Microsoft announces free browser version of Skype aimed at small businesses
Software giant Microsoft announced a new service called 'Skype Meetings' on Tuesday. The service chiefly underscores a free browser version of Skype aimed specifically at small businesses.
'Skype Meetings' is the first web-based product to be rolled out by Microsoft after the launch of Skype for Web in 2015. Quite similar to the free version of the Skype Internet telephony service, Skype Meetings gives users the ability to video chat with people and make use of the messaging capabilities of the Skype platform.
In its announcement of the new Skype Meetings service for small businesses, Microsoft said that the service will enable users to video chat with up to 10 people simultaneously for the first two months of use. Thereafter, the meeting capacity will be limited to only three people.
The Skype Meetings service boasts the inclusion of a number of more powerful collaboration tools - like screen sharing and PowerPoint integration, among others - which are included with Skype for Business.
The Skype Meetings version of the Skype service is being marketed by Microsoft as an easy and functional way for small businesses to set up video calls. The biggest attractions of the Skype Meetings service vis-a-vis the standard Skype version is that the new service is capable of working directly in a browser, and it also adds a few features which have been borrowed from the business tier of the product.
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