In a recent Spiceworks survey, 59% of respondents said that “Sensitive files/information should not be shared via collaborate chat applications.” So, 59% think chat rooms aren’t secure. A little more than half. Healthy caution; nothing wrong with that. But you
What Skype Teams Must Do to Beat Slack
Today we’re talking about Skype Teams. What’s that, you might ask? Read on and find out. Skype Teams is a messaging app for group conversations, organized into channels. Like Persistent Chat, but standalone and with more features. The first mention
Does Skype for Business Fit into Microsoft’s Bot-based Future?
Everyone’s talking about the LinkedIn acquisition. Microsoft spends $26 billion to acquire a company, no matter how big, people notice! Naturally I wondered about what this might mean for Skype for Business. We can already surmise LinkedIn’s profile information will
Can’t Add New Users to Persistent Chat Rooms? Approve Them in the Skype for Business Control Panel
My manager asked me to add a new user to one of our Persistent Chat rooms. Since we hadn’t used this particular room yet, I was happy to do so. (It meant starting up a new project!) However I encountered
December Poll Results, and What to Expect for the 2016 Skype4B Insider
First off, I have to say Thank You to everyone who responded on the December poll. Not only did we get a healthy variety of answers, we had several emails from readers sharing how this blog helped them out last
Encountering a Persistent Chat Error? How to Resolve the “500 Internal Server Error” After December 2014 CU
This past week we encountered a Lync Server error internally. We found a solution online, thanks to a fellow Lync blogger. I’m blogging about it today to document how we handled the troubleshooting process, and to showcase the blogger, a
Lync Add-Ons: MindLink Anywhere Extends Persistent Chat’s Reach
Another third-party Lync app to test! I signed up for a trial of MindLink Anywhere. MindLink describes the product like this: “MindLink Anywhere brings the power of Microsoft Lync Persistent Chat, Presence and Instant Messaging through your web browser to
Why Doesn’t Lync Online Include Persistent Chat? 4 Reasons
Lync Online is a helpful introduction to the world of Lync. It’s handy for a lower-cost communications solution when smaller offices need on fast. However, it has painful limitations – no external VoIP calls (yet), limitations to online meetings, and
Is There a Way to Use Persistent Chat as a Web App – Without a Lync Account?
Time for another reader question! I received this the other day from Jean: “A client is asking us if it’s possible to integrate a Lync Chat Room inside a PHP website. They have about 1000 people who want to use