This has has many benefits to University staff, given our multi-campus structure. This is supported across multiple devices such as PCs, smartphones and tablets. This single user interface provides a variety of communications including instant messaging, audio & video conference and online meetings.
Skype for Business is a unified communications platform which is available to all staff. Voicemail in Skype for Business & Outlook.Create and Participate in Audio Conferences.If you require a conference phone contact the Unified Communications Team as Jabra Speaker 510 devices are available. Setting the default email client to Outlook.It is also cost effective because the University has negotiated a campus agreement with Microsoft that allows us to take advantage of their communications application (Skype for Business) at minimal additional cost. This simplifies our overall IT environment. The University has adopted a strategy based upon using Microsoft desktop and communications applications wherever possible.
