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Product Description

Transform the way you work and build your business with one collaborative tool.


Seller Details
Seller
Microsoft
Year Founded
1975
HQ Location
Redmond, Washington
Twitter
@microsoft
14,058,553 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
238,990 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
MSFT
Phone
+1 (877) 276-2464
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$204,090
Description

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately

8,000 passionate employees worldwide.


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Safiya K.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Reliant and quick"
Very easy to use and smooth interface. Reliant
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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
2.5 out of 5
"Universal communication tool"
Skype is accepted across the globe with wide network.
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Dustin B.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Easy to Skype"
Skype is the most user friendly communications app I've used so far.
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Information Technology Assistant
Financial Services
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

In my opinion, no software has come close to being better than this for video calling so far. When it comes to video quality and voice quality, there is nothing better than this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

In my opinion, when the internet is slightly down, Skype tends to go down more, and the video freezes. Even when the internet isn't down, Skype should be maintained, meaning it takes time to get back to normal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

Skype solves our problem by allowing us to make video and audio calls to people who are far away, which makes us feel like they are close to us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Customer Success Manager
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What do you like best about Skype?

I love Skype because it makes communication both easy and personal. Whether it be video, voice or chat calls – Skype is a perfect way to catch up with like-minded people worldwide. This feature is very useful, especially for screen sharing during meetings or if you are planning to cooperate with someone who might not be blogging at the time of your editing. It is cross-platform so I can be on my phone, a computer without worrying about missing a call. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

Skype, while ubiquitous in some channels, can feel dated relative to the sexier communication platforms out there today. It is not as intuitive to use, plus the call quality fluctuates from time to time, especially when you are speaking on a group level. There may also be issues at times with connecting, which can interrupt dialogue or meetings. It is also missing some of the more advanced collaboration features that other tools provide, such as deeper integration with project management apps or productivity applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

Long-distance communication is kept at bay by Skype, a user-friendly platform for making voice calls. video and instant messaging available to everyone. This saves from high priced international phone calls and helps in keeping everyone connected, no matter if those are colleagues or family across the globe. Using of the screen-sharing and file-sharing functionalities come especially in handy when using this platform at work for live troubleshooting from afar. With all different ways you can communicate in a single place, Skype makes it easy to stay productive without needing so many platforms for personal and professional interactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JO
Manager strategic planning | new business development | Customer Service
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

Skype is awesome considering the fact that I currently use the free plan. Skype is easy to use and install both on my personal computer and my mobile phone. The GUI is easy to use.

I also enjoy the fast IM and voice note sevices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

Skype is almost a perfect communication tool except for this slight minus. The call quality can be frustrating if your mobile service provider operates on 3G or less. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Skype:

Skype is a communication tool that has come to stay. It the answer to the problems one has especially in reducing high communication fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am excited because Skype to me is a game changer as my communication budget has gone down remarkblo by over 41%. I have been able to have successful video meetings that led to signing the dotted lines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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CHARGE D'ACQUISITION
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

A very practical application from the point of use, a very important tool in the operation of our company, a very responsive customer support. A tool that is recommendable for all companies whose Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

During chat exchanges, there is a slight delay that can lead to slowdowns in the transmission of information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of the main problems solved by the use of Skype, permanent communication, in video as well as in chat, a very easy, practical, and intuitive screen sharing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Insurance sales
Accounting
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

It helps me to connect to various number of people easily and quickly. It is very easy to use. It has a good quality of video calling features. it has good customer supports service any time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

There is very few number of downsides of skype like sometimes the application becomes choppy. But nothing much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

With the help of skype it has become very easy to connect everyone within a few second. While other application has poor video quality but the video quality of Skype is very good. It helps me to interract with my clients through video calling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Technical Content Writer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

Skype is a great platform that we use in our office to connect with our clients. And since we use it daily, it's easier to integrate to share photos & screenshots and schedule meetings, and even the new feature to chat with yourself makes it easy to remember things and keep minutes of meetings (MOM) ready.

I have also used Skype personally to connect with my friends in different countries and it is so easy to implement. I honestly love Skype. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

I have been using Skype for about 2 years now and, luckily did not encounter any issue that makes me dislike the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

Earlier connecting with cooleagues was difficult but now with SKYPE everything is easy and sorted. We use SKYPE for our communications, meeting with remote employees and sending documents over the platform. Plus, it is easy to connect with other colleagues and even connecting with new ones that I have never connected is also easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Devops Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

One of the best things it is that it works on almost any device be it phone, tablet or laptop. So you can switch between them without any hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

One thing I dislike is its occasional connectivity issue, even with stable internet, sometimes I have poor video/audio quality due to this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

Skype solves various communication challenges, like remote collaboration with my team members, video conferencing and cross-platform accessibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Skype?

As video conferencing software, Skype presents users with an attractive yet professional interface, with sufficient graphic resources to ensure an enjoyable and pleasant experience, without losing rigor or sacrificing performance. It is a very intuitive and easy-to-use program, with a reasonable speed in data transmission. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

The significant reduction in speed in large groups is, in my opinion, one of the biggest disadvantages of Skype; another major disadvantage of this software is that its minimalist environment makes it very unattractive for meetings outside the academic or business sphere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

Skype facilitates business communication and joint decision-making. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AK
Quality Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

Provides stable voice and video calls, which is must for discussing project requirements and troubleshooting issues with my remote team. I use it often for quick screen sharing calls. The UI is easy also its hassle free to setup a quick call and invite my colleagues to join. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

When we have more number of members, I notice some lagging mainly during screen sharing sessions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

Real time collaboration which is skype providing is the key for our improved efficiency. Also skype made our on-call code review much easier. Love the instant messaging.I use it in work for quick calls.It provides easy accesss chats also clean UI helps things getting done faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

FH
VP-Operations Sr. Manager PMP, Agile
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

Skype can be a tool for the ages quickly allowing interactions amony multiple users insidae and outside the company. Meeting request can be viewed in real time with notifications, ease of use, quality of capibilities that will allow users to visualize documents and presentations, comunicating directly with each other, provides intergration if required, has a support team to assist customers, use anytime uploads quickly to your system when selected referring to the icon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

When you are attepting to reach a person whom you have not schedule a meeting with through skype itself takes a while to get a return note from the recipient if you have not sent a email to them beforehand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Skype solving and how is that benefiting you?

Skype sloves time management through reliable and trustworhty conferencing that can be faster then most tool, It has benefited me by being able to send invites to entire teams in multiple time zones, We can post needed notes and updates to proposals and procedures thereby creating effective communication and references for later if team have to refer to information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.