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Aside from the crappy mobile app, Skype for Business (formerly Lync - has nothing to do with the consumer version of Skype) is pretty excellent when it's deploy

Aside from the crappy mobile app, Skype for Business (formerly Lync - has nothing to do with the consumer version of Skype) is pretty excellent when it's deployed correctly.

sjclemmy 10y ago
I totally agree. I got forwarded a skype for business invite this morning for a meeting with Microsoft and I haven't used it before. I clicked on the link followed the instructions, which meant installing a pkg on my mac. The thing that struck me was that after installing the pkg I got taken straight to the conference - I didn't have to go back to the link, put any ID / PIN or anything. It was seamless.
- tombrossman 10y ago
  The seamless redirect after install is a nice touch. However the "receive link in email for software/plugin download to install so you can do this important thing" harkens back to earlier times and is the classic malware infection scenario. I guess it still works because enough people still do it.
- Nullabillity 10y ago
  Jitsi Meet beats that hard by not having any package to install in the first place: https://jitsi.org/Projects/JitsiMeet https://jitsi.org/Projects/JitsiMeet, https://meet.jit.si/ https://meet.jit.si/
fergie 10y ago
Personally I've always found it to be inferior to Hangouts and Facetime.
- BoringCode 10y ago
  Maybe, but those can't be deployed on a company's network.
  - guelo 10y ago
    It's funny because here in silicon valley I've seen many conference rooms setup with Google Hangouts for video conference and Apple TV for presenting locally. Never see any Microsoft or Cisco stuff.
  - maxxxxx 10y ago
    Seems that's a self-inflicted problem by corporate IT.