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Skype For Business There are a lot of consumers that feel like VoIP never quite lived up to the hype. VoIP suppliers often said their products extended the features of a traditional PBX -- but many times the tools simply weren’t capable of providing businesses everything they needed. Then Skype for Business came along, fulfilling the promise of the Internet as a full-service communications pathway. Skype for Business is now housed under the Microsoft suite of tools. The addition of Skype for Business helped turn Office 365 into a full-service communications platform. If you haven’t looked at the latest iteration of Skype, this article will share five of the best features of this VoIP provider who finally got it all right. Skype for Business – Top Productivity Features Skype for Business is different from the free Skype tool for individuals. It has a number of particularly useful features geared toward businesses of all sizes:  1. Portability Skype for Business travels...

Zoom Video Communications  is a company headquartered in  San Jose, California  that provides remote conferencing services using  cloud computing . Zoom offers communications software that combines  video conferencing , online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration Founded 2011 Headquarters San Jose, California , U.S. Key people Eric Yuan , founder and CEO Services Zoom Meetings Zoom Premium Audio Zoom Business IM Zoom Video Webinar Zoom Rooms Zoom H.323/SIP Connector Zoom Developer Platform Number of employees 1,958 (2019) Website zoom.us Initially, Zoom featured the ability to host conferences with up to 15 video participants.  On January 25, 2013, the product was improved to allow up to 25 video participants for all meetings. Version 2.5 of the software further extended the offering allowing up to 100 video participants in one conference. The company has since expanded its offer to include meetings with up to 500 video ...

Microsoft Lync (Skype Business) Lync Is… For Normal People Messaging Meetings Presence Integration Your Phone System For Software Developers Front-End Applications Back-End Magic Secure Scalable Want more? Introduction This is a non-technical introduction to Microsoft Lync. It’s designed for both Software Developers and also Normal People who are coming across Lync for the first time. Maybe you’ve just found you need to develop applications using Lync components, or you’ve turned up at work to find that someone’s taken your phone away and instead the Lync icon has appeared overnight in a Group Policy update. Or, maybe I gave you one of my new “What the F**k is Lync?” cards. Apologies if I shocked you, but that’s what I see in people’s eyes when I tell them what I do – even technical sorts such as other developers, startup founders, etc. So, I started handing out cards, pointing people to this post. Welcome! I’ve been working at  Modality S...

What is a Thin Client? A thin client is a stateless, fanless desktop terminal that has no hard drive. All features typically found on the desktop PC, including applications, sensitive data, memory, etc., are stored back in the data center when using a thin client. A thin client running Remote Desktop Protocols (RDP), like Citrix ICA and Windows Terminal Services, and/or virtualization software, accesses hard drives in the data center stored on servers, blades, etc. Thin clients, software services, and backend hardware make up thin client computing, a virtual desktop computing model. Thin clients are used as a PC replacement technology to help customers immediately access any virtual desktop or virtualized application. Thin clients provide businesses a cost-effective way to create a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Thin clients are utilized in various industries and enterprises worldwide that all have different requirements but share common goals. The cost, security, ma...

Set Up Fetching Through OneDrive,  you can access folders and files on another PC  as long as it's running OneDrive, is turned on, and connected to the internet. You need to enable "fetching" on the remote PC with the files you wish to access. To do this on the remote PC, open the OneDrive System Tray icon and select Settings. From the Settings tab in the OneDrive window, click the option to Let me use OneDrive to fetch any of my files on this PC, then click OK. Select Files to Fetch Sign into your  OneDrive web page  on the computer you want to perform the fetching. On the left-hand menu, click the entry for PCs, and you'll see a list of all your OneDrive devices. Click the name of the PC with the files you wish to fetch. You should now see thumbnails for the key folders on the remote PC, as well as for the C: drive and any network-connected drives. Click the location that contains the file you want to access, then click the file to view it. ...

Share Files From the Web To share a file from OneDrive online, right-click the file and select Share. You can then email a link to the shared file to a specific person or people, or copy a link to include in an email or other post.

Share Files From File Explorer You can share your OneDrive folders or files with other people either from File Explorer or from your online OneDrive site. In File Explorer, right-click the file you wish to share and select Share a OneDrive link from the pop-up menu. That generates a link you can email or share with someone else, giving that person the ability to read and edit that file.

Create a Photo Album You can build your own photo albums from selected photos stored in OneDrive. At your online OneDrive site, click the entry for Photos in the left pane. Click the heading for Albums and then click the button in the first thumbnail to Create a new album. Name your album. Select the photos you wish to add. Click Add Album, and the album is created.