
Existing Lync Room Systems can be upgraded to Skype Room Systems. Lync was built with these types of setups in mind, and the new Skype Room Systems will let you use Skype with standalone cameras and monitors, audio gear from Polycom, and the Microsoft Surface Hub for online whiteboarding via ink or touch. To set up a snazzy dedicated videoconferencing room so, say, two satellite offices can communicate over video with each other, Skype for Business is a much better bet. You want a sophisticated conference room setup

Skype for Business conferences include everything at a glance-screen sharing, text chat, and individual control over participants’ microphones.Ĥ. Subscriptions can be added and removed at the user level, with different program features assignable to each user on the service. Skype for Business raises the stakes with stronger authentication methods that give you, as the administrator, stronger control over accounts and access to the who can do what with the tool.

Though it doesn’t mean your VoIP calls are bulletproof against eavesdroppers, all Skype traffic (both standard and Skype for Business) is encrypted with AES.
