Skype for Business Reviews

We are a software company, so we communicate via Skype with our end customers, including product companies.

Screen share is one of the features of the solution I like the most. The product also offers good connectivity over voice calls.

When I compare Skype for business with Microsoft Teams, I feel that Microsoft Teams has picked up more in recent years since it offers end-to-end connectivity and also connects with various systems making it more than just a messaging or calling tool. Microsoft Teams offers me a repository to store data and is also connected to SharePoint. Skype is a smaller application compared to Microsoft teams, offering wider scope to its uses. Skype's overall connectivity functionality or ability is one area with room for improvement.

Our organization recommends using Microsoft Teams as much as possible since it is closely tied to our operating system, making it easy to connect or sync with our local systems. The ability to create repositories, the ease with which it can be accessed, and the ease with which we can collaborate with our peer groups to work on data make it much more advanced than Skype.

In our company, we use Skype for Business with our customers. Basically, we are just users of the product. Also, we have been using the product for around five years now. As of now, I don't remember the product's version.

I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable.

I rate the solution's scalability an eight on a scale where one is not scalable and ten is very scalable. The scalability of the solution can be improved.

Since I work in an organization with an IT team that takes care of the technical part, I have never had an opportunity to interact with Skype's technical support team. Owing to the fact that we never had any issues with the product from a technical support perspective, I rate the solution a seven or eight.

Neutral

I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy.

The deployment model is a corporate version which is used within corporate organizations.

Since I am using a corporate account for which I have not made any payments, I would not be able to speak about the solution's price.

I want to tell others who plan to use the solution that though it can increase the scope, they should first probably compare it with Microsoft Teams. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

The product is needed to communicate with people in different locations. Our company is in Germany. I'm in Istanbul. If I have a serious issue on the client side I can use Skype for Business to communicate and resolve issues. 

I'm using Microsoft Teams, and it's very similar to it. However, I don't actually have more advantages from Teams versus Skype for Business. 

Screen sharing, control in the session, and file sharing are easy. 

I like the chat application and the features it offers.

The security seems good. it may even be more secure than Teams. 

I'm not sure if it is possible to invite customers to meetings is they are outside the company. There might be some invitation issues with Skype for Business.

Skype for Business is not as popular as Teams. Teams has a file sharing area, which is useful. That wasn't in the Skype for Business. Skype for Business is just for chatting. However, there are no rich components like in Teams. Teams have a lot of features. Skype isn't as robust. 

I've only used the solution for eight or nine months. 

The stability has been perfect. It's reliable. There are no issues with bugs or glitches. 

I'm not sure about the scalability. I don't know how easy it is to add users, for example. That's handled more on the company side. 

We have about 350 at the company using the product. 

I've had an issue in the past and reached out to technical support. They were helpful and responsive. 

We've used TeamViewer for very specific accounts. We've also used Microsoft Teams. It's better than Skype for Business as it integrates more effectively.

The initial setup is not too difficult or entirely easy. It's somewhere in the middle. It's a moderate setup. 

The solution does have a license cost, however, I don't have any knowledge of the exact pricing. 

I'm a customer and a user.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using.

I do tend to use normal Skype for personal use. While we use Skype for Business, they are moving more towards Microsoft Teams. 

Nowadays, you should just maybe buy the Microsoft package. If you are using a Windows laptop, then you need Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Teams will come with this package. I prefer Microsoft Teams, actually. We have been using Microsoft Teams for the last three or four years.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. 

It's a good product. It's not that bad. That said, not a lot of people are using it. 

The solution is primarily used for communication, file transfer, and everything around our work.

While I used the solution recently, I now have another job. I work for another firm and they use Microsoft Teams.

It was handy for when you were working from home. 

The solution is stable and scalable. 

Microsoft Teams, as I see it now, is more useful than Skype for Business. It's more integrated and it's the next step for us. We'd like Skype for Business to be better integrated with Microsoft. 

While last year I used Skype for Business and in the team I'm now on, everything is on Microsoft Teams.

The stability was good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

The scalability is quite good. We are quite happy with its ability to expand.

There are 5,000 or 6,000 users. Everyone uses it. We were all working from home and we had to communicate, and, therefore, we used Skype for Business.

I can't speak to the technical support. I only used this as a user and I have no complaints about it.

I've been using Skype for Business as well as Microsoft Teams.

We also used WebEx.

The initial setup is straightforward and it didn't cost me much time to learn, to understand how Skype for Business can work with something else, for example, SAP.

I set up the solution in-house.

The solution does require a license. I'm not sure if it's monthly or yearly.

It was another department that was responsible for licensing. I was responsible for the software implementation.

I'd rate the solution a six out of ten.

I use Skype for any audio or video meetings. I'm an IT architect and a customer of Microsoft. 

It's a good and stable product that suits my needs because I've been working from home for the past couple of years.  

WebEx has a feature that allows you to zoom in when you're giving a presentation. To get the same result with Skype requires going through the host. It would be a good feature for Skype to include. There can be minor problems; a microphone that's not working or a bad network connection but it's not usually anything related to the solution. 

