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


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Seller
Microsoft
Year Founded
1975
HQ Location
Redmond, Washington
Twitter
@microsoft
14,039,026 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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Alex N.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Useful and widespread platform. Easy for new users to pick up."
It is a very easy platform for end users to understand. Within a few clicks they can be on a conversation or on a call. In recent years the greate...
Eliyas T.
ET
Eliyas T.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"i have used skype for my work and its a perfect tool."
skype is an easy to use application and in my work we use it for formal meeting and collaboration
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Dylan N J.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Reviewing Skype"
Skype offers wonderful benefits such as group meeting, conference calls and mobile interviews.
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Alessandro A.
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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.

Joel O.
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Manager strategic planning | new business development | Customer Service
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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.

Sourav M.
SM
Insurance sales
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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.

Sakshi K.
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Technical Content Writer
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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.

Arpan K.
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.

Freda H.
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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.

Likhita P.
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Talent Advisor
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

When I say it is Easy accessible, skype is quick and simple to install and set up an account. It offers high quality video calls which are stable.

Skype includes live subtitles for video calls, which can help with note taking and improve accessibility. This feature is so useful for graduates and even in meetings with clients. The integration of this app is vey easy and reliable which makes users to use this app frequently. Skype offers a recording function for meetings.

It offers comprehensive online help to support the customers. With all these benefits skype stand strong and I personally like all these features which make my life much easier in the work space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

The only thing that I don't like about skype is that recorded videos are stored for 30 days and you cannot access them again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Skype's feature of live subtitles for video calls when we have meetings with clients virtually helps me a lot to take notes and also we can use the record video option to record and review it after the meetings as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Refilwe Sandra S.
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Online English Teacher
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

The various features I get to use when teaching. The variety of backgrounds always fascinate my students. The fast notifications really help to keep updated with my upcoming virtual meetings/classes. I love the colors of the app too, it is warm and inviting. My favorite feature is the display picture. This way, anyone who contacts me can put a face to the name before they meet me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

I have not yet encountered if the app translates languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Reaching people from across the globe with ease, very clear vision/quality camera, crisp sound and additional features. It is literally closing a huge geographical gap. My students and I benefit from having seamless and efficient meetings using Skype. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohit C.
MC
Technical Recruitment Consultant
Staffing and Recruiting
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Skype?

Skype is very simple and efficient with many useful features like video calls, chat, and screen sharing. I used it frequently mostly for Teammates & candidates to be hired for different positions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

Some more customizations are required and connectivity issues can be better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Skype helps me stay connected with Client as well as my Team-mates through easy video calls, chats, and file sharing. It also saves time by letting me collaborate remotely and avoid travel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gayathri D.
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Data Engineer
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What do you like best about Skype?

Easy to use, great call quality and affordable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Skype?

Frequent lag, outdated interface and privacy concerns Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Skype addresses the problem of long-distance communication, making it easier for people to connect globally without the constraints of distance or high costs. It benefits users by providing high-quality voice and video calls, allowing real-time interactions that feel personal, even when parties are miles apart. This is especially useful for families, friends, and businesses looking to maintain relationships and conduct meetings remotely.

Additionally, Skype facilitates collaboration through group calls and messaging, making it ideal for teams working across different locations. Users can share screens, send files, and chat, all in one platform, which enhances productivity and communication .

Overall, Skype makes communication more accessible and affordable, fostering connections that might otherwise be difficult due to geographical barriers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.