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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

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

The Skype for Business Insider Year in Review – 2018 Edition

Just like that, we’ve reached the last post of 2018! I do have a post on the Mediation Server for our “How It Fits into Skype for Business” in the works. But since it’s already mid-December, I thought a ‘year

chris.williams December 19, 2018 ChatOps, Intelligent Communications, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

Dissecting the Free Teams Offering

Microsoft has released Teams as a free offering. No Office 365 account required. But how viable is it as a standalone chat app? That’s what we’re looking at today. I’ve setup a fresh Teams account for testing. We’re looking at

chris.williams September 6, 2018 ChatOps, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Persistent Chat, Skype for Business No Comments Read more

6 Questions about Atlassian Discontinuing HipChat & Stride

By now you’ve likely heard about Atlassian’s shuttering of its HipChat & Stride products. The decision has many implications, from Atlassian’s future as a company to the ChatOps space worldwide. Other bloggers have asked important questions about this move. How

chris.williams August 16, 2018 ChatOps, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business No Comments Read more

5 Ways to Conceal a Teams Channel

We can’t make fully private channels in Teams yet. But we can conceal a channel from other Teams users. Private Channels has taken the top spot at UserVoice, as the most-requested Teams feature. Microsoft is, as of this post, “Working

chris.williams July 5, 2018 ChatOps, Microsoft Teams, Security, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

Scenes from the ChatOps War

Group Messaging/Chat continues to expand, as each challenger battles its competitors. Here’s where we stand. Slack and Teams Stay Neck-and-Neck These two are ‘the’ names when it comes to ChatOps (business-grade chat/messaging platforms). Teams continues to expand its user base.

chris.williams May 10, 2018 Instant Messaging (IM), Intelligent Communications, Microsoft Teams, Persistent Chat No Comments Read more

The Teams Take for March 1st: 3 Concerning Questions

The Teams team has been busy! But the more I read about recent Teams activity, the more questions I have about its development. Hence today’s post. I’m asking three questions about Teams here. They aren’t quite rhetorical; I would appreciate

chris.williams March 1, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Unified Communications No Comments Read more

How to Stay Vigilant Over Office Chat: Implement a Messaging Policy

If someone published your office’s chat logs, would you be okay with it…or wince at what people will find in them? Most of us are in the latter category. I’m not even sure I’d be okay with it! But I’m

chris.williams February 22, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Persistent Chat, Skype for Business, Unified Communications No 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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