I've been using Skype for the past 18 months. 

The stability is good, issues generally revolve around individual problems participants have with their hardware.

Scalability is good enough for my needs. 

The process of support responsiveness was very good, but in the end they couldn't help because it was a problem with my local environment. 

I've previously used WebEx, Zoom and Google Hangouts, depending on what my client is using so I go with what they've chosen. 

I'm an end-user so it's just a single, click-through process. I believe my client's company has several thousand users. if you're with a company, the software is deployed for you, otherwise you do it yourself. 

Skype is part of my Office 365 subscription.

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

We use the solution for virtual meetings.

Skype for Business has good performance.

The cost of Skype for Business has room for improvement.

I have been using the solution for one year.

The solution is stable.

The solution is scalable and is capable of working on every appliance on every operating system.

I previously used WebEx and we are still using Zoom. Zoom offers a cheaper license than Skype for Business.

The initial setup is straightforward. We only have to click on a link.

A license is required to use the solution.

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

We stopped using the solution because we no longer communicate with the other group that held the license for Skype for Business.

I recommend the solution. Skype for Business offers good audio quality and excellent video quality. There wasn't a lot of demand for our network resources.

Skype for Business is used for overall communication and meetings. Our organization is spread across the globe, it makes it easier for people to meet virtually.

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.

The challenge we had with Skype for Business was with the signing in when a user signed out and when signing in back in again, there was a bit of a problem. We switched from Skype for Business to Teams, and Teams never had that sign-in problem once we did the switch.

The interface of Skype for Business could be better. It was not very user-friendly.

I have been using Skype for Business for approximately two years.

The stability of Skype for Business is good.

Skype for Business is scalable.

We had a license for every user, but the majorly of the people who do meetings, are not so many. We would have meetings for all the staff, and approximately 80 people would attend. However, on average 20 to 30 people would often use it during meetings.

The support from Skype for Business is good.

Skype for Business was simple to implement, but it was a little more involved than Microsoft Teams.

The solution is very simple to implement. It is similar to any other Windows application. There was no need for assistance.

We had a license for every one of our users to use Skype for Business. The license we used was part of an overall Microsoft license package.

We switched now from Skype for Business to Teams and the experience has been better.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Skype for Business an eight out of ten.

Skype for Business was one of the prime tools we used to communicate with vendors. We also used it for communicating with other employees internally, within our organization.

We had a very good experience with Skype for Business. It was a helpful tool, and one of the best tools I've ever worked with. It's just that our organization is now starting to use Microsoft Teams, so people are diverted into that tool slowly and steadily. We can organize meetings and send across files on it, e.g. there are a lot of options you can use on Microsoft Teams. Both Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams have multiple advantages.

One of the best features of Skype for Business is that you can set it up on mobile phones, and you can set it up on laptops. You can connect to the tool from anywhere.

Dynamic file updating is a feature I haven't seen on Skype for Business. It's an area for improvement, e.g. I've seen that feature on Microsoft Teams, but not on this tool. If I send one file and shared it with 10 resources, for example, those 10 resources can update that file dynamically all at once, at the same time. Being able to update a file dynamically, by more than one resource, is one of the best features that isn't available on Skype for Business.

Skype for Business is a stable tool. It's just that our organization has moved to Microsoft Teams, but I found Skype for Business to be stable.

Scalability is present in Skype for Business, e.g. you can use it to participate in one-to-one chats, and you can have a call with multiple people on it. If you have an organization with 3,000 people, you can manage it very nicely on Skype for Business. The tool can also scale from 10,000 to 20,000 users. It's a scalable tool.

We have Skype for Business in our organization, and our last usage of it was six months ago.

I'm unable to comment on the initial setup of Skype for Business, because the installation was done by our IT team. Our team just used the tool. My work is on IT infrastructure, and Skype for Business is one of the communication tools that our local IT team provided to us. Our IT team took care of the installation.

Everyone in our organization used Skype for Business. Everyone was using the same thing, because there was no other option that time. Slowly and steadily, people went on to use Microsoft Teams, and I started using Zoom for meetings, because once the pandemic came in, everything was remote. Our organization wanted a tool which had better quality, or could be a better way to communicate, so we went onto Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Prior to those two tools, we used Skype for Business.

I'm rating Skype for Business seven out of ten. It's a really good solution.

We use Skype for Business to host and attend company meetings. It is primarily used for virtual meetings and video calls.

The GUI is very user-friendly.

The technical support from Microsoft needs to be improved.

We have been using Skype for Business for between two and three years.

This is a scalable product. We have approximately 500 users. We have managers, three administrators, engineers, and developers that use it.

Troubleshooting problems with Microsoft is very hard. This is something that should be improved. The support should also be faster.

We also use Cisco Meeting Server, Cisco Webex, and Adobe Connect.

All of the platforms are very good and of high quality.

Skype for business is straightforward to install.

Only one person is required to maintain and support this product.

The licensing is billed on a yearly basis.

Overall, this is a good product and I recommend it.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.