A few weeks ago Microsoft announced the previous version of Skype for Business, which will replace the application online Lync unified communications as a tool for Office 365 and comes with powerful new features with which the Redmond company aims to revolutionize the world of business communications.
What’s new offer?
Skype for Business offers the best of both worlds: the simplicity of using Skype, the popular video call system that millions of people use to connect with friends around the world and friends, along with enterprise communications platform Lync Online in They trusted by millions of businesses and offering robust features of presence, instant messaging and videoconferencing. All they integrated with productivity tools of Office 365.
The ability to make video calls to anyone else on Skype, whether or not part of your organization, combined with the robust performance of Lync Skype for business make a powerful business communication tool. Also, this new version will offer IT departments a set of enhanced features for security, compliance and control at the enterprise level.
Real-time communications
If that you think you have enough, we are pleased to announce that Skype for Business offering business voice services and audio conferencing for Office 365 customers These services are based on an intelligent real-time network covering all global data centers of Microsoft, which means that Skype users for business and Office 365 will benefit from the experience of real-time communication of voice and high quality video.
This new service will begin in preview phase in the US this summer and will continue its global deployment later this year.
More productive meetings
Another important new feature is that Microsoft is working with its network of partners UC solutions in the design of a line of devices that integrate with Skype for Business and that will suit meeting rooms of all sizes.
If you want to know the news of this new platform we encourage you to visualize this video Welcome to the new era of business communications!
The final version of Skype for business start to be available in the coming weeks but … You have a great opportunity to learn and see it in action in our next event in Office 365 .
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