Gone are the days when all the people you need to meet with for work are actually located at your office (unless you work in a very traditional one). More often than not, the people you need to conference with are in different parts of the city, the country, or even the world. And while Skype is a good way to make free video calls, of course it isn’t very “professional” sounding or looking. That’s why they’re now introducing a preview of Skype for Business.
What it does basically is to take the most useful parts of Skype, simplify the app itself and the features, and then to add features that would make it more convenient and more productive for your business and employees to use Skype for your call or video conferences. You have the In-Call and In-Meeting experience, as well as an updated dashboard that includes your contact search bar, your future meetings, as well as the most recent conversations you’ve had, to give better context to what you need to do next.
The contact search bar contains not just your existing contacts list but your company’s Global Address List so you can easily search who you want to talk to either by last name, first name, email alias or even phone number. Your appointments are also easily seen, as well as the info about it, and if it’s already ongoing or you want to start the meeting, just click on the Quick Join button.
Meanwhile the In-Call and In-Meeting updated features include larger buttons so it’s easier to mute or add participants, the video fills the screen now so you can feel like you’re closer to the people you’re meeting with. Viewing content while doing the call has also been fixed. If you want to join the preview, you can ask through skypepreview.com. They’re accepting only until Friday, August 14 for the first batch of participants.
SOURCE: Office
