Microsoft today announced it will be replacing its enterprise-focused instant messaging app Lync with a new Skype for Business tool. The company is promising Skype for Business will remain an Office ...

Microsoft’s new business communication product is finally coming to the Mac after the company launched it for PC users last year. The company announced the first technical preview of Skype for ...

With its own call quality reporting and partner-provided UC tools, Microsoft aims to improve monitoring and management in Skype for Business. Microsoft wants your business: your voice, and your video, ...

Microsoft's concurrent shifts from Lync to Skype and from on-premises servers to the cloud are confusing many enterprises First there was Skype, a well-liked app for instant messaging, video chat, and ...

VoIP provider Skype is expanding its offerings for business customers with new tools that make it easier for network administrators to control how Skype performs on a corporate network. Skype Version ...

Two years ago, Mark Ehr and a few co-workers began using Skype to communicate between Proxima Technology Inc.’s Denver headquarters and its offices in Sydney, Australia, and Windsor, England. “I’d ...

Businesses that were scared of saving money by using Skype because lawsuits might take away its essential VoIP technology may not have to worry anymore. Ownership of the company will shift from eBay ...

Enterprise competitors are sure to capitalize on Microsoft's decision to build its UC future on a brand name originating in the consumer space. Now that the flurry of pundit commentary about Microsoft ...

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If I download and try to install the 32-bit Skype for Business client, I get a warning that it won't work because I have Office x64 installed. If I download and try to install the 64-bit Skype for ...