Better collaboration with Skype for Business

23 NOV 2017

SKYPE HAS MADE THE WORLD SMALLER! CONNECTING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO ACHIEVE MORE, TOGETHER.

In recent years, many online collaboration tools have come up with many improved features to facilitate online communication. In the past, meetings required employees to gather face-to-face in the same room. Today, that’s no longer the case. Skype for Business is changing the way we think about what’s possible in meetings. Skype is used for video calling, official chats, private chats, and video, documents, images, and text sharing. This tool is widely used across the globe. Moreover, Skype offers paid and free services.

Related Post: Transition from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams

The basic idea of using Skype is to send text messages and make voice and video calls. Skype services are appreciated by the users for the easy-to-use interface, instant messaging, video calling, free service, and voice calling.

Skype for Business Online is part of the Office 365 suite of services. To set up Skype for Business Online you need to sign in to Office 365.  If you have Office 365 Business Premium or Business Essentials, you can use Skype to make online calls to other people in your business who are on your subscription. For example, if your business has 10 people, you’ll be able to call and IM each other, and host online meetings using Skype Business. And you can invite external people to online meetings, too!

Let’s have a look at the features;

Migrate to Microsoft Teams with us

New features in Skype for Business:

• Two new calling features in Skype Cloud PBX. Auto Attendant provides an automated system to answer and route inbound calls using dial pad inputs and speech recognition. Call Queues enable incoming calls to be routed to the next available live attendant in the order they are received.
• If you’re composing an archive or making a spreadsheet or PowerPoint introduction and need to team up with others, you can utilize Office 365 and Skype for Business to co-author and alter while in a meeting or instant message (IM) conversation.
• Preload attachments for a Skype Business meeting: Get a quick start for Business meetings by preloading meeting attachments when you set up your online meeting in Outlook. That way, when participants join the meeting, everything is ready to go.
• Skype Meeting Broadcast is a feature of Skype for Business Online and Office 365 that empowers you to schedule, create, and broadcast meetings or occasions to online groups of onlookers up to 10,000 participants.

If you want to use the platform for a small/big company with and looking for an on-premise setup, then go for Skype for Business. It provides you the opportunities to have conversations and share more information on your brand, which can improve relationships with the audiences. For more information, Contact us.