Skype has released a version for business

    It is no secret that Skype is used not only by home users, but also by various representatives of small and medium-sized businesses. In this regard, Skype has released a version for business. What she is, I’ll tell you.

    So. Skype for business. It actually consists of two components. Actually Skype itself and the control panel on skype.com.


    Skype itself does not have any differences from ordinary. Its only advantage is that its installer comes as a complete msi package. Full - it means during its installation Skype does not try to download its entire distribution kit of the latest version from the Internet. msi package allows you to install Skype on workstations with MS Windows using group policies (GPO). Those. if you have a large network, but have AD infrastructure, then you will not need to run around the office. There are no more differences in distributions.

    Go to the panel. Anyone can register here. No ext. no data needed. Actually, you don’t need to register if you already have Skype. After entering the panel, you will be prompted to enter the name of the organization and other things. After that, you can start adding users to your organization. One is already there - you. You can also create new accounts directly from the panel. You can send invitations to register with Skype using the entered list of E-mails.

    From words to practice. I didn’t manage to invite someone. Invitations simply did not come in the mail. When I clicked on the button to see the text of the invitation to be sent, there was the text of the invitation of the test user to the test company, with a proposal to follow the link. I followed the link, but this invitation was no longer valid. Apparently from the time of testing, this function has not started working. Nevertheless, if you enter the Skype control panel on the site, you will see the invitation “to become a member of the Skype for Business panel”. Finally, I found a way to join users. But of course he is far from ideal.

    The panel administrator gets the ability to edit user data: First name, Last name, position. Unfortunately, as I understand it, this data is not updated in the skype user data, but is needed only for identification and grouping of users in the panel for business. Very sorry. It would be convenient to edit user data from the web interface, and not run around the office.

    Of course, you can replenish the account of the company. This is done by the same methods as Skype account top-up. You can use prepaid cards.

    There is a function to work with online numbers. Online numbers are numbers by calling which the subscriber will get to the skype you specified. These numbers can only be bought in some countries. There are about 25 of them, and Russia and the CIS countries are not included in this number. However, if your business has a representative office, for example, in the USA, then this function can be quite useful for you.

    How to distribute numbers among users, I do not know, because I did not buy them. Nevertheless, from what is written on the site, I can assume that the numbers can be assigned at least to the user. Perhaps even for a group of users, as in a mini telephone exchange.

    There is still the opportunity to make reports on spent money. I also could not appreciate her, but I think that everything is fine with her.

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