Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

2,583 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Skype for Business was an online messaging and conferencing tool, now superseded by Microsoft Teams.	N/A

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Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

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Pricing Offerings
Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

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	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Considered Both Products	Discontinued Products Austin Lin IT Operations Lead in Corporate at Providence Technology Group, Inc. (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams is just better for us since we were already a Microsoft productivity suite (Office) user. No additional cost when we went from traditional product license model to SaaS. Continuous integration and upgrades with MS 365 make it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Where Skype for Business, now part of Microsoft Teams fails, Zoom shines. Zoom is able to handle significantly higher number of participants without dropping in quality and/or issues with viewing all participants. Other aspects such as more fine-tuned control of participants is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) I have not evaluated any other Microsoft Teams products Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype/Teams is simply better. There are many more features, better design, more intuitive experience, more integration with other features/apps, and somehow a superior usage performance. I like the fact that it is connected with all other spaces that the organization uses - … Incentivized Helpful? Pavel Khan Opu Software Developer in Information Technology at Asian Information Technology Ltd. (AITL) (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype for Business makes it easier to group contacts and receive offline/online notifications. It is a great way to make small-group contacts and discuss things over text and phone. It makes business calls more manageable and more interactive to organize. It's helpful if I need … Incentivized Helpful? Kanchan Chandnani Junior Software Developer in Information Technology at INSNAPSYS (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) It is cheaper, easy to use, and reliable as compared to Zoom and other software. Incentivized Helpful? Khairul Islam Tonmoy Software Developer in Product Management at STAR TECH IT solution Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype for Business's unique features offers many benefits. When I need to communicate with my colleagues, I rely on the chat function. Its interface is intuitive and has top-notch sound. Making groups is easy, and Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype performs better overall and is more reliable in low connectivity areas. Skype also has more options for making changes on the back end(Sound/notifications/invitations, etc) to customize the experience better. An area of improvement for Skype vs Zoom would be their mobile … Incentivized Helpful? Kapil Pai PM in Engineering at GH (Biotechnology, 501-1000 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Teams is a superior product. The companies are now shifting more towards Teams as compared to Skype. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype is a great tool to increase communication across an organization. I believe Microsoft Teams encourages greater collaboration amongst employees by making conversations and chats easily accessible and also keeping a history of conversations to allow users to pick up where … Incentivized Helpful? Muhammad Hossain IT Project Manager in Information Technology at REXO IT (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype enables me to have a conversation with people worldwide via calls or messaging, which is extremely convenient. We can share our work or presentation during the call by sending files, images, and even screen sharing. As a result of its superior video and audio quality, … Incentivized Helpful? Jian Groenewald Provisioning Administrator at Cloud Direct (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) For the below reason I will always choose this app over its competitors: Better audio and video quality, Little to no disconnections or freezing when on a call/video conference Integrates well with mailbox/ calendar/ one drive, and SharePoint is easy to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) We have recently started using the tools which I listed above, these are contemporary with all the additional features required for the world which is looking at the work from home option as the new normal, some functions in our organization are thinking of completely making … Incentivized Helpful? Yvette Ardoin NOC at CPSB (Education Management, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Our school district uses both Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Many of our users prefer Zoom over Teams because they say Zoom is easier. Not considering just the Chat feature, I like the ease of setting up a conference in Teams and sending out the calendar event. The integration of … Incentivized Helpful? Aononna Tazin Customer Relationship Management Specialist in Information Technology at Green Light Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Hangouts have the worst user interface I've ever seen on a web application. Skype is a separate purchase, while Office 365 includes Skype as part of the subscription. When it comes to competing with Skype, Hangouts needs an overhaul of the UI. We've made the switch to Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Dushyant Pathak (DKP) Technology Analyst in Information Technology at Deutsche Bank (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Most of the above applications are more suited to the newer age smaller companies that can experiment and switch. Our primary use case for Skype for [Business] was an enterprise software for large-scale communication using Microsoft's suite of products and authentication at a … Incentivized Helpful? Shanaya Desai Process Executive in Information Technology at Patra Corporation (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Hangouts has worst UI ever. It requires an additional purchase where skype comes free with office 365. Hangouts doesnt have dedicated PC or Mac app. It works only on browser due to which notifications are hit and miss. Skype has dedicated PC app but no web app. Hangouts needs a … Incentivized Helpful? Firaz Peer Assistant Professor in Research & Development at University of Kentucky School of Information Science (Higher Education, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) This app integrates the features and functionality of Slack and Zoom into one app. This, when coupled with other MS platforms like Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive, and others makes this app a very compelling option when compared to others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype for Business comes as part of the entire Microsoft package and thus gives confidence over other products in a way that it is part of entire Eco-system. Other individual tools needs organisation permission because they are not part of eco system and thus can have impact on … Incentivized Helpful? Gavin Scott-Miller Project Manager in Product Management at Gaylor Electric, Inc. (Construction, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype for Business (formerly Lync) at one time was the industry standard for communication and video calls. But times change, features adapt, and companies move on to new software focuses. That is what happened with Skype. If you use Skype for Business (formerly Lync), it … Incentivized Helpful? Sushant goyal Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Airtel International LLP-Airtel Africa (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype for Business existing before all these other softwares were present. So legacy is maintained by Skype. Main feature that stacks up Skype against all of the mentioned apps is security provided by Skype for Business apps. As we all know Zoom was not at all safe to use as lots … Incentivized Helpful? Akhilesh Arya Assistant Professor at Geetanjali Institute of Technical Studies, Udaipur (Higher Education, 51-200 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Better audio video quality then webex when it comes to one on one calling. Incentivized Helpful? Heather Hicks Instructional Designer & LMS Administrator in Information Technology at State of Vermont Agency of Human Services (Government Administration, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) We have switched to Teams, and it does offer a lot more so I think that it was the right choice, but Skype [for Business (formerly Lync)] was a very functional tool. The main issues were the bandwidth issues. The work computers aren't particularly high in RAM or processing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) Skype for Business was originally used as the de facto enterprise messaging app for our organization, but we have since changed to Microsoft Teams as it allows more built-in collaboration tools such as teams and integration to other apps like Outlook, SharePoint, Jira, … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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Features

Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)

Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 8.0 195 Ratings
High quality audio	9.1191 Ratings
High quality video	9.0185 Ratings
Low bandwidth requirements	5.0181 Ratings
Mobile support	9.0146 Ratings

Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 7.0 191 Ratings
Desktop sharing	9.0191 Ratings
Whiteboards	5.0120 Ratings

Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 9.3 188 Ratings
Calendar integration	10.0174 Ratings
Meeting initiation	9.5182 Ratings
Integrates with social media	8.182 Ratings
Record meetings / events	9.0143 Ratings
Slideshows	10.0115 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 7.5 173 Ratings
Live chat	8.5171 Ratings
Audience polling	7.094 Ratings
Q&A	7.094 Ratings

Comparison of Online Events Security features of Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 6.8 156 Ratings
User authentication	9.0142 Ratings
Participant roles & permissions	8.5148 Ratings
Confidential attendee list	3.0109 Ratings

Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Feature	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued) 7.8 1 Ratings
Video conferencing	7.01 Ratings
Audio conferencing	8.01 Ratings
Video screen sharing	8.01 Ratings
Instant messaging	8.01 Ratings

User Ratings
	Skype for Business / Lync (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (198 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (7 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (14 ratings)
Support Rating	8.5 (40 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.0 (2 ratings)