employees to be more efficient knowing the status of others.
- You usually receive a faster response from an employee by instant messaging them rather than sending an email.
- Ability to connect and group message makes it easier to communicate within your own department or with other departments.
January 24, 2020
The best for interoffice messaging
Return on Investment
- Solid ROI in that is saves time and time is money.
Return on Investment
- Helped minimize wait time for communication.
- Reduced the number of applications we need for different tasks.
- Increase the awareness of each employees availability.
Return on Investment
- Quick conversations.
- Great video conferencing.
Return on Investment
- We have used Skype for Business frequently for large group calls, and we have the lower-tier subscription so it's worth it for all of the functionality it provides.
- I like being able to listen back to recordings of calls and have had challenges with other alternative programs in the past.
- I'm not positive we will renew for another year as so many new options have come to light, but I'm happy with Skype for Business as it stands now.
Return on Investment
- Too soon to know
- Productivity to connect “in person”
- Integrating remote employees
October 16, 2019
A very good IM solution for business
Return on Investment
- In general Skype for Business integrates all communication needs together for daily work, so we can better share information instantly and efficiently, which improves productivity for sure.
October 08, 2019
Microsoft's solution to web calling
Return on Investment
- Skype really proves itself when we reached the necessity to talk with people in other countries with low cost.
September 20, 2019
Skype for Business has grown a lot since Lync, but is still a little outclassed by Teams and Zoom
Return on Investment
- Skype has allowed us to communicate quickly and easily across departments.
- Unfortunately, has proven to be confusing and unused by some users.
- Users' non-use of Skype can be pretty detrimental to the performance of some lower-powered machines especially.
September 15, 2019
Skype for Business is a bit overrated
Return on Investment
- From a negative standpoint, we have people all the time complain about having to download the software.
- From a positive standpoint, we can see all the meetings among our team with ease in one calendar.
- It makes booking with our internal team members much easier.
September 15, 2019
Skype for Business keeps getting better
Return on Investment
- The desktop sharing has really made it easy to collaborate--it saves a ton of walking around the building.
September 13, 2019
Skype for Business will Help you hit a home run!
Return on Investment
- Positive buy-in from execs.
- Great ROI, as it relates to remote workers.
- It can be a little stressful for non-tech-savvy users.
September 12, 2019
Wonderful product with simple integration and immediate results
Return on Investment
- Increased productivity by decreasing communication time.
- Increased morale by allowing employees to stay in touch with each other even in different departments.
August 20, 2019
An alternative when communicating with clients
Return on Investment
- The tool allows me to communicate with clients that don't like Google Hangouts.
- Sometimes the calls are interrupted because the sound doesn't work and it's not easy to fix the problem.
Return on Investment
- It increased the collaboration inside the teams. Even if team members are inside the same office they may use Lync to talk just to keep the environment quiet.
- It increased the collaboration across continents -- we have offices around the world and distributed teams. Using Lync made possible the feeling of unified teams.
- It made it possible to interact more closely with people from other companies -- customers and suppliers that use Lync as well. You can have those users in your colleagues list.
Return on Investment
- It is easier to relate to teammates across the country.
July 06, 2019
An effective communication software
Return on Investment
- Integration with Microsoft 365.
- A better decision making process.
- No need to be physically present in meeting is a great aspect of Skype.
Return on Investment
- Agility in financial and development processes.
- End user can easily use.
- Easy implementation and configuration with Single Sing On (SSO).
Return on Investment
- The flexibility of meetings directly.
- Improvement in decision-making times.
- The security of the data that the software provides, that is, it avoids the confidential data of the company against cyber attacks.
October 18, 2019
Improved communication with Skype
Return on Investment
- Quicker turn around time to complete tasks.
- Ease of seeing everyone's availability for scheduling.
- Better collaboration with teams.
October 03, 2019
Good and reliable tool for instant messenger
Return on Investment
- Fast and easy to use.
- Qualitative.
Return on Investment
- It was costing me a lot of time, and we ended our subscription to Skype and moved to Zoom
Return on Investment
- Included with Office 365 increases the overall value of the package, and its integration with other Office products increases the value of those products.
- Ability to organize calls with a few clicks while also being able to quickly view another user's availability saves a lot of time and confusion.
- Microsoft has declared end of life for this product.
Skype for Business Scorecard Summary
Feature Scorecard Summary
About Skype for Business
Skype for Business is part of Microsoft’s 365 suite offering and provides an IP
PBX for online messaging and web conferencing. It includes features such as
live streaming meetings, dialing into conference calls, and the ability to
make, receive, and transfer calls via a computer or mobile device. It offers a
free version of its service with basic features, and a licensed version that
offers its full suite of tools.
Previously, Skype for Business integrated with Skype for Business Server to
provide a complete, unified communications offering. However, in 2018, Microsoft
announced that Microsoft
Teams would eventually replace Skype for Business.
Existing users of Skype for Business can continue to utilize its software, and it is available for download, however, Microsoft itself recommends that potential users looking to work with Skype for Business, should purchase Microsoft Teams instead. Features of Skype for Business are being incorporated into Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Teams includes many features that Skype for Business does not. However, users of Skype for Business can still use it alongside Microsoft Teams.
Skype for Business’s key features remain, such as its support for PSTN conferencing, video and audio recording of calls, and screen and computer access tool. Its support of PSTN allows for its users to connect their conference calls using their phones. These same calls can support up to 250 users.
Skype for Business Technical Details
| Operating Systems: | Unspecified |
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| Mobile Application: | No |