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Skype for Business Avatars Disappearing on You? Here’s How to Fix

The other day, our Support team deployed a new Skype for Business Server for one of our mid-market customers. Initial setup went smoothly…they had an existing Office 365 account, which they wanted to integrate. We set them up on a

chris.williams December 9, 2020 Microsoft Teams, PowerShell, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 1 Comment Read more

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

The Skype for Business Insider Year in Review – 2019 Edition

Hello readers! We interrupt your holiday-shopping, end-of-year-system-checks madness for the final Skype for Business Insider post of 2019. You may have noticed that posting frequency went down this year. That’s due to the indefatigable demon we know as “Lack of

chris.williams December 18, 2019 Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business No 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

One Version of Skype for Business Will Retire in 2021. The Other Version Won’t (Not Yet)

Skype for Business Online Retirement

Hello “Insiders!” I know I haven’t posted much lately. Went on a short vacation, and we’re now in the middle of 5 (yes, five!) website builds running at the same time I’m also working on a couple big posts. The

chris.williams October 23, 2019 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business, Skype for Business Server 2019, Unified Communications 2 Comments Read more

How to Put Teams Users and Skype for Business Users in the Same Room

If your organization has decided to move off its Skype for Business Server deployment to Teams, you’ll hit an in-between period. A time when some users are on Skype4B, and some have moved to Teams. Can they still communicate with

chris.williams September 12, 2019 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, PowerShell, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

Workplace Messaging Report by Mio Out – 2019 Stats on ChatOps Usage

Hey Skype for Business/Teams/ChatOps fans! Just wanted to do a quick post about a new Workplace Messaging Report. Mio released it after surveying over 200 companies on their messaging apps/ChatOps trends & plans. I saw it posted on Twitter, read

chris.williams June 19, 2019June 19, 2019 ChatOps, Microsoft Teams, Office 365 No Comments Read more

Skype for Business Q&A on Privacy

Privacy in Skype for Business

I’ve always meant this blog to serve as a resource for Skype for Business use. Both for users and for administrators…leaning a bit more toward administrators. Not today though. Today I’m leaning over to the user side, to answer common

chris.williams May 15, 2019 Reference, Security, Skype for Business No Comments Read more

How to Choose A Business Chat Platform (2019 Version)

It’s time to add chat to your communications tools. Which chat platform should you adopt? Teams? Slack? Something else? First off, take a breath. Your search has brought you to the right place. In this post we’ll go over the

chris.williams March 20, 2019August 26, 2020 ChatOps, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business No Comments Read more

The ChatOps War: The Battle Rages

Three major powers clash over and over. Challengers appear on the horizon. The productivity of millions hangs in the balance. Welcome back to the ChatOps War. The Current State of ChatOps Messaging apps. Online chat. Collaboration tools. Call them what

chris.williams February 20, 2019July 31, 2019 ChatOps, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Persistent Chat, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more
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About the Skype for Business Insider Blog

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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