Your familiar Skype, optimized for business users
Updated November 24, 2021

Your familiar Skype, optimized for business users

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Skype for Business

The system is used across our internal organization which has 3 geographically distinct locations in the USA. We frequently use it for conferences with vendors, suppliers, and key opinion leaders. It is intuitive to use, loads easily, and allows one to display presentations, edit same, share other information and see the various members on the 'call'.
  • Sharing presentations amongst participants
  • Participants can bring in additional materials easily, comment on same
  • Very good at graphical input
  • To avoid multiple people speaking at once and talking over each other, it would be helpful to have a hand raise function for speakers
  • Graphics can sometimes be slow in loading, so a provision for uploading presentations to each of the participants could avoid lags due to slow internet connectivity
  • Offsets travel costs
  • Offsets lost time and productivity by allowing rapid organization of conferences
  • Facilitates decision making by inclusion rather than by exclusion
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
Good for multiple site team interactions, information sharing, and joint collaborative decision making. Everyone can see/hear the same information at the same time. Comments can be made and challenged together, assuring buy-in and consensus.

Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams Feature Ratings

High quality audio
7
High quality video
7
Low bandwidth requirements
2
Mobile support
5
Desktop sharing
9
Whiteboards
7
Calendar integration
5
Meeting initiation
7
Integrates with social media
Not Rated
Record meetings / events
8
Slideshows
9
Live chat
8
Audience polling
7
Q&A
8
User authentication
Not Rated
Participant roles & permissions
8
Confidential attendee list
Not Rated