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Funny thing about Skype for Business is it was a last ditch attempt to revitalize the image of Office Communicator, an absolutely terrible enterprise instant me
by brazzledazzle 3y ago
Funny thing about Skype for Business is it was a last ditch attempt to revitalize the image of Office Communicator, an absolutely terrible enterprise instant messenger service with half baked group chat functionality. Might have also had voice and video, I can't recall if they were missing that feature or if it was also half baked and terrible. They just borrowed the name from the Skype consumer product and slapped it on the newest version of Communicator. So not only was it not Skype, it was probably one of the few pieces of Microsoft enterprise software that was hated more than SharePoint (in my experience). Which is really impressive considering how much people absolutely despise SharePoint.
- SSLy 3y agoIt was also named Lync in the mean-time, no?
- brazzledazzle 3y agoOh right, it was Office Communicator, then Lync and finally Skype for Business. And I think each somehow managed to get both worse and drop features.
- rvba 3y agoMicrosoft had Lync, which wasnt flashy but was simply solid. Sadly it was depreciated for Skype for Business that had fewer functionalities and was just plain worse.
- brazzledazzle 3y agoI don't even think it was a deprecation for a new product, just a standard version deprecation. Office Communicator became Lync and Lync became Skype for Business. They were successive major "versions" that came with rebranding and some changes in direction.