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Device Review: Poly EagleEye Cube USB Camera

Time for a new hardware review! This time we have an impressive little device – a new 4K USB camera from Poly (formerly Polycom/Plantronics). Ben at Poly came out to demo some new hardware for us. He showed us two

chris.williams March 5, 2020September 8, 2020 Conferencing, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products 4 Comments Read more

Video Conferencing Fragmentation: Boon or Brambles?

Video Conferencing Market Brambles

You’ve heard the phrase, “an overabundance of choice?” We’ve reached that point for video conferencing solutions. After I did the Video Interop Server post, I looked around a little more at video conferencing solutions. I found an enormous selection out

chris.williams November 20, 2019 Conferencing, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Unified Communications 1 Comment Read more

3 RealPresence Trio Updates Beef Up its “Communications Hub” Power

“Alexa, start the Skype Meeting.” Sounds like an easy way to kick off a meeting, doesn’t it? If you’re using a RealPresence Trio, you have this functionality available. Poly (formerly Polycom) has made several updates to their Trio conference systems

chris.williams August 7, 2019 Conferencing, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

How the Video Interop Server Fits into Skype for Business

Entry #6 into the “How it Fits” series is…the Video Interop Server, or VIS! Of all the Server Roles, I have the least experience with this one. We’ve only done one install of it, for a customer with an older

chris.williams July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Conferencing, Intelligent Communications, Reference, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products 1 Comment Read more

How to Access Skype for Business and Teams Services on Linux Computers

Want to access Skype for Business or Teams on Linux? You’re not alone. I wrote a post back in 2014 titled, “Lync on Linux: How to Access Lync Services on Linux Computers.” It remains one of the most-read posts on

chris.williams September 20, 2018January 16, 2019 Conferencing, Instant Messaging (IM), Microsoft Teams, Reference, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products 22 Comments Read more

The Skype for Business Quagmire Creeping Up on Enterprises

Skype for Business Server has one new version coming. After that, enterprises could get stuck between an economic rock & a financial hard place. Skype for Business Server 2019 is coming. However, given all the pushes toward O365/Teams, it’s not

chris.williams May 16, 2018May 17, 2018 Conferencing, Exchange, Intelligent Communications, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 12 Comments Read more

How the Reverse Proxy Fits into Skype for Business

You asked for more “How It Fits” posts last year, and I’m happy to oblige. Today we’re discussing…the Reverse Proxy server! Reverse Proxy is also part of the Skype for Business perimeter network, like Edge Server. The two act in

chris.williams January 25, 2018 Conferencing, Reference, Skype for Business, Skype for Business Mobile, Unified Communications 7 Comments Read more

Device Reviews: Sennheiser Presence UC ML, SP 20 ML, SD Pro 1

As I said the other day, Sennheiser kindly sent us some headsets for testing. Not just the MB 660 though…no, we got several more! More than I could review on my own. So I passed the others to co-workers. I

chris.williams October 11, 2017 Conferencing, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Gartner Rankings for Cisco UC and Skype for Business – Which is Better?

What’s this? Cisco UCaaS rated HIGHER than Skype for Business? How?! Amazing as it might seem, that is how Gartner recently ranked them: Gartner’s Magic Quadrant 2017 for Unified Communications Their 2017 UC rankings have Cisco at #1 overall. Skype

chris.williams August 23, 2017 Conferencing, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Do You Really Need PSTN Conferencing?

“I have a question. Do we really need to add PSTN Conferencing on?” This question came from a prospective customer, during our planning stage for a Skype for Business/Office 365 rollout. I was not present at the meeting; my co-worker

chris.williams March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 Conferencing, Office 365, Skype for Business, Unified Communications 9 Comments Read more
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The Skype4B Insider is a blog about the technology we use to communicate in business today. Here we talk about Microsoft's Skype for Business Server 2015, Lync Server 2013, Unified Communications, Voice over IP and related technologies like Exchange Server. Written by Chris W., MCSE in Communication and PlanetMagpie IT Consulting's Digital Marketing & Communications Manager.

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