How to Use Skype for Business with Outlook 2016
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Skype for Business as part of Microsoft Office
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Microsoft has brought the best of Skype and the best of Lync together to connect millions of people from around the world.
Skype for Business is ideal for scheduling and running online meetings. Attendees can join from their computers, tablets or phones. Skype for Business makes communication easy and makes you more productive.
Not sure how to best use it? Have a look at this video for some ideas.
With Skype for Business, you have a full range of communication and collaboration capabilities at your fingertips.
Based on the familiar Skype experience that more than 300 million people use every month to connect with friends and family, Skype for Business delivers an expanded Lync feature set and enterprise-grade security, compliance and control to IT. It also enables people to search for and connect with anyone in the Skype network—inside or outside their organization. And Skype for Business is built right into Microsoft Office.
New features that will benefit you
This update is good news for current and future users. Everyone loves Skype and everyone is familiar with its easy-to-use interface and functionality. Here are some of the new features that you’ll benefit from:
- You will get the familiar Skype icons, user experience and call monitoring.
- You will get improved content-sharing and telephony. For example, it will only take one click to transfer a call – not three.
- You will be able to instant message, audio call and video call any Skype user anywhere in the world.
- You will benefit from increased call quality. Skype for Business will take on the SILK default codec from Skype, which Microsoft claims will improve audio quality.
- You will experience increased mobility with new mobile apps that Microsoft will release for iOS, Android and Windows that will enable your team to communicate on the go, through the one tool.
To help you plan and implement Skype for Business, call us today.
Gerry Kirby Tel: 01-2166 970 or send me an email
Windows Server 2003 End of Support on 14 July 2015 !!!
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Once extended support for Windows Server 2003 ends, new security issues won’t be fixed by Microsoft, which may result in a less secure and less stable infrastructure if you continue to run it. 37 new updates were released in 2014 for Windows Server 2003/R2. In a matter of months those updates will fall to zero.
Read MoreMicrosoft Office for your iPad and Yes, it's good.
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You can now download touch-optimized, tablet-specific versions of Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from the App Store and view or present Office documents for free.
And if you already have an Office 365 subscription you will also be able to edit these documents. You can work on Office for iPad files locally on your device, with SharePoint links, or from a OneDrive account.
Read MoreURGENT ALERT - 'Ransom' spam targeting Irish users
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Thousands of Irish internet users could be at risk from "ransom" email spam seemingly sent from financial institutions
The latest beast in town is called the CryptoLocker Virus. It’s a nasty piece of malware that encrypts files on a victim’s computer and issues an ultimatum: Pay up or lose your data. CryptoLocker then demands payment (or a ransom) of up to €500 and installs a countdown clock on the victim’s desktop that ticks backwards from 72 hours.
Read MoreSkyDrive Pro vs Dropbox - And which is better for Business?
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What’s the difference between SkyDrive Pro and Dropbox and why should I pick one over the other?
SkyDrive Pro
gives you all the advantages of SharePoint for document management where
Dropbox offers a much smaller set of features. And then, there’s the
pricing…the choice for me for business applications is definitively SkyDrive Pro but let’s take a
look at the pros and cons of each.
