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How the Load Balancer Fits into Skype for Business

Our fourth entry in the “How It Fits” series is…the Load Balancer! Load balancers show up in every level of a Skype for Business deployment. They’re an integral component of effective Skype for Business Online tenants as well. If a

chris.williams April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

The Top 8 Skype for Business-Teams Complaints

Teams is 1 year old! Let’s talk about its problems. I asked Twitter followers, checked feedback sites, and polled co-workers. All told, I came up with 8 of the most common complaints for Skype for Business and Teams. Why do

chris.williams March 15, 2018 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 2 Comments Read more

17 Reasons to Hold Off on Using Teams for Voice Calls (Until Mid-2018)

After reviewing the new calling capabilities added to Teams last month, I have to say…moving to Teams in the next few months is a bad idea. Now, don’t get me wrong. Introduction of new calling features is great! However, we

chris.williams January 17, 2018 Intelligent Communications, Microsoft Teams, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 2 Comments Read more

Will This Become the “Teams Insider” Blog?

Short post this week. I’m preparing a year-end poll for next week, so make sure to stop by before you head out for the holidays! The Blog Title Will Not Change as Teams Grows (But We’ll Have More Teams Content)

chris.williams December 13, 2017 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Where Skype for Business Fits in Digital Transformation

Has your company undergone digital transformation? If you implemented Skype for Business, then the answer is (partly) Yes. Since the holidays are here, I thought back over the business year. Much has happened. We’ve had several big Skype for Business

chris.williams November 22, 2017 Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 2 Comments Read more

Device Reviews: Sennheiser Presence UC ML, SP 20 ML, SD Pro 1

As I said the other day, Sennheiser kindly sent us some headsets for testing. Not just the MB 660 though…no, we got several more! More than I could review on my own. So I passed the others to co-workers. I

chris.williams October 11, 2017 Conferencing, Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Where Skype for Business & Teams Are Going (According to Ignite)

Microsoft Ignite has come and gone. It has left us with many new announcements, products to anticipate, and changes to prepare for. Particularly when it comes to Skype for Business. In today’s post, I’ve collected some impressions from Ignite’s announcements.

chris.williams October 5, 2017 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Pricing for Skype for Business and Teams: The 2017 Update

In 2015 we did a pricing post for Skype for Business topologies. It’s time to revisit and update those numbers. (The previous pricing post, if you’re curious: Pricing for Skype for Business 2015: 3 Scenarios) A reader pointed out that

chris.williams September 20, 2017 Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Reference, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 6 Comments Read more

Device Review: The Sennheiser MB 660 Headset

We’ve reviewed Jabra and Plantronics equipment on this blog already. Time for something new! We know Jabra and Plantronics make Skype for Business-friendly headsets. But who else? As Unified Communications spreads across the business world, there’s plenty of need for

chris.williams August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Skype for Business, Third-Party Skype for Business Products, Unified Communications, Voice over IP No Comments Read more

Gartner Rankings for Cisco UC and Skype for Business – Which is Better?

What’s this? Cisco UCaaS rated HIGHER than Skype for Business? How?! Amazing as it might seem, that is how Gartner recently ranked them: Gartner’s Magic Quadrant 2017 for Unified Communications Their 2017 UC rankings have Cisco at #1 overall. Skype

chris.williams August 23, 2017 Conferencing, Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Unified Communications, Voice over IP 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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  • How the Load Balancer Fits into Skype for Business
  • The Top 8 Skype for Business-Teams Complaints
  • The Teams Take for March 1st: 3 Concerning Questions
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  • How the Redis Cache Fits into Skype for Business Server

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