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)."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the Activity flow that is used to catch new activities."
"File sharing and email invitations for a conference. I can have a meeting with people at the opposite end of the Earth, sharing documentation; it is quite easy."
"The integration with Microsoft Outlook for creating and scheduling meetings is nice."
"You can do meetings of up to two hundred people in a single conversation."
"We like the tools our administrator can use to identify which calls had quality issues and why. This makes troubleshooting our user experience somewhat easier."
"I think Skype for Business is scalable. However, I believe Microsoft is discontinuing the Skype platform altogether, so I don't think it's super-relevant."
"We like the easy provisioning of Skype for Business Conferencing."
"The deployment is very fast."
"The product helps me make international calls."
"The inclusion of a file plugin for Windows Explorer would make it easier to use."
"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."
"There are some issues with stability during phone calls. Sometimes the connectivity drops, and it is frustrating."
"Sometimes Skype is slow, and we cannot use other elements of our devices while using the Skype solution."
"The solution should improve the chat and add more flexibility to make a call."
"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."
"The ease of configuration or the lack of decent tooling to pinpoint your problems is probably its biggest issue."
"The group feature of Skype for Business needs improvement. It should also be improved for online lectures."
"I venture to say that 30% of the people using this solution at our company have had issues with stability, due to the volatility and crashes."
"Skype for Business could improve by having a document channel or repository. Microsoft Teams has a better repository place for documents that you can share with your team. You can access it anywhere from any device."
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, Atlassian Confluence and Microsoft 365 Business, whereas Skype for Business is most compared with Webex, Zoom, TeamViewer, GoToMeeting and BlueJeans Meetings.
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