Differences between Skype vs Skype for Business

Differences between Skype Vs Skype For Business

Hello Readers, I came up with a solution for your question which is what our article title describes.

This line of statement gives a non-technical person to understand what is skype: It’s a communication messenger or chats. In simple terms like how we use Whatsapp but there is a lot of difference why we go for Skype or Skype for Business.

Now in your mind thinking why skype then? In General, We use WhatsApp for our personal chat and it won’t help in other aspects like sharing a screen and even other features.

As an example, Skype is for personal and not to use for our office work (It’s all based on organizations to use personally for their office).

Many of us know only very few about the difference between Skype and Skype for Business

Note: Both Skype and Skype for Business are two different products but similar interface we see.

Now you are going to learn other differences

Skype:

1. Either for Individual or Small Business (<20 people)
2. You can log in using free Microsoft account
3. You can call other Skype users for free but for non-skype users(i.e., Normal numbers) you have to pay.
4. We use skype audio group call up to 25 people.
5. We can use skype for video call up to 25 and it depends on network connectivity.

Skype for Business:

1. It’s an enterprise-level (1000+ people)
2. Company/Organizational Microsoft Registration accounts (Ex: Office 365)
3. Calls to your organizational skype for business users or if our administrator enabled with other organization then you can.
4. Even using this we can call Skype users if our administrator enabled.
5. Able to call normal calls and it’s all account level.
6. Up to 250 people can attend a group audio call.
7. Additional Feature here is BroadCast up to 10000 viewers by one person.
8. Integrated with Office 365
9. Provides an Enterprise Level Security

Skype for business is come up with a Microsoft Office 365 plan which organization has to buy based on their organization needs.

That’s all about the differences between Skype and Skype for Business.

Hoping these differences gives you an idea between both. Please give your valuable comments which help me in my further articles.

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