I work with Microsoft Exchange. We use Microsoft Azure, though I am not involved with the back-end operations. I work with Microsoft Exchange and ServiceNow for the service desk. I do not work with Cloud Observability or Automation Engine. We use Microsoft Copilot with Teams. We do not use Microsoft Security Copilot as it is not cloud-based. We have moved from Skype for Business to Teams recently, though some of us still use Skype for Business because it is convenient. Skype for Business is particularly useful for remoting onto people's devices. I prefer Skype for Business over Teams for screen sharing. Sometimes there are compatibility issues when running Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business together. Phone calls in Teams might ring and then go silent, or the microphone might not detect calls from either application. I rate Skype for Business a 9 out of 10 because it works effectively with minimal issues.
A maximum of 20 people can be on the same call. I would recommend the solution to other users because you can use it on-premises. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Senior at Krajowy Depozyt Papierów Wartosciowych S.A.
Real User
Top 5
Feb 27, 2024
I like the instant messaging feature in the product since I prefer to use the chat functionalities provided by the solution. It is easy to integrate the product with some of the other solutions in the market. I rate the integration capabilities of the product a ten out of ten. The product's user interface is user-friendly. I use the product at a personal level, so I can't speak about the support it provides for the maintenance part. I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.
I would rate the solution a six out of ten. You can use the product without any training. However, I feel that Teams is better than Skype in terms of scalability, user experience, app integration, etc.
Director Of Information Technology at Multitech Soporte Profesional IT
Real User
Apr 24, 2023
My company has seven lines of businesses, and one of those is service. We always need to maintain records, evidence, and customization in the service business. Usually, we need complete information quickly, so maybe we can make forms or look for a lot of opportunities in the solution to help us. I would like to have more experience with Skype for Business. So, if someone uses the solution, I use it with them. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
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.
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.
Professor at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Mar 16, 2022
I don't have information on how many users can use Skype for Business at the same time, because I didn't use it with students. I used it to call my friends, e.g. just one or two friends, and not more than that number. I would recommend Skype for Business to others, because it's good. It's a good software to talk to others. Even old people are using the tool. My rating for Skype for Business is seven out of ten.
Information Technology Senior Administrator at Genpa
Real User
Jan 5, 2022
This is not a solution I would recommend. We purchased the license approximately six years ago. If you are thinking about using this solution, I would recommend purchasing a new cloud-based license. They should use Teams. I would recommend Teams. Skype is outdated. I would Skype for Business a seven out of ten.
I think Skype for Business has been discontinued, so I don't think anybody should be interested in implementing it. Microsoft is not selling it anymore, but the product is still supported until the end of 2023. On a scale of one to ten, I would give Skype for Business a six.
Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Nov 22, 2021
The performance is pretty good. This is a mature application with no bugs, and I have no complaints. There are over 500 people using Skype for Business in my organization. But I know that Microsoft intends to end this software and move all users to Teams, so I'm not sure if my recommendation of this software will be of use to people who are looking to implement it. I would rate Skype for Business an eight out of ten.
Regional Sales Director - India & Middle East at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Nov 19, 2021
I'd rate the solution at a five out of ten. I wouldn't really recommend the solution to other users or organizations. I'd rather suggest Zoom or Microsoft Teams, which are better options.
With work from home situations increasing, and a company would benefit from using this solution. The collaboration capabilities are great and allow for real-time interactions within teams. It's perfect for remote work. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
Owner at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jul 14, 2020
I'm just a user of the product. I'm not a reseller or an integrator. I use Skype for Business every day. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's been great so far.
People are working from home and this collaboration is efficient and we see real-time collaboration happening from the teams. This is a very good solution for work from home concepts. In the next release, I would like to see the ability to do group calling. I would rate Sype for Business a nine out of ten.
Automation Systems Developer at a tech consulting company with 1-10 employees
Real User
Jul 12, 2020
We're just a customer. I'd advise other organizations that the implementation is pretty smooth as far as installations go, so they shouldn't be afraid to give it a try. Using it is very straightforward, and it just sits on your desktop as an icon, so it's easy to access when you need it. Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Sr. IT Project Manager at a university with self employed
Real User
Mar 25, 2020
My understanding is that Skype for Business will be retired in July of 2021, so I am in the process of migrating to Teams. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Owner and Senior Technical Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Real User
Mar 22, 2020
I definitely recommend the product. If you are in a complex distributed environment, with offices with varying levels of connection and various different bandwidths of connections and latency, that it's worth spending the extra money to get someone who really knows their stuff with respect to unified communications to set up Skype For Business across their organization. Someone that understands the pitfalls, because how your infrastructure is built is key to whether you're going to get a decent and stable experience or not. I would rate it a nine out of ten. I would give it this rating purely because of the fact that when it gets installed across a complex environment, you really need someone who knows their stuff to install it. But once it's installed properly, it's absolutely fine. It does what it says on the tin.
Skype Business is the best program that performs this type of service, and it is a benchmark in the market. For communication needs among users who are in the habit of doing work on the road, it is necessary to have a good connection to the internet for the satisfactory functioning of mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
Database Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
Nov 12, 2018
It is a really good tool, with almost of the the features on the level of expertise that we need. We would love to see upgrades with whiteboards, architecture diagrams, and such. Apart from that, it would be great to have a interlink or integration with companies that are not on Microsoft Skype.
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...
