Now that we are on the same platform, it will be easier and simpler to collaborate.” An assistant would send out a Doodle to see who was available at given times, and then everyone had to go back and forth. “That made communication and collaboration inefficient. “A few years ago, I couldn’t get on the computer and look at anyone’s calendar to schedule because we all weren’t on the email system,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton hopes Skype for Business will do away with many of the workarounds employees and departments use to communicate. Conferences may be audio or video and are recorded. Skype for Business conferences can accommodate up to 250 participants on a single call. Users may connect to Skype for Business through mobile devices using the Skype of Business app or the meeting link in their Office 365 account.įlexibility. Unlike Adobe Connect or traditional conference calls, which must be scheduled in advance via Media or Telephone Services, Skype for Business allows users to organize conferences on their own.Įasy access. They handle business, then they sign off.” What we’ve found is people say their meetings are more efficient because they aren’t sitting in meeting rooms.
“As we aim to be a more collaborative university, Skype for Business is an ideal way to engage. “Now that everyone across both campuses has migrated to the Office 365 platform, connecting via Skype for Business is very convenient,” said Aisha Hamilton, communications program manager for the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer. And now, the futile search for convenient parking on the Danforth Campus.īut thanks to Skype for Business, colleagues can meet without actually meeting. Who doesn’t love a good meeting - the malfunctioning PowerPoint, the prolonged postmortem on the Cardinal’s starting rotation, the hopeless attempts to find an agreeable date to meet again.
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