{"id":4525,"date":"2016-11-10T09:38:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2016-11-10T09:38:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:38:58","slug":"working-smarter-not-harder-skype-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/2016\/11\/10\/working-smarter-not-harder-skype-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Smarter, not Harder with Skype for Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skype for Business is Marshall\u2019s unified communications solution that integrates all of your business communication needs, combining the best abilities of desk phones, Microsoft Outlook e-mail, instant messaging, group and personal video conferencing both on and off-campus. Skype for Business provides a more feature-rich, flexible and cost-effective solution to connect the university to its faculty, staff, and students.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wamnewsletter\/files\/WorkSmarterNotHarder-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"worksmarternotharder\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Skype for Business isn\u2019t just for video calls anymore<\/h3>\n<p>Although Skype for Business is still a great solution for video conferencing, it can be used for so much more. You probably noticed your voicemails have been accessible through Outlook for the last year; this feature is part of the unified communications initiative Marshall University implemented with Skype for Business. Additional features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Voice Calls<\/li>\n<li>Video Conferencing<\/li>\n<li>Access across multiple devices<\/li>\n<li>Screen sharing<\/li>\n<li>Instant Messaging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wamnewsletter\/files\/SkypeScreenShot.png\" alt=\"skypescreenshot\" width=\"176\" height=\"257\" \/>Online Training is Available for Skype for Business<\/h3>\n<p>On-demand Skype for Business training is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sfb\">www.marshall.edu\/sfb<\/a>. Simply click on the \u201cGet Help &amp; Training\u201d tab. To schedule training sessions for individuals or small groups contact IT_Training@marshall.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Userguides are also available for quick reference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/files\/SFBBrochure-PhoneCalls-1.pdf\">SFB Phone Calls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/files\/SFBBrochure-IM-1.pdf\">SFB Instant Messaging, Conference Calls, Video Conferencing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/faculty-staff-guide\/\">Faculty &amp; Staff Guide to Information Technology at Marshall University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are experiencing technical issues or having problems, please contact our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/departments\/it-service-desk\/\">IT Service Desk<\/a> at <a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@marshall.edu\">servicedesk@marshall.edu<\/a> or 304-696-3200.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Information Technology wants your voice to be heard! You are encouraged to share your compliments, questions, concerns and suggestions using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/beherd\">BeHerd<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype for Business is Marshall\u2019s unified communications solution that integrates all of your business communication needs, combining the best abilities of desk phones, Microsoft Outlook e-mail, instant messaging, group and personal video conferencing both on and off-campus. Skype for Business provides a more feature-rich, flexible and cost-effective solution to connect the university to its faculty,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22,19,31],"tags":[54,55,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-4525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mainnews","category-services","category-techtalk","category-unified-communications","tag-it","tag-sfb","tag-skype","tag-telecom","tag-unified-communications"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}