These features allow users to collaborate with only the specific people they need on items and projects in real time without the need for a physical meeting. The largest differentiator between these two lies in Teams’ collaboration capabilities – namely channels, teams, the ability to access & share Office files, and product-extending add-on applications.
As of March 2019, Teams is available in 44 languages & 181 markets and is used by more than 500,000 organizations, including 91% of Fortune 100 companies.
Initially, Teams lagged behind Skype for Business in functionality, but in October 2018, Teams reached feature parity with Skype and became the primary communication client in Microsoft Office 365. In addition to all the communication features in Skype for Business, Teams includes a much stronger integration with other Office apps, file storage & sharing, and hundreds of ways to customize user workspaces.
On March 14, 2017, Microsoft announced the General Availability of a new chat-based workspace app called Microsoft Teams. From 2015 until August 2018, Skype for Business served as the main communication app in Microsoft Office 365 plans and was a major focus of development for the Microsoft team. This made it much easier to quickly create calls and meetings and introduced the ability for users to chat with people outside of their organization. Skype improved upon Lync in several ways, but the biggest change was its inclusion in Office 365 packages. That’s still there.Skype for Business was introduced in April 2015 as a replacement for Microsoft Lync, a communication app that featured instant messaging, audio & video calls, and meetings. Skype isn’t losing its heart, though, as it still allows for video connectivity between contacts. Capture allows you to capture pictures or videos with an option to add stickers and text, just as you would on Snapchat. The Find section allows you to search through a conversation, find restaurants, images and even add-ins like Giphy. Chat basically features the conversation view with options for picture additions and emoji. The messaging interface now includes chat, find and capture. Skype is also leveraging the Bing search engine, Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant and third-party chat bots and add-ins from the likes of Upworthy, YouTube, Giphy and BigOven.Īlso described by the Skype Team as “the next generation of Skype,” the new design noticeably focuses on messaging. The new Skype also dresses up conversations with emojis, stickers, GIFs, along with giving marketers a chance to showcase their personalities and even have some fun when promoting their products. This feature most obviously gives business owners and marketers alike the option to feature and advertise their products to their Skype connections. And you can then select if you want them seen by a select few or by all your connections. Highlights allows you to record your day using video clips and photos. That basically means that the Microsoft application now features a redesign that puts the camera only a swipe away as well as a Stories-like feature dubbed “Highlights.” The ‘Next Generation of Skype’ Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has launched a new and revamped Skype featuring a host of new features that are obviously inspired by messaging rivals such as Snapchat and Messenger.
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