Skype is Microsoft’s business solution for IM, conferencing and file sharing, interfacing with both Outlook and Office 365. The benefits of IM for businesses, however, do not come without dangers and unintended consequences, especially in situations that have led the company into litigation. Unlike a phone call or in-person conversation, however, IM sessions can be easily recorded.
When an IM conversation is over, the participants “end” the conversation by closing the IM session. IM conversations tend to be candid and free-flowing, without a lot of structure. IM increases workplace efficiency, allowing colleagues to communicate through rapid back-and-forth discussions and on-demand file-sharing. Employees leverage the speed and flexibility of IM as an alternative to more traditional methods, such as phone and email, to get their work done. IM applications are often free, come imbedded with Office 365, and are accessible on employees’ computers and smartphones making access possible from wherever your employees happen to be. IM platforms in the workplace have increased in popularity in recent years as the single-office model is less common, and more often employees are spread across multiple time zones and locations or are simply working remotely. Today, many modern employees are using instant messaging (“IM”) as a “virtual water cooler” or “virtual conference room” to collaborate and share information and files with co-workers and customers in real-time, using platforms such as Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams, Slack and Google’s Hangouts. The days of face-to-face meetings between managers and employees in conference rooms or popping into someone’s office to discuss a project are no longer the norm.
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The service is designed to allow users to see each others' online presence, view personal status messages, share select emoticons, view offline messages and add new contacts from either service. After signing out and signing in again, the interoperability is enabled without downloading any new software. Users wishing to use the new feature can go to a special page on the service's website, where they have to review and accept an agreement. This enables users of the two services to communicate with each other using their existing IM client, Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger) and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Nine months after announcing the interoperability between their instant messaging (IM) services, Internet rivals Microsoft and Yahoo! began limited public beta (pre-release) testing of the program.
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