easy to use collaboration tool
Rating: 9 out of 10
August 13, 2021
Vetted Review
Verified User
10 years of experience
Skype has been used by both at the department level and across the whole organization. Since Teams have essentially replaced most of Skype implementations for collaboration, Skype is being used more on an individual basis. It addresses the business problems of having a really easy to use collaboration tool, both from a management standpoint and also a user standpoint.
- It works good across multiple platforms. This is very important, since so many organizations are dealing with multiple/mixed OS's in their environments.
- It works really well among different programs, as it integrates seamlessly especially with the MS Office suite. This is a benefit to users, since they can access Skype form within programs.
- It is very easy to use, especially from a user standpoint. There is not really formal training that is required for users to be able to utilize this in their everyday work.
Cons
- You really need a strong internet service connection to work with Skype, which helps when making video calls/conferencing, etc. Otherwise, weaker connections will lead to more issues with the above.
- Skype needs to be more secure overall, as it has come under attack lately from hackers, intrusions, etc. This then leads to user information possibly becoming exposed, etc.
- The platform needs to be more stable overall. As compared to some other collaboration software on the market, Skype does seem to have more stability issues overall.