Skype for Business on Android and iOS get updated, adding content viewing
Today, the team over at Skype for Business has announced an update to the Skype for Business app on Android and iOS .
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Build 2016 Day 2 Recap
Microsoft’s story to developers on Day 2 of Build 2016 encompassed cloud computing with Azure, developing with Xamarin, and linking a billion Internet of Things devices or sensors to machine learning.
Here's what's new in Office 365 for March 2016
March 2016 has been a pretty busy month for the Office team in regards to dishing out feature-packed updates across the entire suite of Microsoft's productivity applications
Skype for Business expands Office 365 services for meetings and voice
The Skype for Business team is announcing a geographic expansion of select Skype services, new support for hybrid developments, new meeting room solutions, and improvements to unified reporting, management, and analytics.
New service from Unify Square reduces Skype for Business management headcount by 88%
A leader in Skype for Business management software has released a new version to its leading product, PowerAssurance. Here's how they have improved it.
Skype for Business Cloud PBX "simplifies communications in the cloud"
In our world, communication is key to many areas of our lives, whether that communication be personal or business. A break in communication can result in anything from an angry girlfriend/wife to a botched business deal. To help remove the concern of ... Read more
Microsoft's Office 365 boosts collaboration and productivity for Kraft Heinz Company
The numbers for Microsoft’s Office 365 continue to impress, as the adoption rate seeks new heights. However, more impressive than the adoption numbers for the cloud-based Office suite are the real-world stories of how effective and productive the services are helping customers ... Read more
Microsoft buys Skype-related technology tools from Australian startup Event Zero
Skype is a pretty big deal for Microsoft, representing the company's principle communications tool among its various product lines and serving as a marquee cross-platform solution as part of its "cloud-first, mobile-first" strategy. Microsoft has made a number of investments ... Read more
Microsoft releases public version of Skype for Business for Android
Microsoft has now released its Skype for Business app for Android devices. Previously in a preview program Microsoft used to gather public feedback, Skype for Business gives Android users these great features: New dashboard design, with contact search, recent conversations and upcoming ... Read more
Australia's University of Newcastle begins world's first university-wide Windows 10 rollout
If Microsoft is going to achieve its goal of a billion Windows 10 machines, then large organizations are going to need to adopt it sooner rather than later. It's looking like enterprises are planning to adopt Windows 10 at a ... Read more
Skype for Business updated with Meeting Broadcasts
Today at Microsoft’s Convergence 2015, Skype for Business was demonstrated, revealing several powerful new features for Office 365 Enterprise users. After Microsoft rebranded its business communication platform, Microsoft Lync back March of this year, it has been working to expand ... Read more
Microsoft releases official Skype for Business iOS app
The Skype team has been busy lately, pumping out new Skype Translate functionality, Messenger for Windows 10, and even notching up the fun new video Mojis. Today, Microsoft announces the newest member of the Skype family, a new Skype for ... Read more
Skype offers 20 minutes of free calls after September outage
The Skype outage that lasted for several hours on September 21th had certainly caused some inconvenience for users of the service. Following an official apology, Skype is now offering 20 minutes of free calls as an apology, reported Microsoft News. ... Read more
Skype for Business services preview in Office 365 expanded
A post from the Skype for Business Team today announces the expansion of the preview program for Skype for Business services in Office 365 launched earlier this year. Specifically, the expansion will see business owners from 14 more countries, including ... Read more
Skype fixes network issue, users coming back online
As WinBeta reported earlier today, Skype users experienced a momentary outage of Skype services. The Skype Heartbeat Blog announced that they deployed a fix for the Skype outage that many users experienced, noting that the Skype service disruption did not ... Read more
Microsoft and others invest another $4 million in Unify Square
No matter how thoughtfully software is designed, no matter how good its creators intentions may be, there will always be oversight. Some need will be overlooked, certain situations will not be regarded, and it is for these that third party ... Read more
Skype for Business app launches on Windows Phone
Microsoft has finally launched the Skype for Business app for Windows Phone, which now replaces the old Lync 2013 app. Earlier this year, Microsoft rebranded the business-oriented messaging software Lync to Skype for Business and has rolled it out for a ... Read more
Skype for Business opens technical preview, includes new services
In April, Microsoft began rolling out the recently rebranded Skype for Business and mentioned new features would be coming over the summer. And today the Skype for Business team announced that the technical preview of Skype for Business is starting ... Read more
What's new in Skype for Business for Windows Phone
Microsoft’s Business communications app Lync will soon be rebranded to Skype for Business on Windows Phone. This in itself isn’t new, as we’ve known about the rebranding for months, but Microsoft has outlined some of the changes that are on ... Read more
Office 365 updated with UI improvements, Skype for Business integration, and more
Microsoft has recently announced some new improvements coming to its Office 365 web productivity client. Because the client is cloud-based, Microsoft can simply update it on its end, and the changes will roll out to all its users automatically, so ... Read more
InstaNote and Dialer for Lync Meetings are two new apps which have been discovered
There seems to be a trend recently where internal beta apps begin to leak into the wild. Most recently Microsoft Insider obtained access to two new apps, InstaNote and Dialer for Lync Meetings. These two apps are small examples of ... Read more