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"The most valuable features of this solution are its flexibility, scalability and most of all the stability."

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"A good option for virtual meetings.""Making calls and having meetings is easy.""The simplicity and ease of use are the most valuable features. It's so much easier and quicker than writing an email to someone and waiting for them to read it.""We really like the screen sharing tool. The user experience is smooth, and user-friendly.""Desktop sharing is a valuable feature.""It's a good and stable product that fits my needs.""The Microsoft tech support are very good. They get back to you. I log a support call, and I usually have someone on the phone within a half an hour, so it is pretty good.""The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is overall it is an okay solution."

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"This solution needs to be made more cloud-centric."

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"I would like to see an updated user interface and layout even though no functionality is missing.""I am not familiar with all of the features or whether they can hold conferences because we use Zoom for that. But, in my opinion, if they can do something similar to what Zoom is doing, it will be a complete solution.""Skype's overall connectivity functionality or ability is one area with room for improvement.""The cost of Skype for Business has room for improvement.""We are looking for a more collaborative tool, not only in terms of virtual meetings but also for teams to collaborate, share a document, work together, and all those types of things.""The solution lacks to provide reporting functionality, and I would like to see the solution provide that feature.""Microsoft Teams, as I see it now, is more useful than Skype for Business.""The inability to integrate Skype with other products is an area of concern where improvements are required."

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  • "We have been able to save money by moving our conferencing solution to Skype for Business Conferencing."
  • "We negotiated a fair price with Microsoft. It is definitely worthwhile to negotiate with them for the best price for your solution."
  • "The pricing is really good. It is quite affordable because it came with our Office 365. It is on a per-user license, which is nice. I quite like that they have made it very granular with all of their licensing."
  • "It may be considered costly for certain markets, such as in India."
  • "It may be slightly costly, but the features are awesome."
  • "To realize value from the purchase of Skype Business, you need to take advantage of all the important functions of the program."
  • "The cost of Skype for Business is incorporated into our Office 365 licenses."
  • "We purchased an open license."
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    In IVR Systems
    4th
    out of 63 in Virtual Meetings
    Views
    2,776
    Comparisons
    1,020
    Reviews
    20
    Average Words per Review
    326
    Rating
    7.8
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    Also Known As
    Skype for Business Plan 1, Skype for Business Plan 2, Lync Server
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    Overview
    Avaya Aura is our core communications platform delivering company-wide, people-centric collaboration and supporting full unified communications and contact center solutions for midsize to large enterprises.
    Skype for Business offers features including presence, IM, voice and video calls, online meetings, conferencing, and telephony solutions that support enterprise-level collaboration requirements. Skype for Business Record meetings, share your screen, and annotate PowerPoint for real-time collaboration with up to 250 people and use whiteboard, polls, Q&A, and built-in IM during your business meetings to make them more productive. Skype for Business provides new client experience, Skype for Business Server provides several new features to improve manageability of on-premises servers and hybrid solutions. Skype for Business also supports the Lync client experience so that you can choose a phased upgrade approach to the new client experience for users. Skype for Business is also an integral part of Microsoft Office 365, providing PSTN Conferencing, Cloud PBX, PSTN Calling, and Skype Meeting Broadcast capabilities to Office 365 users.
    Sample Customers
    San Jose Earthquakes, Landmark Bank, InterContinental Davos, Tata Technologies, Sun Life Financial, SR Technics, Gepin Contact, Hampshire County Council, Niagara College, BC Hydro
    EmpireCLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services,LA Fitness, MedcoEnergi International, Tampa General Hospital, and HopewellHoldings Limited.
    Top Industries
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    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    University8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization87%
    Computer Software Company2%
    Government2%
    Financial Services Firm2%
    Company Size
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business27%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise46%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business4%
    Midsize Enterprise89%
    Large Enterprise8%

    Avaya Aura [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in IVR Systems while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Avaya Aura [EOL] is rated 10.0, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Avaya Aura [EOL] writes "Can enable any organization to become agile and dynamic in unified communications". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". Avaya Aura [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server.

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