We performed a comparison between Microsoft 365 Business and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The good feature with the cloud is that you can access Microsoft Office from anywhere. It's integrated with Outlook, so you can edit a file in Excel, Word, or any other application and just attach it in the mail. It makes the business easier."
"Microsoft 365 Business is stable."
"The stability and reliability are great."
"The best thing about 365 Business is its availability."
"The solution has been quite stable."
"We are satisfied with the technical support, there are no issues."
"Great accessibility and file storage."
"The flexibility of having a subscription for the Office software, rather than having any upfront costs is the best part of this solution."
"File sharing and email invitations for a conference. I can have a meeting with people at the opposite end of the Earth, sharing documentation; it is quite easy."
"I like the fact that it opens up your video conferencing, and, in many cases, the audio at the same time."
"I have found Skype for Business to be stable."
"The most valuable feature is how useful it has been for virtual meetings during the pandemic."
"The solution’s video quality is fine."
"People are now able to virtually collaborate with their staff and have a conference call. We don't need a phone line to make that conference call and we are saving on that. People are able to share their presentations. Also, they can chat using the Skype"
"The most valuable feature of Skype for Business is that it has many other tools that you can be integrated with it. It makes the meetings more interactive."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"My main pain point concerns the licensing price, which could be lower."
"It should have better pricing. It is a monopoly product for Microsoft, and I don't think they will change the pricing. They do not offer any discount."
"Lower license options should come embedded with security."
"They should improve the screen sharing feature in Microsoft Teams."
"For the end-user, it's always nice if the product is cheaper, especially for home use."
"There should be less power consumption of the PC resources while using this solution. We have professional systems and Teams can run slow at times. We also need to restart Teams in the middle of the meetings sometimes, this could improve in a future release."
"Its pricing plan should be better."
"It's a little hard to use. It could also be cheaper."
"There are issues with the bandwidth, particularly for external meetings,"
"Whenever someone is using a messaging platform, the messages needs to be stored. In Skype for Business, the message will not be seen later on if you're not online. It isn't useful, in my opinion."
"I venture to say that 30% of the people using this solution at our company have had issues with stability, due to the volatility and crashes."
"Going forward, I would like to see better call quality and reliability."
"The integration with Outlook could be improved."
"Skype for Business is good for the PCs with higher bandwidth, but an improvement is required for low bandwidth usage."
"Skype's overall connectivity functionality or ability is one area with room for improvement."
"We would like to better customize our instructions within the Outlook plugin/invite, but we are unable to do so."
Microsoft 365 Business is ranked 2nd in Mobile Device Management (MDM) with 240 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Microsoft 365 Business is rated 8.4, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Microsoft 365 Business writes "Improves productivity and allows team collaboration in organizations". 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". Microsoft 365 Business is most compared with Google Workspace, Microsoft Intune, ManageEngine Endpoint Central, Windows Autopilot and Jamf Pro, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server. See our Microsoft 365 Business vs. Skype for Business report.
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