We performed a comparison between HCL Connections and Skype for Business based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Atlassian, Liferay and others in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals)."The most valuable feature is the Activity flow that is used to catch new activities."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The calling features are most valuable, especially now as we are working remotely."
"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."
"I rate the solution's stability a nine on a scale where one is not stable and ten is very stable...I rate the solution's initial setup a nine on a scale where one is difficult, and ten is easy."
"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."
"The security seems good."
"The quality of the meetings is very good."
"Skype for Business is good for meetings and instant messaging."
"The product's initial setup phase is very easy."
"The support is an area where the product can improve...If you are having an issue on a Monday, the support personnel will contact you next Monday."
"The inclusion of a file plugin for Windows Explorer would make it easier to use."
"I believe optimizing the solution for lighter endpoints, particularly for embedded endpoints on mobile devices, would be valuable."
"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."
"The ease of configuration or the lack of decent tooling to pinpoint your problems is probably its biggest issue."
"If one of the users has a poor internet connection, this failure will compromise the meeting, causing delays and distortions in the communications."
"Whenever someone is using a messaging platform, the messages needs to be stored. In Skype for Business, the message will not be seen later on if you're not online. It isn't useful, in my opinion."
"Lacks a zoom-in feature for whoever is presenting."
"Skype for Business is good for the PCs with higher bandwidth, but an improvement is required for low bandwidth usage."
"Microsoft Teams, as I see it now, is more useful than Skype for Business."
HCL Connections is ranked 6th in Corporate Portals (Enterprise Information Portals) with 55 reviews while Skype for Business is ranked 4th in Virtual Meetings with 59 reviews. HCL Connections is rated 8.2, while Skype for Business is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of HCL Connections writes "Provides potent document sharing with good integration with the Microsoft desktop and smartphones". 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". HCL Connections is most compared with SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and Atlassian Confluence, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and BlueJeans Meetings.
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