I work with Microsoft Exchange. We use Microsoft Azure, though I am not involved with the back-end operations. I work with Microsoft Exchange and ServiceNow for the service desk. I do not work with Cloud Observability or Automation Engine. We use Microsoft Copilot with Teams. We do not use Microsoft Security Copilot as it is not cloud-based. We have moved from Skype for Business to Teams recently, though some of us still use Skype for Business because it is convenient. Skype for Business is particularly useful for remoting onto people's devices. I prefer Skype for Business over Teams for screen sharing. Sometimes there are compatibility issues when running Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business together. Phone calls in Teams might ring and then go silent, or the microphone might not detect calls from either application. I rate Skype for Business a 9 out of 10 because it works effectively with minimal issues.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
I don't think Skype for Business has any future. Microsoft Teams is replacing it everywhere. I rate the tool a six out of ten.
A maximum of 20 people can be on the same call. I would recommend the solution to other users because you can use it on-premises. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
I like the instant messaging feature in the product since I prefer to use the chat functionalities provided by the solution. It is easy to integrate the product with some of the other solutions in the market. I rate the integration capabilities of the product a ten out of ten. The product's user interface is user-friendly. I use the product at a personal level, so I can't speak about the support it provides for the maintenance part. I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.
The solution can be very effective for geographically dispersed technical support organizations. Overall, I rate the product a seven out of ten.
There is no maintenance required for the solution. I recommend the solution to those who plan to use it. I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.
I would say that you should be aware that the solution's end-of-life was scheduled for the end of July 2021.
I would rate the solution a six out of ten. You can use the product without any training. However, I feel that Teams is better than Skype in terms of scalability, user experience, app integration, etc.
My company has seven lines of businesses, and one of those is service. We always need to maintain records, evidence, and customization in the service business. Usually, we need complete information quickly, so maybe we can make forms or look for a lot of opportunities in the solution to help us. I would like to have more experience with Skype for Business. So, if someone uses the solution, I use it with them. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I rate the solution eight out of 10.
I give the solution an eight out of ten. The solution has been discontinued by Microsoft.
I would highly recommend Skype for Business and give it a nine out of ten.
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.
I rate Skype for Business Five out of 10. I would not recommend it.
I would recommend this solution to others. I rate Skype for Business a six out of ten.
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.
I don't have information on how many users can use Skype for Business at the same time, because I didn't use it with students. I used it to call my friends, e.g. just one or two friends, and not more than that number. I would recommend Skype for Business to others, because it's good. It's a good software to talk to others. Even old people are using the tool. My rating for Skype for Business is seven out of ten.
I rate this solution eight out of 10.
This is not a solution I would recommend. We purchased the license approximately six years ago. If you are thinking about using this solution, I would recommend purchasing a new cloud-based license. They should use Teams. I would recommend Teams. Skype is outdated. I would Skype for Business a seven out of ten.
I think Skype for Business has been discontinued, so I don't think anybody should be interested in implementing it. Microsoft is not selling it anymore, but the product is still supported until the end of 2023. On a scale of one to ten, I would give Skype for Business a six.
The performance is pretty good. This is a mature application with no bugs, and I have no complaints. There are over 500 people using Skype for Business in my organization. But I know that Microsoft intends to end this software and move all users to Teams, so I'm not sure if my recommendation of this software will be of use to people who are looking to implement it. I would rate Skype for Business an eight out of ten.
I'd rate the solution at a five out of ten. I wouldn't really recommend the solution to other users or organizations. I'd rather suggest Zoom or Microsoft Teams, which are better options.
With work from home situations increasing, and a company would benefit from using this solution. The collaboration capabilities are great and allow for real-time interactions within teams. It's perfect for remote work. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
I'm just a user of the product. I'm not a reseller or an integrator. I use Skype for Business every day. I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. It's been great so far.
People are working from home and this collaboration is efficient and we see real-time collaboration happening from the teams. This is a very good solution for work from home concepts. In the next release, I would like to see the ability to do group calling. I would rate Sype for Business a nine out of ten.
We're just a customer. I'd advise other organizations that the implementation is pretty smooth as far as installations go, so they shouldn't be afraid to give it a try. Using it is very straightforward, and it just sits on your desktop as an icon, so it's easy to access when you need it. Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
I would rate this solution a six out of 10.
I would rate this solution a six out of ten.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
My understanding is that Skype for Business will be retired in July of 2021, so I am in the process of migrating to Teams. I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
I definitely recommend the product. If you are in a complex distributed environment, with offices with varying levels of connection and various different bandwidths of connections and latency, that it's worth spending the extra money to get someone who really knows their stuff with respect to unified communications to set up Skype For Business across their organization. Someone that understands the pitfalls, because how your infrastructure is built is key to whether you're going to get a decent and stable experience or not. I would rate it a nine out of ten. I would give it this rating purely because of the fact that when it gets installed across a complex environment, you really need someone who knows their stuff to install it. But once it's installed properly, it's absolutely fine. It does what it says on the tin.
Skype Business is the best program that performs this type of service, and it is a benchmark in the market. For communication needs among users who are in the habit of doing work on the road, it is necessary to have a good connection to the internet for the satisfactory functioning of mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
I do not have any specific advice, other than improvement in the app is required.
We really like the screen sharing tool. The user experience is smooth, and user-friendly.
If you have Office 365, you should give it a "go" and try it!
It is a really good tool, with almost of the the features on the level of expertise that we need. We would love to see upgrades with whiteboards, architecture diagrams, and such. Apart from that, it would be great to have a interlink or integration with companies that are not on Microsoft Skype.