We performed a comparison between Office 365 and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Content Collaboration Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."As an email provider, I believe Office 365 is the best email provider."
"The product helps us be more efficient. It helps us to have a standardized way of doing things."
"The most innovative feature of Office 365 is the Power Apps, which allows us to automate literally everything that we want automated. For example, sending attachments to specific folders on SharePoint, adding people's SharePoint when certain apps are performed, or emailing certain people at certain instances, such as when you've done a follow-up with the CRM and you need a marketing email to be sent out at a particular point."
"I like that it is cloud-based, wherefrom any computer I can access my documents and continue working."
"Using Office 365 has allowed us to go digital and onboard people seamlessly for working at home during the COVID pandemic."
"The way the ERP presents information for the user is very good."
"The phone VoIP product provides genuine a unified communication solution."
"Most of the work that seems not to work offline works perfectly with Microsoft Office 2013, like converting a Word document to a PDF file."
"What is most valuable about Skype for Business is that almost everyone knows about it and almost everyone has it. You will be able to reach a large number of people."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"Video conferencing to hold virtual meetings helps to prevent employee displacement, where everyone can now enjoy the comfort of their own offices."
"The deployment is very fast."
"I have found Skype for Business to be stable."
"The simplicity and ease of use are the most valuable features. It's so much easier and quicker than writing an email to someone and waiting for them to read it."
"We like the easy provisioning of Skype for Business Conferencing."
"It's a good product, we like using it."
"Office 365 could be easier to use at first. Tutorials are needed to know how to use the solution."
"Security is still complex, but the admin console improving."
"There are some complexities to the initial setup if you use some of the more advanced features."
"Integration with other platforms can be improved."
"Sometimes the configurations of the error troubleshooting are pretty problematic and there are a lot of issues that happen even if you follow the step-by-step guides. They can work on fixing this issue. If there are a lot of issues in your Windows or your Office or anything, you restart your PC and it works. They need to get rid of this need."
"It needs improvements around its compatibility with non-Microsoft products."
"If two people update the same file, it causes issues."
"It would be a fantastic opportunity if their solution could be used in combination with VoIP software, allowing you to combine VoIP software and Office 365 on a single platform."
"Skype for Business could improve by having a document channel or repository. Microsoft Teams has a better repository place for documents that you can share with your team. You can access it anywhere from any device."
"There are issues with the bandwidth, particularly for external meetings,"
"The solution isn't connected to Microsoft Teams, and I feel like there is better communication on that particular solution. The group capabilities are a bit less than Teams."
"We need a feature where you can virtually raise your hand to silently let the presenter know that you have a question."
"I feel bored with the look and feel of the tool, so it should be changed."
"If one of the users has a poor internet connection, this failure will compromise the meeting, causing delays and distortions in the communications."
"I feel that the whole look and feel of Skype should be improved, including its user-friendliness. It should also improve its scalability."
"Skype for Business is not stable."
Office 365 is ranked 3rd in Content Collaboration Platforms with 54 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. Office 365 is rated 8.4, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Office 365 writes "Great vulnerability insights, offers very impressive cash savings, and offers great information security tools". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skype for Business writes "Reliable, useful for remote work, and great but isn't as robust as Microsoft Teams". Office 365 is most compared with Amazon WorkDocs, Atlassian Confluence, Citrix ShareFile, Box and Dropbox, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and Cisco Meeting Server. See our Office 365 vs. Skype for Business report.
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