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Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft TeamsFormerly Lync
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What is Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams?
Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.
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Popular Features
- Desktop sharing (189)8.888%
- High quality audio (188)8.080%
- High quality video (183)7.777%
- Low bandwidth requirements (180)6.666%
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What is Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams?
Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.
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What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams combines video conferencing software with team collaboration tools. The communications platform allows MS Office users to conduct conference calls and share files via SharePoint, and join or initiate a group chat.
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GoToConnect, from GoTo, is a cloud-based business phone system with built-in web-based video conferencing solutions. It includes features such as call analytics, call recording, softphone, fax to email, voicemail to email, and desktop integration.
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What is Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams?
Skype for Business was a unified communications tool superseded by Microsoft Teams.
For personal use, Skype Desktop and Mobile apps are still available for download, but for business functionality the vendor now fully supports Microsoft Teams as the replacement for Skype for Business.
Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Technical Details
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
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| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.
Reviewers rate Live chat highest, with a score of 9.2.
The most common users of Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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September 15, 2019
Communicating with employees and clients is easy with Skype for Business
- Better client communication
- Better employee communication
September 15, 2019
Skype for Business Review
- Positive -- it keeps everyone connected.
September 15, 2019
Skype for Business keeps getting better
- The desktop sharing has really made it easy to collaborate--it saves a ton of walking around the building.
September 14, 2019
Great communication tool
- Saves us a bunch of money over using handsets.
September 14, 2019
The go-to Microsoft chat tool
- Better collaboration for teams.
- Reduction in email traffic.
- A better understanding of people's presence with the software showing everyone's status.
September 13, 2019
Skype for Business will Help you hit a home run!
- 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
- Increased productivity by decreasing communication time.
- Increased morale by allowing employees to stay in touch with each other even in different departments.
September 04, 2019
Decent communication tool, but it's getting old
- We can take quick actions because of the more agile communication.
- We can be more flexible with our meetings, people can join in when they are out of the office, and so on.
August 30, 2019
Sykpe works for you
- It's making our employees more effective in daily tasks.
August 30, 2019
Skype for Business
- Easy communication
- Easy access to information
August 29, 2019
Skype for Business is your go-to for conference calls
- Skype for Business ties in nicely with Office 365. If your company uses Microsoft Office products, then Skype is great for collaboration and communication.
- Skype for Business is not as robust as other comparable tools like Slack.
August 20, 2019
An alternative when communicating with clients
- 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.
- Overall, even while there are some great features, SfB has had a negative ROI for my business because of all the issues. It's really embarrassing to have constant screen share issues with having customer meetings. It's so bad that for some teams (e.g., tech support) we've had to get additional licenses to some OTHER tool so they can reliably screen share.
August 15, 2019
Skype for your Business
- 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.
July 06, 2019
An effective communication software
- Integration with Microsoft 365.
- A better decision making process.
- No need to be physically present in meeting is a great aspect of Skype.
- Agility in financial and development processes.
- End user can easily use.
- Easy implementation and configuration with Single Sing On (SSO).
- 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.
June 29, 2019
A great communication software
- Their IT departments can find the deployment process complicated.
- Skype is a well-established brand which your employees are probably already familiar with. Not only does it work on Windows and Mac computers, but there are also a variety of iOS, Windows Phone, and Android apps available for phones, tablets, and other portable devices. This means your workforce can be switched on to multiple forms of office communication, wherever they may be.
- With Skype for Business, you can add up to 250 people to an online meeting.
- It also provides enterprise-grade security, and is integrated with your Microsoft Office apps.
- A problem that can occur with larger conference rooms is that the speaker’s voice is obscured by noises from other people in the room, particularly by things like spontaneous applause.
June 14, 2019
Shrinking the World
- Skype for Business has a very positive impact on our business since it allows for having meetings without being present which increases productivity and flexibility.
Score 8 out of 10
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- The software reduces the communication gap between employees and clients.
- It reduces time and effort by better understanding.
- It creates a positive impact upon the organization.
May 29, 2019
Fantastic communication tool for businesses
- It drastically improved the communication and collaboration within my company
- Much more effective meetings
- Less need for personal meetings
May 28, 2019
All you Need to know: Skype for Business
- Reduced turn around time for decisions.
- Brought the Global team closer and made them easy to connect with.
- Easy internal collaboration.
March 23, 2019
Perfect and effective communication software
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Improvement in decision-making times.
- Cost reduction. We do not need to be physically present in meetings to be able to carry them out.
November 12, 2018
Borderless communication with Skype for Business.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- This multiplatform software has improved the interaction with the suppliers and customers of the company.
- The software is highly secure and encrypts end-to-end communication by protecting the company's confidential data against cyber attacks, generating confidence in the company in each use.
- This software has improved the communication channels with the other branches of the company, it has allowed us to carry out online training and train the staff.
- The investment made in the purchase of this software has given its rewards an incalculable value, since it has allowed to improve communication, training and project management of the company with various clients.
October 22, 2018
Skype for Business (Free -- at a cost)
- Typically we have to use another provider for virtual meetings (wherein the user does not have the pre-configured software) -- Skype for Business is fine for instant messaging or inter-office communication.
- ROI is negligible given the software is included in a Microsoft Office 365 E3 license -- I would not pay for the software otherwise.
- Organizing meetings/explaining functionality to outside parties, etc. is often time consuming and redundant -- just the ability to start a meeting ad hoc with no issues is relatively non-existent. Something always flares up.