![]() Through all the online discussions with fellow community members ( which I thoroughly loved and enjoyed – bring ’em on for this post), it made me think about other challenging questions we all have about the new offerings in Office 365 Groups. Recently, I wrote an article called Office 365 Groups vs Teams, about the disruptive force of Microsoft Teams in changing the nature of conversations organisations are having when it comes to Office 365. ![]() For more information about Loryan, please visit his website, and remember to continue the conversation on Twitter Killed the Skype for Business Client Build some traction first.Editor’s note: this post about Microsoft Teams vs Skype for Business, is a guest blog by Loryan Strant, Consultant at Loryan Strant Consulting and Microsoft MVP. I also said maybe even allow 30 free group video calls and then after that start charging. I still say Skype should have at least kept 3-way video calling free and made anything more than 3 participants require payment. In addition, video calling accounted for approximately 41.5 percent of all Skype-to-Skype minutes in the second half of 2010. When businesses use Skype Manager to sign up their employees for a 3 or 12-month subscription for Group Video Calling, they will receive a 33 percent promotional discount.Īpproximately 37 percent of Skype users say they use Skype's product platform occasionally or often for business-related purposes. Group Video Calling for businesses is available from Skype for $8.99 (€5.99/£4.99) per user per month. Features include conference calling, instant messages, SMS, sharing files or screen sharing one's desktop or a presentation The new Business version of Skype (version 5.1) for Windows PCs enables you to have group video calls from 3-10 people. Enterprise administrators can also create Skype accounts for employees, allocate Skype Credit or subscriptions and assign premium features, like Group Video Calling, through a Web-based tool called Skype Manager. ![]() It also provides the ability to control how Skype is used by letting administrators turn off or configure a variety of Skype settings. But there are some advantages to the business version, including enabling enterprise administrators an easy way to deploy Skype to employees within an enterprise. Probably because many businesses deploy the regular consumer Skype version still. ![]() Most people don't know there are actually two Skype clients - one for consumer and one for business. This week, the same group calling feature is launching for their business Skype client. Last week, group calling for Skype's regular consumer client launched. ![]()
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