Skype for business is Skype in name only. It’s basically Office communicator with several name changes
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virku@lemmy.world 3 days agoWas Skype really relevant when the pandemic hit? Nobody I knew used it anymore. And teams had mostly taken over for Skype for business by then as well.
junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 days ago
My org used Skype For Business and it worked remarkably well. Much more lightweight, though somehow still a little less responsive than it should have been.
It has that “it just works” factor for video calling, whereas Teams needs fucking checklist throttle through if someone’s audio or video feed isn’t working.
infeeeee@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Skype for business was not skype, it was lync, they just renamed it after the acquisition en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_for_Business
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Yeah I’ve still got my headsets from boxes with Skype For Business branding that have “Compatible with Microsoft Lync” stickers on them.
It’s probably closer in UI to Skype from the 2000s that the “real” Skype never really recaptured. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing.