Skype for Business

Skype

Eligible: Students, Faculty & Staff

Availability: 24 Hours, 7 Days

Support: Monday - Friday. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

AKAs: Lync, Office 365 Skype for Business

Description

Skype for Business connects people everywhere as part of their everyday productivity experience. Skype for Business provides a consistent, single client experience for presence, instant messaging, voice, video, and a great meeting experience. Skype for Business enables instant messaging (IM), audio conferencing, and voice calling with the hundreds of millions of people around the world who use Skype.

Features/Benefits

  • Skype Across Devices: Connect with anyone, anywhere, on any device. Meet with up to 250 people – even if they’re not on Skype for Business. All they need is a phone or Internet connect.
  • Meeting Tools and Support: Collaborate across the organization with tools like video conferencing, desktop sharing, and file-sharing.
  • Security: Conversations are protected by strong authentication and encryption measures.
  • Virtual Meeting Space: Save time and money by not having to travel to meetings or reserve dedicated meeting rooms.

Restrictions

  • Students: All students provisioned under Microsoft 365.
  • Faculty/Staff: All faculty & staff provisioned under Microsoft 365.

Licensing

  • Students: Licensed for use by currently enrolled, for credit, degree seeking students for personal non commercial use.

Costs

  • There is no cost to use this software. 

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