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Microsoft has announced the release of a new Skype update, which brings several new platform-specific functionalities. The biggest addition is a “Zoom-In” feature for video meetings that lets users quickly zoom in with their mouse or handy controls on the shared screen. The Zoom-In feature aims to improve the screen-sharing experience in the app by… Read More

If you are signing up for a free account to use with Microsoft Teams, you might see a few options available. This might seem confusing compared to Zoom and similar apps, but there’s a good reason for it.

The Slack CEO says that the company is working on a calling integration with Teams. Slack hasn't released any technical information, which leads to a certain amount of speculation as to how such an integration might happen. Slack's previous attempts to integrate with Office 365 applications haven't been too successful, but perhaps a federated hook-up like the one between Skype consumer and Teams might work.

Microsoft has announced that they will retire Skype Online for Business in two years with the company pushing everyone to Teams.

Microsoft will retire classic Skype in September of 2018 with the company pushing desktop users to version 8.0

Microsoft isn't killing Skype for Business but the company will be changing up how it is serviced and is trying to move customers to Teams.

Microsoft Workplace Analytics is not a “Fitbit for the enterprise” that you can deploy off-the-shelf to get instantly usable information. Expect to invest considerable time or spend some consulting dollars to make sense of organization dynamics, office politics, and internal friction. All the stuff that makes working in large companies so worthwhile!

Microsoft is making big changes to Skype's Interface with the hope of attracting more users to the platform with new features targeted at a younger audience.

Secure your Skype account by merging it with a Microsoft Account.

Microsoft is working on a Slack competitor, internally called Skype Teams, that will be a new productivity tool for the company that features improved file sharing and threaded conversations.

The past few months have resulted in Skype becoming unstable but the team has finally come forward to explain the issues and the future for the communication tool.

Microsoft is bringing a new Skype client to Linux users and they are also making it easier for users with Chromebooks access the messaging platform.

Microsoft has announced a new Skype meetings feature today that anyone can use but the company is quietly hoping that this offering will entice small businesses to start utilizing Office 365 as it has two major restrictions.

Microsoft has announced project Rigel that will bring a Surface Hub-like Skype experience to any conference room.

Microsoft is bringing Skype to Office Online and OneDrive to make it easier to communicate while collaborating.