Skype for Business (formerly
Microsoft Lync) and Lifesize Cloud
written by Ellen J. Hawes Durbin
If you work at a tech-friendly midmarket company or enterprise, chances are good that you’ve heard of Skype for Business® (formerly Microsoft Lync), the tech giant’s communications platform that’s designed with the unique needs of businesses in mind. What you might not be familiar with are the product’s ins and outs and why more and more companies are adopting this package for their online communication needs. Let’s take a look at what makes this product a must-have tool for businesses of all sizes and how Lifesize further enhances its functionality.
What Is Skype for Business, and How Does It Work?
That’s what makes Lifesize such a good fit for enhancement. We designed our award-winning Lifesize® Cloud video conferencing service with Skype for Business interoperability in mind. When Skype for Business customers are considering Lifesize Cloud, they are typically using Skype for Business at their desks or on their laptops and are interested in Lifesize Cloud as a way to improve and extend that experience. Here are the top five reasons that businesses are enhancing their existing Skype for Business environments with Lifesize Cloud.
1. Extending Skype for Business to the meeting room
For a superior meeting room experience, you can add Lifesize® Icon™ video systems to your existing Skype for Business environment. Lifesize Icon is a powerful, yet easy-to-use, video conferencing solution and is perfectly sized for every size meeting room.
2. Improving call experience
Lifesize Cloud provides full-screen, HD video on laptops, tablets, and smartphones and even in your web browser. With up to 40-way group calling and a variety of continuous-presence layouts, it makes video conferencing as easy, as lifelike and as remarkable as meeting in person.
3. Adding international audio-only calls to your Skype for Business meetings
Lifesize Cloud provides both video and audio conferencing all in one simple-to-use solution with local audio dial-in numbers from more than 50 countries.
4. Connecting on any device or browser
With Lifesize Cloud, everyone can have a seat at the meeting, even if they don’t have Skype for Business–capable smartphones or tablets. Lifesize Cloud has robust mobile apps and a browser-based app easily accessible from Microsoft Internet Explorer® and other leading browsers.
5. Scheduling meetings the same way you always have
Lifesize Cloud offers an add-in for Microsoft® Outlook®, letting you easily schedule your video meetings from Outlook just like you would any other meeting.